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April 13, 2021
LAHORE: The man who showed the path for struggle for peoples’ rights and consistently enriched progressive ideals during worst of circumstances peacefully passed away leaving behind an inspiring progressive legacy and a huge void for a subdued civil society to fill.
A man of progressive worldview, professional excellence, creative intellect and unflinching commitment to the cause of secularism, democracy and socialism, he fought against all kinds of oppressions and discriminations and worked for the emancipation of the downtrodden. Being a progressive ‘dervish’, he was admired and respected by both adversaries and admirers because of his polite demeanours, humility, honesty, simplicity and selfless dedication to various causes of the people.
IA Rehman’s praxis
April 13, 2021
LAHORE: The man who showed the path for struggle for peoples’ rights and consistently enriched progressive ideals during worst of circumstances peacefully passed away leaving behind an inspiring progressive legacy and a huge void for a subdued civil society to fill. A man of progressive worldview, professional excellence, creative intellect and unflinching commitment to the cause of secularism, democracy and socialism, he fought against all kinds of oppressions and discriminations and worked for the emancipation of the downtrodden. Being a progressive ‘dervish’, he was admired and respected by both adversaries and admirers because of his polite demeanours, humility, honesty, simplicity and selfless dedication to various causes of the people.
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The writer is former DG FIA and author of The Faltering State and Inconvenient Truths.
ONE listened with rapt attention to what President Joe Biden said at his inauguration: “To overcome … challenges to restore the soul and secure the future of America requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity.” He asserted: “We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal”, adding, “We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts”. It set me thinking that we in Pakistan too need to end an uncivil war.