To be sure, Partition itself was the product of a utopic plan enacting Enlightenment notions about the rational ordering of society. It promised to produce order out of a religiously and linguistically mixed society. It promised a homeland to those out-of-place in nationalist India.
Many who moved did so out of faith in this project, out of conviction, at times against the wishes of their families (most famously, Jinnah’s only daughter did not move). Indeed, the deliberate sacrifice of home and bonds was the price that made the result – participation in the creation of a new nation-state – all the more sacred. (See oral histories in Anam Zakaria,
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The nooze tightening around horrible Maya’s (Sanam Jung) neck is her own doing. Busy with her extra-marital affair with ex-husband Salman (Ali Safina) and being nasty to people, Maya doesn’t quite realise that husband Junaid (Mikaal Zulfiqar) had already smelt a rat and was closely watching her. Allured by Salman’s promise of a wealthy lifestyle, she asks Junaid to divorce her while the selfish Salman, who is not prepared to be a father to Junaid’s child, pressurises Maya to abort the baby. With a speck of sense in her head, Maya refuses to abort her baby and walks out of the clinic in a huff, but the villainous Salman actually trips her and Maya falls flat on her snooty face. If that doesn’t make you LOL, Ali Safina’s evil smile certainly will.
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It’s raining rom-coms on television and the Ramazan drama serials we are watching have, delightfully, so far managed to steer far away from regressive narrative tropes like sister rivalry, the archaic saas-bahu-aur-saazish formula, premarital heartaches and despicably banal extra-marital affairs.
This Ramazan, Pakistani mainstream television has turned to light, youthful and desi romantic comedies to brighten your evenings post iftar. These family friendly rom-coms, which are a genre of their own, come at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about massive misery with personal and professional losses. Thus as content consumers, we’re enjoying the respite these three Ramazan serials have to offer.
Minor among four killed in road accidents
Deadly vehicle collisions have been reported frequently in Punjab in recent months
THEKRI WALA:
At least four people, including a minor, were killed in two accidents near Thikriwala on Saturday.
According to the police report, a collision between a speeding tractor trolley and a car near Jhang Road left 28-year-old Wasim Amin dead on the spot. His 30-year-old wife Shabana Bibi and six-year-old nephew Zeeshan Amin died later at Allied Hospital.
Police handed over the three bodies to the heirs after completing the legal formalities.
Three-year-old Rabia, daughter of Amin, who was injured in the accident, is said to be in critical condition.