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Discussing Ladakh we must keep in mind that last year in August when the Indian government violated its own constitution to make a unilateral...
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The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad. How do I distinguish between good, very good, and excellent...
Perhaps the two could not have more different backgrounds before entering the Indian film industry. Rishi had a rich endowment in performing arts...
Some of my readers have asked me to write more on historiography in Pakistan other than the writers such as Ali Abbas Jalalpuri, Dr Mubarak Ali, and...
To say that with Ahfaz ur Rehman we have lost a fighter for the freedom of expression in Pakistan is an understatement. He stood for much more than...
In the first part of this article, we discussed the contribution of some medical doctors to Urdu literature and briefly talked about doctors Asif...
In the past 50 years or so, Urdu literature has seen some extraordinary writers whose primary profession has been medical practice. Three of these...
As the number of people affected by coronavirus is increasing the world over, its impact on the world economy appears to be devastating. We know that...
In the fight against the coronavirus, everyone is wondering about what role each segment of society can play. If we just talk about the youth in...
My association with the Jang Group goes back to the 1980s. From 1988 to 1993, I wrote weekly columns for Jang’s op-ed pages. Then due to my other...
Some of my readers have observed – or rather complained – that in these columns I have been focusing on just one school of thought that is...
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In one of his articles, Dr Mubarak Ali mentioned in passing that Mr Jinnah used to claim that he had founded Pakistan with the help of his typewriter...
Writing about the problems of historiography in Pakistan, Dr Mubarak Ali has pointed out that we are obsessed with the role of personalities, the...
Dr Mubarak Ali tells us that there has not been much worthwhile research on the Arab era in Sindh in any of the languages including English, Sindhi,...
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad. It is difficult to select the best book from over a 100 odd...
Another way of looking at a people’s history is through a gender lens. It means not only looking at the past from a gender perspective but also...
In this series of columns we have been discussing some sources of a people’s history. We have talked about the writings of civil servants who work...
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In the first part of this series yesterday we discussed the basics of a people’s history and its sources. The Institute of Historical and Social...
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In response to my two columns on Nakasone and Nakamura, many readers have written to me asking if there are job opportunities in Japan. Some readers...
The impeachment proceedings of US President Trump are inching forward. In the latest development the defence team of the president has levelled...
I didn’t ever think that I would be writing an obituary for Alan Hamilton, my friend for 30 years. He died at the age of 90 in Kent, England, in...
On January 20, hundreds of people were hit by yet another deadly missile attack in Yemen. The attack took place at a military centre where forces...
In the first part of this column yesterday, we discussed a brief history of Japan and the role of prime minister Nakasone in the 1980s. As Japan had...
Two of the prominent Japanese personalities who died in 2019 were Nakasone and Nakamura. Both of them came to prominence in the 1980s: Nakasone as...
Ever since the Modi government passed the Citizen (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests have been staged all over the country. But, in a recent development,...
The geopolitics of Pakistan is still stuck with the thinking prevalent in the previous century. Pakistan’s geopolitical strategy is marred by its...
Mandate is a sort of an authorization, given by the electorate to its representatives, to act on public issues. In functioning democracies, mandate is...
By From 1948 to 1956, Raziya was alone in Lucknow taking care of her three daughters, teaching, writing and translating to earn a meagre livelihood....
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