پاکستان کا ٹوٹا ہوا ہاتھ یا توڑا ہوا؟
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پاکستان کا ٹوٹا ہوا ہاتھ یا توڑا ہوا؟

یہ جو موجودہ پاکستان ہے ،یہ بنگالیوں کی مرہونِ منت ہے حقیقت تو یہ ہے ڈاکٹر علامہ محمد اقبال سے پہلے آزاد ریاست کا خواب بنگالی دیکھ چکے تھے اور اسے 1905 میں عملی جامہ پہنا کر انگریز سرکار اور کانگریس پر واضح کر چکے تھے۔

A case of competing political theologies
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A case of competing political theologies

Recent case of mob violence in Sialkot has brought again the blasphemy to the fore. The issue is thought of as extremist violence of fanatic religious mob stripped off of any political depth and meaning in it, which is another instance of an oversimplifying oriental attitude towards South Asian cosmologies. These narratives tend to think…

TLP and the Gift of the Praetorian State
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TLP and the Gift of the Praetorian State

On the 22nd of October 2021, the infamous Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) had started mass demonstrations in Lahore in preparation for its Long March towards Islamabad. This far right Islamist group had started these riots in response to the breakdown of negotiations in regards to the release of the detained TLP leader, Saad Hussain…

Editorial: The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia

Editorial: The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in South Asia

In the last few months South Asia especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and India had to face large-scale religiously motivated extremism, in the form of violent protests or such acts which risked public lives. In Pakistan and Bangladesh people took over the streets, attacked not just public and public property but security agencies and even kidnapped and…

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

Remembering Antonio Gramsci

On this day in 1937, the Italian Marxist and theorist Antonio Gramsci died in captivity of the Italian Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini.In addition to being a Marxist philosopher, Gramsci was also a journalist, linguist, writer and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history and linguistics while being a founding member and one-time…

Lashkar e Jhangvi’s History of Hate and Violence
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Lashkar e Jhangvi’s History of Hate and Violence

Hamza Waqas Lashkar E Jhangvi (LeJ) is one of the most violent Deobandi terrorist organizations that still operate in Pakistan. The group has claimed responsibility for several heinous crimes against humanity in the past and continues to advocate for Shi’a Muslims to be legally declared non-Muslims. What are described as off-shoots and allies of the…

Harassment Case: Gomal University Political Science Professor Fired
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Harassment Case: Gomal University Political Science Professor Fired

Dr Muhammad Zubair, former Chairman of Department of Political Science, Gomal University, has been fired after harassment allegations against him were proven right. A few weeks ago, an MPhil student of the Department of Political Science accused Prof Zubair of sexual harassment. In an open letter to Vice-Chancellor, she alleged that Prof Zubair compelled her…

Religious bigotry in India and Pakistan

Religious bigotry in India and Pakistan

Chandan Kumar Divided subcontinent attained independence from the British colonial regime on the eve of 15th August 1947. Several ideological differences led to the creation of two new countries with similar history of resistance against oppression and repression of dissent. Today, after seventy-three years of independence, the question arises that where do the two nations…