The party was Jinnah's but keeping it together was the Viceroy's responsibility! The Viceroy said that Jinnah complained bitterly about the excesses committed by the Congress  Government  against  the  Muslims. The Viceroy replied that to the best of his knowledge no excess had been committed. As a matter of fact, he added, this feeling may be an outcome of the Muslim League paranoia. To this, Jinnah replied that one example of excess was the Frontier Government ruling that Hindi should be made a compulsory subject in all schools. The above statement has no semblance of truth. Jinnah had to scratch around to find proof of his allegation. But he could not have selected a more absurd example. The Frontier Government had declared a compulsory language, but it happened to be Pashto. Perhaps Jinnah, being so out of touch with real India, could not tell the difference between Hindi and Pashto.

Figurative spiraling of controlled resistances among institutions of modern Meta-Capitalist system can be considered as the most germane interpretations of its prevailing logics/sub-logics. Even though Meta-Capitalist system itself has the capability to proffer itself as an explanation of its own binary protuberances but it also claims to be an individual anticipator of all the ethical/aesthetical attitudes and their arrangements in modern democracies. Meta-Capitalist system/logic/market values the...

At the very beginning of The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Karl Marx wrote: “ Hegel remarks somewhere that all the great events and characters of world history occur, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce” [1]. That is because people make their history, but not under conditions of their own choosing. It is, therefore, equally possible to move from farce to tragedy or from tragedy to another tragedy. This is what seems...

The call for early elections has picked up momentum in the political landscape of Pakistan. Most of the political parties have virtually gone into election gear, holding big rallies to demonstrate their strength and number for elections. However, timetable for early elections is yet to be decided. Finalization of electoral rolls is at the heart of it. The Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) wants time for updating of electoral rolls while the Supreme Court wants it to be ready by the end of February. The preparation and updating electoral rolls...

Corruption in the sense of civil and military servants and Public officials and politicians of Pakistan pocketing public funds or taking bribes from local and foreign individuals, governments and businessmen, getting expensive land at discounted rates, and surrendering barren land in lieu of scores of millions in bank loans, is too well known and documented by in-country and international agencies, to be worthy of any unusual notice. After all, the country has had the dubious distinction...

As hype around the “Memogate” simmers, the Supreme Court has created noise again by announcing that they would be re-opening the “Mehrangate” case.  Asghar Khan’s sixteen-year old petition, which calls for punishment against all those parties who have received funds from the ISI, gives insight into what extent the “establishment” has controlled this country. The petition stipulates that the ISI dished out millions of rupees to various politicians to help rig a right-wing alliance against...

This article will only focus on Pakistan, but will nevertheless begin with a brief detour on the United States. The summary execution of bin Laden during a major political offensive aimed at rehabilitating American imperialism, which had been undermined in the eyes of public opinion through the lies and scandals of the Bush era, giving a new legitimacy to targeted assassinations, the hell of Guantanamo prison (which Obama promised to close), the use of torture (the hunt for bin Laden is believed...

My Lords, On the behalf of the Sipah Salar, Field Marshal Avatar Pervez and the leader of the Maimanah, General Braveheart, I submit that the detention was legal under the Army Act 1952, section 2 sub clause 1 (d). These eleven men posed a great danger to the national security and integrity. With them roaming free, the public law and order was faced with the gravest risk. I therefore beseech the esteemed court to allow them to be kept under...

In 2002, children in the USA aged four to twelve made an estimated thirty billion dollars in purchases using their own money. Direct expenditures by children rose from $ 6.1 billion in 1989 to $23.4 billion in 1997. This does not include teen-spending. According to a survey, the average 12-19 year old spent $104 per week in 2001. Reportedly, American teens in 2001 spent $172 billion (Schor 2006: 93).Children have become far more influential in family shopping decisions. American children influenced $300 billion of adult purchases...

In today’s world of increasing religious intolerance and even violence, Dr. Ori Z. Soltes, a scholar of Jewish and religious studies, is busy in exploring common strands in world religions, especially the three Abrahamic religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. As an eloquent speaker, writer and curator, he is currently teaching theology, philosophy and art history at Georgetown University in the United States. With over 200 publications, books and essays, two of his theology books include “Our Sacred Sings: How Jewish, Christian and Muslim Art Draw from the Same Sources “ and “Searching for Oneness: Mysticism in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Traditions. I met him last year, when...

When you get time from prayers,

at the Wailing Wall,

look behind,

to see the crumbling ruins,

beyond your towering homes.

Look where sunrays are never allowed,