The Founding Fathers and Pakistani Identity
The sequence of events that rapidly followed 9/11 across the world have challenged identity as never before. Questions of national, ethnic, sectarian and religious identity are raised and heatedly debated. Borders are challenged and the very notion of the modern state itself is under attack as we see in Iraq and Syria. Combined with mediocre leaders who show little signs of wisdom or compassion, most Muslim societies are plunged into turmoil. Pakistan is no exception. In such times it is always useful to revert to the nation's origins, the source of identity itself. Although Pakistanis ... Read More
Dr. Akbar S. Ahmed
Fall of East Pakistan Remembered
Those punitive months of 1971 were both gloomy and demoralizing. Outnumbered, faced with paucity of resources and series of failures through enemy actions, supported by the insurgents, defeat appeared imminent. There were though some brilliant tactic ... Read More
Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah (R)
Dr. Zafar Mahmood
