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Lots of Pakistanis blame Yahya Khan and Bhutto for the 1971 debacle. While its true both had a role, I am concerned with the fact that Mujib and especially his party the Awami League are given a clean chit in our discussions. The Awami League was a Bengali nationalist party. The economic and...

Old clips from Associated Press archives of loyalist Bengali Muslims holding large pro-Pakistan demonstrations in April 1971.

Okay se we all know that rape happened (on both sides) in the 1971 war and we all know that the 2 lakh number has no accounting basis (its been made popular through unquestioned repetition in the media and scholarship). But is there hope for figuring out the true extent of rape in that war...

Modernists love to believe that since Jinnah spoke in most secular terms at the very inauguration of the constituent assembly of Pakistan which was going to emerge on the globe three days later — this is what must define Pakistan constitutionally. Conservatives have been of the view that just...

By Eric Margolis

http://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/30/archives/homecoming-in-bangladesh-some-hindus-say-if-you-have-been-bitten-by.html?_r=0 By KHUSHWANT SINGH JAN. 30, 1972 THAT opening of the story “The Longest Night,” by the East Bengali writer Abou Ahmed, sums up the feelings of the people of Bangladesh...

Jammu Muslims can be sent to Mirpur and Poonch divisions of Azad Kashmir. Since those 2 divisions are the same ethnically/culturally as Jammu and were once part of the same Jammu province in the old princely state. Ladakh Muslims can go to Gilgit Baltistan. Again geographically and...

http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/38972/in-defence-of-ziaul-haq/ Pakistan’s liberal classes revile no other figure as much as Ziaul Haq. To them, he is the embodiment of whatever ails Pakistani society today. They put the onus of Pakistani Taliban on that sole grave under the shade of Faisal...

http://scroll.in/article/812010/do-you-need-700000-soldiers-to-fight-150-militants-kashmiri-rights-activist-khurram-parvez Khurram Parvez, Kashmiri human rights activist in Srinagar, is programme coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society. In this interview with Scroll.in...

These opinion polls are testament to the commitment of the Pakistani people to our deen. Our rejection of nationalism and secularism being stronger than many other Muslim peoples is no mere coincidence but is a barkat of our ulema (Pakistan is said to have the largest number of ulema in the...

Okay so here goes. So I have always been fiercely patriotic but was unsure of what to do in life. I am 20 years old and currently doing a law degree (5 year programme). I might not finish the degree till I am 23-24. My mum always encouraged me to join Army and all of a sudden it has dawned on...

This was a patriotic general who made Pakistan proud by assisting the Muslims of Bosnia. I would take his words into serious consideration. Are we really lacking sovereignty? Is the USA still calling the shots?

http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/86-ulema-most-loyal-to-constitution-of-pakistan-siraj LAHORE: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Sirajul Haq on Saturday said the Ulema of Pakistan have been most loyal to its constitution. “If there is anyone that is most loyal to the constitution of Pakistan; it is...

Umerkot: Years after Partition and despite decades of instability between India and Pakistan; borders could not break the bond of love and affection between divided families on either side of the Thar Desert. They are eager to meet, but strict laws and bans by Indian government to visit the...

https://medium.com/@akber/the-mirza-cult-business-offshore-accounts-1b0e11b901b1#.os388275t So, I have been called names for calling the Qadiani branch of the Ahmadiyya religion as a cult run by the Mirza Family for their personal financial gain. In 2010, we exposed their secret web of...

A final appeal by the leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party against a death penalty for involvement in a 1971 liberation war has been rejected, his lawyers said, clearing the way for his hanging. The Supreme Court on Thursday passed the order against Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the...