Debating Pashtun Identity At The Peshawar Literature Festival
The second Peshawar Literature Festival (PLF 2023) featured a fascinating session titled: "Representation in Colonial Discourse: The Racial Image and ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Tag: Pashtuns
Pakhtun Resistance At Nowshera: Ranjit Singh’s Costly Victory
A Pakhtun poet named Mawezi in the poem below describes Azim Khan’s messenger’s arrival at Peshawar and imploring people to ...
A Talib’s Tale: The Englishman Who Studied The Way Of Islam And The Pashtuns
John Butt is an Englishman who arrived in Pakistan in the 1970s, working and living in the Pakhtun regions. John ...
Will Pashtuns Ever Reconcile With The Durand Line?
From the very beginning, Pashtun nationalism has been at odds with Pakistan’s identity. For millennia, Pashtuns lived on both sides ...
Syed Ali Hamid’s New Book Focuses On Sahibzada Yaqub Khan’s Life As Prisoner And Future Diplomat
The famed Rohilla clans were mainly drawn from Pashtun tribes. They migrated from their barren surroundings in the Hindukush and, ...
When Netaji Fled To Peshawar And Beyond: Some Memories Of Subhas Chandra Bose
It was around 1939-40. Subhas was the head of Congress Party, but a serious conflict arose and a new group ...
Saragarhi, The British Humiliation Of 1897 And Modern Propaganda
125 years ago in August 1897, the might of the British empire was challenged by the Pakhtun tribes around the ...
Fantastic Lies: The Battle of Political Narratives In Pakistan
Khanspiracy While commenting on PTI’s stunning victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly (PA) by-elections, almost all analysts agree that ...
The Military-Judiciary Nexus: Time For A Course Correction?
“Oh, darling, I have the most wonderful doctor, Catherine said in a very strange voice. ‘He has been telling me ...
The Indomitable Struggle Of Usman Kakar
17 June 2021 was a sad recap of 2 December 1973, which brought the episode of the gruesome death of ...
Reading Abdul Samad Achakzai In The 21st Century
My Life and Times is an autobiography of legendary Pashtun nationalist leader Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (1907-73), commonly known as ...
Ethnic Conflict In Afghanistan Adds Fuel To The Fire In The Region
The ethnic diversity and the peaceful coexistence of different communities is said to be a defining feature of the modern ...
An End To Impunity: The Idea That Cost Arman Luni His Life
George Orwell in his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four asserts, "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two ...
In Afghanistan, The Spirit Of Resistance Against Taliban Is Alive And Well
It has been more than 100 days since the Taliban in Afghanistan stopped teenage girls from attending school. Ever since ...
Unsung Pashtun Hero: Aziz Mama
The southern part of the historic Pashtun lands possess a fertility in producing revolutionary leaders that has no parallel. Among ...
Exodus From Afghanistan: Muslim Refugees Abandoned In India’s Rescue Mission
Indian government’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which led to massive protests last year, is haunting it once again after ...
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£190m Case: Faiz Hameed Received Rs4-5bn In NCA Deal, Claims Vawda
Former DG ISI Lieutenant General (retired) Faiz Hameed...
Stupid To Think Army Won’t Have A Role In Politics: Imran
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said...