Tag: movement

"Why are you being hyper?" A dear friend from Lahore chided me one cold evening while we were chatting about ...

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, one of the most important events – and certainly the last ...

Journalist and author Anuradha Bhasin has broken the uneasy silence that has prevailed in Jammu and Kashmir for the past ...

The famous Marxist, late Meraj Muhammad Khan, once told me that he wept when Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto ...

Amrot Sharif is a historical village in Garhi Yasin taluka in the Shikarpur district. It is located about 9 km ...

Just 24 years after its birth, Pakistan suffered the most tragic and horrific shock of its short history when the ...

When the world was overwhelmed with war mania and political revolutions, John Lennon was painting an image of a beautiful ...

A long march has been in progress in Pakistan since almost a month, with the pivotal slogan of the marchers ...

The Rise and Demise of Muslim Modernism The breakup of Pakistan in December 1971 produced a ‘New Pakistan.’ ZA. Bhutto, ...

Qalandar, a fictional character, is Mohammad Shehzad’s brainchild. From the powerful to the poor – all visit his aastana (monastery) ...

November of 1968 to February of 1969, were perhaps some of the most fiery times in the often troubled history ...

This is the seventh and last part of my travelogue to Naran, Gilgit and Naltar valleys. It consists of impressions ...

Does art imitate life? Are artists political? Is art gendered? Does it have a voice that transcends physical boundaries? Does ...

Oh Mullah, our hair locks turn into Flags You can’t hide yourselves behind the hijab of your beards We’ve revolted ...

Pakistan is among those nations where the youth have been completely ignored and left exposed to merciless tides. The memories ...

In March 1987, I sat for my final year Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) exams. Pakistan Studies was the last exam. ...

The most terrible blot on our country’s fair name is the injustice perpetrated against Pakistan’s tiny Ahmadi community which has ...

The Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) was formed in 1981 with eleven parties as its components, with the goal ...

Undoubtedly now the battle ground is open for a full-throttle lawyers’ movement that has been thrust upon society by the ...

When asked what the Constitution meant for him, the enlightened despot took a pause and then in his usual nonchalant ...

I was born to a poor father, who hailed from a Katcha village, known as Kitchi Baig Saryab. He was ...

From its glorious past interwoven into the first war of independence of the subcontinent in 1857 to becoming the language ...

Jiyala (جیالہ) is an Urdu word meaning a passionate devotee. It is often associated with diehard supporters of the Pakistan ...

Millions of Afghan refugees, starting from the Soviet invasion of their country in 1979 and subsequent wars and upheavals, have ...

It is very difficult to write about a very dear friend and comrade, especially with a close association spanning more ...

Ziyad Faisal on the legacy of the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and its electrifying impact on Muslim thinkers in colonial India