111 510 510 libonline@riphah.edu.pk Contact
Mirwaiz In Pakistan

Mirwaiz in Pakistan

The Pakistani government invited the leaders of both factions of the Hurriyat in Indian Kashmir to visit because it wanted to know the nuances of the political situation there and…

Now, Which Is Which?

Now, which is which?

Indira Gandhi suspended constitutional guarantees and imposed Emergency at midnight on June 25, 1975. This will be discussed yet again on Saturday in seminar halls across India. However, the equally…

New Chapter For India & BD

New chapter for India & BD

Sheikh Hasina’s style of governance has a touch of authoritarianism. Indira Gandhi had the same trait. All eyes in Bangladesh are focused on New Delhi to see if and when…

Anna Is Watching (some Of) You…

Anna is watching (some of) you…

The comparison between this year’s remarkable Arab uprisings and the recent popular upsurge in India falters in one vital respect: barring the aberration of Indira Gandhi’s emergency in the mid-1970s,…

Good Old Col Qaddafi

Good old Col Qaddafi

Four decades ago, 29-year-old Libyan leader Col Muammar Qaddafi was Pakistan’s good friend. He wrote a strong letter, in 1971, upbraiding Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for aggression against Pakistan.…

Dynastic politics

South Asia has been the most prone to dynastic politics. Ever wondered why 51 percent of all the poor in the world live in South Asia? Dynastic politics is “a succession of rulers from the same family or line”. In North Korea, Kim Jong-il took over the reins of power from his father Kim Il-sung.

Beware The Falling Tree

Beware the falling tree

Monday marked the 27th year of Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards. It was also the 27th anniversary of the unspeakable massacre of thousands of innocent men, women and…

Pragmatic Activism?

Pragmatic activism?

The Supreme Court of India abandoned the persons who were unlawfully detained in the 1976 A.D.M. Jabalpur case during the draconian emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. Judicial activism…

A Frequently Dissolved People

A frequently dissolved people

June 26 is a black letter day in India’s post colonial history. It marks the suspension of civil liberties, imprisonment of opposition leaders and clamping of press censorship by Indira…