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Pakistan and Asma are known together
Pakistan and Asma are known together

By Haneen Rafi
March 8 2018

A tribute to lawyer, activist and human rights champion Asma Jahangir was organised at Szabist on Friday …

Brexit, whiteness, and EU referendum
Brexit, whiteness, and EU referendum

By Sonali Nundoochan
March 8 2017
 
The anti-immigrant drumbeat in the lead-up to the EU referendum was anything other than benign.
Immigration has been, …

Pakistan: The Gandhi in our midst
Pakistan: The Gandhi in our midst

By Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
February 6 2018
 
ON Jan 30, 1948, Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak …

Equality: Enoch back in fashion
Equality: Enoch back in fashion

By News Desk
February 6 2018
 
Who would have believed that 50 years after one of the most notorious race baiting rants …

Afghan peace challenge for Pakistan
Afghan peace challenge for Pakistan

By Muhammad Amir Rana
January 2 2018

AFGHANISTAN remained a key diplomatic challenge for Pakistan in 2017, with various strategic, security, economic and …

Pakistan and mainstreaming Jihad
Pakistan and mainstreaming Jihad

By pervez Hoodbhoy
December 23 2017

FOR three decades Pakistan’s military establishment has stoutly denied supporting violent religious groups irrespective of whether …

Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Authoritarianism in the Middle East

By ERWIN VAN VEEN
December 23 2017

How is the Saudi-Iranian rivalry overwriting the Arab Spring’s key messages?
Today, conflict in the Middle East …

Lubaina wins the Turner prize
Lubaina wins the Turner prize

By News Desk
December 23 2017
 
Like the African American actor, Morgan Freeman, success has come late to the brilliant artist Lubaina …

PAKISTAN CALLING BRITAIN
PAKISTAN CALLING BRITAIN

By Anwar Akhtar
December  23 2017
 
Pakistan Calling is not just aimed at the British Pakistani community, but anybody who has an interest …