Born on July 11, 1950 Pervez Hoodbhoy attended Karachi Grammar School for primary education and later went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his masters in Solid-State Physics. He is currently teaching as a professor of nuclear and high-energy physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Hoodbhoy is a well renowned writer, essayist and critic who is often called upon to present the increasingly limited liberal views in Pakistan. His articles like “Negotiate with TTP?” and “Why they killed Arif Shahid” advocate anti-extremist views and discourage compromising with fanatics. He was amongst the first few to take a stand against militancy and fundamentalism of Islam and supports the Armed Forces in their effort to suppress Islamic extremism. The article: “Whither Pakistan? A five-year forecast”, published on June 3, 2009 is a future prediction of Pakistan by Pervez Hoodbhoy. It was published in the magazine “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” at a time when Pakistani Army was fighting against Taliban in the northern areas of the country. The subject revolves around the possible future of the state and addresses the concern of masses at present. In this article, Hoodbhoy firmly states his prediction at the start of the passage by stating that in spite of the presence of imminent sectarian violence, Pakistan will not break up, nuclear war heads will remain under state possession and the notorious Taliban will not be successful in imposing Sharia Law. Hoodbhoy’s well-structured and perfectly sequenced flow of ideas, use of transitional sentences and rhetorical questions, literary devices like idioms, satire and irony and credible information helps in successfully conveying the message to the audience; However his use of arro...
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Pakistani citizens have chosen to be part of a democratic government which puts forth the safety of its citizen first. Lahore has been “traditional capital of Punjab for a thousand years” and as being the cultural hub has acted as a magnet to the artists, craftsmen and performers. Lahore has stood against oppression by religious fanaticism and has been compared to London for being the hub of educational institutions and liberal arts and literature. But today the vigour of the city is slowly fading away. Thus it has become ever so important for planners to fight to regain the public realm and protect the future from negative impacts of fighting an internal threat.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in the south Asia. This country experienced a failed modernization process from 1919 to 1930 under Amanullah Khan. He tried to strengthen and expand the state institutions and change the traditional society of Afghanistan to a more westernized one. During his era he mainly focused on modernizing Afghanistan by bringing the following reforms such as economic reform, social reform. Political reform, legal and military reform, however, these reforms were not only radical but also remained limited to some urban areas and the rural areas remained untouched. As a res...
According to Marten, warlords are “individuals who control small pieces of territory using a combination of force and patronage” and that they “rule in defiance of genuine state sovereignty but through the complicity of state leaders” (Marten 3). After a brief overview, she then examines the case of warlords in the Pakistani region of FATA, an area that divides the rest of Pakistan from Afghanistan (Marten 32). This region is prominent for its hostile tribal groups and instability because of its division between Afghanistan and Pakistan (both weak states on a global scale) (Marten 36). These tribal leaders were given their power to be warlords by the Pakistani state, to govern and maintain stability in an otherwise “ungovernable” region (Marten 16-17). The idea behind this case is the trade-off between a false sense of short-term stability and long-term development of this region. State officials gave these warlords protection and leeway in return for security along the vulnerable border. Although stability is evident in this region by allowing warlords...
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Syed Mansoor Hussain is a columnist in “Daily Times”, a Pakistani newspaper. He has practiced and taught medicine in the US. This article, “Proud to be a Punjabi” was published in the Daily Times on the fifth of February, 2014. In the article, the author has described the role and significance of Punjab in the history of Pakistan. In addition to this, he has tried to prove that Punjab is not responsible for everything bad happening in the other provinces. The author has described the role of Punjab before and after independence in the Pakistani politics. The author also says that whatever happens in other provinces, Punjab and Punjabis are held responsible for it. In the end, the author has highlighted a few cultural aspects of Punjab.
Under its hands, we have suffered so much?it murders without regret, it knows no bounds of means to quenching its thirst for power, it throws ministers, judges, and the poorest alike into the relentless walls of prison. It says that emergency occurred to PROTECT Pakistan, since it was supposedly under threat of disunity. Emergency is replaced by a more appropriate term for the events happening there now, MARTIAL LAW, as it purely and apparently is. It has given a new face to Hitler, releasing bombs in the houses of God, little children and huffaz perishing without mercy, it has created destruction and chaos amidst a cloud of weeping citizens, straining his teacup of those who timidly agree with him and callously disposing of the remnants. It is known by titles of both President and General.
In late 1947, the newly created states of India and Pakistan went to war over the valley of Kashmir. A United Nations brokered ceasefire divided the state into Indian and Pakistani controlled territories, and resolved that a referendum would be held in which the people of Kashmir would be able to choose to join either country. The referendum has not been held to this day. India granted its portion of Kashmir a special status within its constitution, allowing for a great degree of self-autonomy. However, successive Kashmiri governments have been dissolved by the government of India, and elections have only been held in the presence of its armed forces. In 1965, Pakistan and India waged a second indecisive war over Kashmir. In the 1980s, resistance within Kashmir itself against the Indian government took on a violent nature, with guerilla attacks against Indian army bases. India responded with heavy army clampdowns, and since then the situation has only escalated and get worse. It is estimated that well over 34,000 people have died within the valley, and the relations between the two countries have become increasingly acrimonious. India blames Pakistan for the militant uprising, claiming Islamabad is supporting cross border terrorism. Pakistan responds that it merely provides diplomatic and moral support arguing, furthermore, that India’s history of human rights abuses in the valley is to blame. With both countries now in possession of nuclear arms; the recent war in KARGIL and the increasing number of civilian deaths, refugees, and other human rights issues within Kashmir, the conflict seems to be taking on a more serious nature. In this paper I will discuss the Kashmir conflict in some depth, examining the problem in...
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Kashmir — a beautiful mountain state with clear rivers, evergreen forests and one of the highest death rates in the world. It is at the center of an age-old dispute between Pakistan and India that has dragged on from the independence of both nations over fifty years ago to the present time, with no resolution in sight. The combined population of the two nation totals over a billion, so no conflict between them is of passing importance, especially when nuclear weapons are involved. Pakistan and India share a common heritage, language, and traditions, yet the subject of Kashmir can push them to the brink of annihilation. Fifty years of animosity have built up as a result. A proxy war still brews in Kashmir, claiming dozens of lives every day, running up a casualty total over time into the hundred thousands. Kashmiris have suffered untold horrors and Kashmir has the notorious reputation of being one of the world’s most dangerous flashpoints.