The Government of Pakistan recently launched a Turkish TV drama series titled 'Dirilis: Ertugrul' on national television depicting the life of the father of the founder of Ottoman Caliphate. For the past few days there was an uproar on social and electronic media by some segments of society unhappy with the drama. Their complaint is … Continue reading Ertugrul Debate: Hypocrisy or Clash of Ideologies?
Socialism has found new-found appeal among Millenials who look towards past experiments to gain insight into how the ideology can be applied to their respective countries. Arguably the most famous of these experiments was of Stalin’s Soviet Union which, his excesses aside, continues to turn heads decades after the Union’s demise. While the Soviet economy … Continue reading When Nehru Emulated Stalin
In these testing times when the nation is busy dealing with a potential spread of Corona Virus in Pakistan, it is sad to see a PPP provincial government trying to hijack our national effort to fight this menace by conducting a slick media campaign based on lies, projecting Chief Minister of Sindh as highly active … Continue reading PPP’s Campaign to Claim Political Credit in The Fight Against Corona Virus in Pakistan
Husain Haqqani's 2016 book "India vs Pakistan: Why Can't We Just Be Friends" is a continuation of Haqqani's attempts to steer Pakistani society towards, what he believes, is a peaceful coexistence with neighbors India. While the sentiment is to be applauded, the way to gauge where Pakistanis and Indians have been at fault is to … Continue reading Review: Husain Haqqani’s Views on Kashmir Conflict in “India vs Pakistan” (2016)
Kashmiri Pandits are Kashmiri Hindu Brahmins who are at the center of debate with regards to why their population in the Valley of Kashmir has decreased. The claim made by Hindu nationalists is that they were ethnically cleansed by Muslims and displaced. In this video let us find out what happened. The name Pandit was … Continue reading Kashmiri Pandits: A Tale of Betrayal & Bigotry
One of the things that strikes you immediately when you start reading Hector Bolitho's 1954 biography of founder of Pakistan Jinnah, is the inclusion of anecdotes from those who knew or worked with Jinnah but remained obscure themselves. Most of the accounts of his life are from those who became well-known themselves, but this biography … Continue reading Review: Jinnah – Creator of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto is known for many things. Being the first woman Prime Minister of a Muslim-majority country to the first PM giving birth while in office. In the nearly 12 years since she died, her party the PPP, has used her ghost to increase their political clout, in the process hiding or glossing over some … Continue reading 11 Facts About Benazir PPP Wants to Hide
Between 27th and 28th of April 1978, the Saur Revolution led by the Marxist-Leninist People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (or the PDPA) toppled the government of President Daoud, resulting in his death and that of a significant number of his immediate family. To this day, some Afghans consider this to be the start of Afghanistan’s … Continue reading Was the Saur Revolution of 1978 Supported by Afghans?
Jammu and Kashmir are in the news again because Indian government has made Article 370 of its constitution ineffective with regards to this area disputed between India and Pakistan. This Article gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status that safeguarded the Muslim majority from being forcibly converted into a minority via resettlement. At the heart … Continue reading Was the Instrument of Accession of Kashmir to India Legitimate
Afghanistan-Pakistan relations have been strained since the inception of the latter country. To this day the discourse around these relations is emotionally charged with a high level of cherry picking of facts to suit a particular narrative. Part of the discourse are the pre-1979 relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan which are presented as an era … Continue reading A study of Afghan-Pakistan Relations (1947-1981)
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