State and government
State and government are two separate entities. In political science terminology, a state signifies the political organisation of society, while a government refers to those in authority. Consider first the…
State and government are two separate entities. In political science terminology, a state signifies the political organisation of society, while a government refers to those in authority. Consider first the…
The process of social change in Pakistan as depicted by present trends in the choice of personal names should cause considerable anxiety to both sociologists and politicians because the signs…
THE continuing trend of people being killed in Pakistan by infuriated mobs reveals that there is some serious problem with our society and social behaviour. Lynching can neither be allowed…
Poverty is constantly on the rise in all South Asian countries. So is the rise of religious fundamentalism; and there is a close link between the two. Australia recently hosted…
Hard talk is one thing but tall claims should be made carefully. “Daish will not be allowed in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” said our army chief during a week of military…
Hindutva crossed yet another red line in India on October 3 when the state-owned Doordarshan news channel made a live broadcast, for the first time ever, of the Vijayadashami (Dussehra)…
YEARS ago, while buying provisions, I came across a man engaged in a heated conversation with the shopkeeper. He was complaining about how his latest business venture had failed. “It’s…
This is just what Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingyas needed – solidarity vows from Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Taliban! The militant group has urged Muslims in Myanmar to “rise up and fight” the country’s rulers,…
Ever hear of the end times belief known as the Rapture? In the version preferred by a large number of fundamentalist Christians in the US, this is when Jesus Christ…
It has been barely six weeks since two churches in the Youhanabad locality of Lahore were bombed, resulting in the death of almost two dozen people. For most of us…