Articles with tag: jinnah
Pakistani Judges - Read This Lawyer’s Oath
Aisha Sarwari Nov 18, 2007 interacts: 95One fails to understand how the growing need to associate with Mr. Jinnah leaves Musharraf little association with the ideals that the man stood for.
Communists and the Making of Pakistan
Yasser Latif Hamdani Oct 7, 2007 interacts: 117History of the last years of Punjab under the Raj
Fatima Jinnah Park – Metaphor for Pakistan's Problems and their Solution
Q Isa Daudpota Sep 7, 2007 interacts: 13Capital Development Authority (CDA) has carved out a large corner (6000 sq yards) of the Fatima Jinnah Park for McDonald's at a ridiculously low rental
Jinnah and the Islamic State – Setting the Record Straight
Pervez Hoodbhoy Aug 13, 2007 interacts: 362What did Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, want for the country he was destined to create in 1947?
Citizenship and Identity in Pakistan
Yasser Latif Hamdani May 13, 2007 interacts: 406Before the British colonised the subcontinent, the people of this region existed in overlapping sets of multiple identities, where contending sovereignty of identity groups was negotiated and power was shared at several levels. When the British came alon
Re-Imagining Pakistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy Dec 13, 2006 interacts: 495Commencement lecture by Pervez Hoodbhoy at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, 9 December 2006.
South Asia’s Clarence Darrow
Yasser Latif Hamdani Aug 13, 2005 interacts: 266An anglicized barrister who ended up founding a separate Muslim majority state is an apparent paradox but not really so...
Dina Wadia Claims Jinnah House
Basit Ghafoor Jun 22, 2005 interacts: 136Wadia family has a better idea, to occupy and build a house, which was once the landmark of Jinnah Nehru meetings, the place where the dream of Pakistan was materialized. The agony of the matter is, they still want the house not the soul of Jinnah.
Open Letter To Dina Wadia
Tariq Aqil Mar 31, 2004 interacts: 181Welcome to Pakistan! The country handcrafted by your illustrious father. Quiad-i-Azam to Millions of Pakistanis and your loving and doting “Grey Wolf”.
Haseena and Jannat (on earth)
Shandana Minhas Jun 15, 2003 interacts: 45even her grim demeanor cannot hide the fact that she is very attractive
On the Assertion of Rights
Rafay Alam May 9, 2003 interacts: 17Why Pakistan’s institutions are ass backwards
Towards Greater Tolerance
Yasser Latif Hamdani Jan 30, 2003 interacts: 281Anti-Pakistanism and neo-Indian Nationalism
A Work In Progress
Feroz R Khan Jan 6, 2003 interacts: 95Jinnah put Pakistan in such a location that the future state would always be involved in the geo-politics of world
Lessons from Constitutional History
Jawaid Siddiqi Oct 30, 2002 interacts: 54But we never seem to learn from history
Pakistanis in Afghanistan, Nothing New
Malik S Khar Feb 1, 2002 interacts: 46The more the government cuts back on the opportunities available to the Mullah to interact with the citizen, the more the government is cutting back on the Mullahs sources of revenue
Love On The Line Of Control, a Story by Col Dharam Pal
Rahul Ghosh Sep 23, 2001 interacts: 103There seems to be a lot of acrimony and bad-blood between some Indian and Pakistani contributors ...
Caught In Between
Aisha Sarwari Sep 15, 2001 interacts: 603Pakistan is on the defensive almost constantly
Why Pakistan?
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir May 18, 2001 interacts: 101why should we persist in our self-flagellation?
Should Pakistan Honor the Lahore Resolution?
Bilal Ahmad Oct 18, 2000 interacts: 514why Pakistan failed to become a confederation in accordance with the spirit and content of the Lahore resolution?.
Pakistan, India and the Spirit of Chowk
Rehan Rizvi Jul 13, 2000 interacts: 102a time when civility ruled Chowk and personal attacks were rare
Where did Pakistan go wrong?
Lalit Mohan May 27, 2000 interacts: 95...you will find that in the course of time Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims...
Open Letter to General Musharraf
Ahmad Faruqui May 14, 2000 interacts: 119Field Marshal Ayub Khan was forced out of power after extensive rioting . . .
Pakistan: A Failed State?
Bilal Ahmad Feb 4, 2000 interacts: 470If Sethi’s diagnosis has some merit, Pakistan is a potentially failed state.
He had no Choice!
Bilal Musharraf Oct 14, 1999 interacts: 1110A personal perspective on the suspension of parliament
Imran Khan: Pakistan’s Next PM?
George F Maximillian Jul 17, 1999 interacts: 60In terms of being a hypocrite - who in Pakistan isn’t?
Falsehoods Galore
Fauziya Khan Jul 4, 1999 interacts: 108Pakistan has thus turned into an oligarchy well versed in the art of making things disappear
The Decline and Fall of Pakistan
Feroz R Khan May 10, 1999 interacts: 28Pakistan on the crossroads of a dilemma
Need for a Confederation
Soumitra Bose Feb 21, 1999 interacts: 30India had never been a Nation, it is still not one
Builders’ Mafia
Shandana Minhas Nov 20, 1998 interacts: 20Travails of Karachi’s people and skyline.
Giving Way to Intolerance
Mehdi Hasan Sep 14, 1998 interacts: 12During the last many years, religious intolerance and sectarian fanaticism have created a war-like situation in Pakistan
Statesmanship Needed
Dilawar Syed May 21, 1998 interacts: 6Mr. Bhutto’’s decision to go nuclear would prove pivotal quarter of a century later
The Intellectual Imperative
Saad Shafqat Apr 24, 1998 interacts: 26As a people and a nation, Pakistan’s need for intellectual direction has never been greater. So where are the intellectuals?
Women and Police
Chowk P Room Jan 21, 1998 interacts: 26No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you... - Jinnah
Almost Live in Concert
Musician Oct 24, 1997 interacts: 6It is important for us to understand more about DAT’s and Sequencers and how they work because paying $10 or more for a live performance where as only 10% of that is live, in my opinion, is making a fool out of people.
The Old Pakistan is Dead, Long Live New Pakistan
Sohail Rabbani Oct 23, 1997 interacts: 54On December 16, 1971 Pakistan ceased to exist during a well celebrated ceremony when Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Arora signed an armistice document.
