Theatre and societal conscience on trial in Pakistan By: Dr Amara Khan on August 6, 2020It is the need of each discipline or vocation to be useful to its society and add to its progress and improvement, and theatre is not an exemption to this superior concern. Theatre prides itself in being more than absolute entertainment, a bit of departure to which we turn when we are drained of the […]
What is Kashmir going through since August 5, 2019? By: Umair Pervez Khan on August 5, 2020Kashmir has been the victim of different occupations in different times. Recently, the valley is going through the worst occupation from the self-called largest democracy of the world, India. Last year on August 5, the occupied Kashmir was practically further parted into different union territories, now directly controlled by the centre, Delhi. This unilateral move […]
One year on: Grading and Degrading of J&K By: Chanchal Manohar Singh on August 5, 2020Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), a ruling political party in India, has decided to celebrate one year of abrogation of Article 370 because it believes that the move of scrapping special status has led to complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India. These expressions are mostly disseminated from Nagpur, the third-largest city […]
“Double Whammy of Nested Lockdowns” By: Muhammad Nawaz Khan on August 5, 2020Abrogating the articles 370 and 35A on August 5, 2019, the BJP government dismantled the fate of Kashmiris; further denying them the right to self-determination. Indian annexation of Jammu and Kashmir territory is classified as occupation, which, by all means, is an illegitimate action under international law that prohibits the occupant states from annexing any […]
Revocation of articles 370 and 35 A: prolonging Kashmir’s agony By: Tariq Ahmed on August 4, 2020For decades, Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution have been the only remaining signifiers of Kashmir’s occupation by India. For decades, these constitutional guarantees tethered a dangling Kashmir to India through corruptible proxies. Together these two legal provisions granted the people of the occupied state an autonomous status, which allowed for a separate […]
Large dams and floods By: Dr Shahid Raza on August 4, 2020Water is life and to save water is the one of the most important duty for mankind. Supply of sweet water is the need of hour not only for Pakistan but for the whole world. Large dams can play an important role for sweet water, agriculture, cheap energy supply and controlling of floods. Major reservoirs […]
Blasphemy and stupefying powerlessness By: Dr Saulat Nagi on August 4, 2020“In the nineteenth century, the Germans painted their dream, and it always turned into a vegetable. The French needed only to paint a vegetable, and it was already a dream” (Adorno). The people of the sub-continent painted their dream with blood – it was a nightmare! The partition bled the humanity white, the color of […]
India: a Revisionist State By: Haris Akmal on August 1, 2020In the last decade, Prime Minister Modi has transformed India into a security-conscious state. Indian hardliners have welcomed security-driven policy; leading the national state of affairs, which guides India towards a Hindu Rashtra. The overwhelming focus of Modi government on defence and security makes India a revisionist state not only in the region but across […]
Challenges to Being the Third Gender in Pakistan By: Zafar Aziz Chaudhry on August 1, 2020These days, a new phenomenon has emerged on Lahore’s streets. As your car drives close to an intersection and screeches to a stop at a traffic light, you hear several thumps. As you peer through your window panes, a hoard of transvestites rushes towards you; begging alms. You can oblige one or two or even […]
Retrospective of NFC Award By: Naimat Ullah Khan on August 1, 2020The National Finance Commission (NFC) award is a distribution of financial resources between the Centre and provinces – the vertical distribution – and among the four federating units – the horizontal distribution. The federal government has two sources of revenue i.e., tax income and non-tax income. The tax income is the divisible part under the […]