Two popular myths have been swirling around as to why Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh declared a war on Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. First, Yunus was found conspiring with the powerful military to exile the nation’s top two politicians, while he himself prepared to enter politics; second, Hasina felt jealous because Yunus had won […]
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‘People’s Movements in Pakistan’ – an account of political struggle
The book under review, ‘People’s Movements in Pakistan’ by Aslam Khwaja is a groundbreaking piece of work on the nonviolent struggles of Pakistan. Despite the fact that nonviolence and democratic culture is deeply rooted in the Pakistani social fabric, the least amount of work has been done by scholars and academics on nonviolent political struggle. […]