by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar in Dawn, August 18th, 2023The writer teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.“Agar ye khita mazhab ke naam par taqseem hua to nafrat ki iss aag ko bhujate bhujate aanay wali naslon ki kamar toot jaegi.” (If this land is divided in the name of faith, a tidal wave of hate so enormous will erupt that generations will be engulfed by it.) — Bhagat Singh WHAT can one say that hasn’t already been…
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Editorial in Dawn, August 18th, 2023THE paroxysm of violence in Faisalabad’s Jaranwala area on Wednesday chillingly demonstrated to the Christian community, indeed to adherents of all minority faiths in the country, that they are defenceless against the rage of the mob. That over 600 people were booked on terrorism charges for their role in the rioting is a belated and anaemic demonstration of the ‘writ of the state’. From all accounts, the state was nowhere…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee/ Ashik Abdullah Apu in The Daily Star, Jan 2, 2023The ruling Awami League kept faith in old faces while choosing members for its central executive committee, the party’s apex body, just like it did when electing office-bearers. It did, however, induct four new faces to vacant member posts of the executive committee. The ruling party yesterday announced the names of 27 out of 28 members of the committee, a presidium member…