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Blurb: The PDM’s effort to oust Imran Khan’s government gives the Islamists greater leverage to negotiate their demand to further Islamise the state with both the leading parties and the army. This may end up helping the military brass maintain the status quo.
Pakistani leftist scholar Hamza Alavi once stated that Pakistan’s postcolonial state was the classic example of the ‘overdeveloped’ state because its inherited colonial bureaucratic-military apparatus dominated both government and society (THE STATE IN POST-COLONIAL SOCIETIES: PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH –
Hamza Alavi). As a result, unlike in India, political parties in Pakistan have never been able to establish hegemony over the state system. Since the first military takeover in 1958, the state has always directly or indirectly been controlled by the military elites. Former premier Nawaz Sharif, clearly pointing to the extended role of the army in current Pakistani politics, has said that
Pakistan lawmaker apologises for tweet hurting Hindu community s sentiments
Pakistan lawmaker apologises for tweet hurting Hindu community s sentiments
A Pakistani lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan s ruling party was forced to apologise and delete a tweet deemed disrespectful to the minority Hindu community after it led to widespread condemnation and calls for action against him.
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A Pakistani lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan s ruling party was forced to apologise and delete a tweet deemed disrespectful to the minority Hindu community after it led to widespread condemnation and calls for action against him.
Amir Liaquat Hussain, a member of the National Assembly from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, started the controversy when he tweeted an image of a Hindu deity to mock Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s televangelist-turned-politician Aamir Liquat Hussain has been forced to apologise for his controversial act of using the image of Hindu deity to mock Maryam Nawaz, the vice-president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
Hussain has been a member of the national assembly of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from Karachi. On Tuesday, he had shared a screenshot of a news channel that quoted Maryam Nawaz, ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, as saying, “They (government) will now see a second version of me.”
Husain posted the quote on Twitter with the image of a Hindu deity, likening it to Maryam’s “dusra roop (second version)”.