In the trinity of a state’s democratic structure, judiciary is far more important than the legislature and the executive as it shapes the societal face of a nation.
April 10, 2021
Helter skelter: On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for ‘personal and professional reasons’
Helter skelter: On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for ‘personal and professional reasons’×
On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving The Beatles for ‘personal and professional reasons’. This week’s quiz is about split-ups
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1 Which Indian company did Malik Ghulam Muhammad have to leave in the 1940s, before taking up a senior government post in another country?
2 In 2021, who broke the news of their split-up with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue”, excerpted from their 2006 sci-fi film
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.
Some other books that have discussed One Unit include ‘Pakistan of Jinnah’ by Ahmed Salim, ‘Pakistan in the 20th Century’ by Lawrence Ziring and ‘Federalism in Pakistan’ by Muntzra Nazir. Interested readers may also find details of the One Unit scheme in some biographies and memoirs such as ‘Mera Siyasi Safar’ by Hasan Mahmood, and ‘Daultana Dastaan’ by Wakeel Anjum – both published by Jang Publishers.
Dr Tanweer Ahmad Tahir’s doctoral thesis ‘Political dynamics of Sindh’ completed at the Pakistan Study Centre of the University of Karachi in 2010 is also a marvelous source of information on this topic. Dr Tahir has himself condensed and translated his thesis into Urdu and published it as ‘Sindh ki siyasat nasliyati tanazur mei’n (The politics of Sindh with the perspective of ethnicity). It has two chapters exclusively dealing with the making and unravelling of One Un
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Achakzai’s statement generated intense indignation among the wider circles of Punjabi literati
Last Sunday, Mehmood Khan Achakzai’s insinuation about Lahoris’ collusion with Hindus and Sikhs against Afghans stirred a heated response. I think by Lahoris he meant Punjabis in general. The people of the Punjab are frequently accused of not putting up a fight against invaders from the north.
Achakzai re-invented that allegation by accusing Punjabis (he called them Lahoris, though) of aiding and abetting Hindus and Sikhs to defeat Afghans. Thus, to him villainy of the Punjabis had been their collusion with Hindus and Sikhs against the Afghans and not what they are usually accused of.