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Commemorating Secular Pakistan Day
By Yasser Latif Hamdani Today is August the eleventh. The government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has designated this day as the “minorities’ day” because Mr. Jinnah made a speech on this day in 1947 which is interpreted by some as a charter of rights for minorities. The truth is that Jinnah’s famous speech was a clear policy statement of working towards ending distinctions of majority and minority by following a secular policy whereby religion … Read entire article »
Filed under: Jinnah, Liberal Democratic Pakistan, liberal Pakistan, secular Pakistan, secularism
State accountability – all is not that bleak
Raza Rumi Earlier, I had written a piece on citizen accountability and Jhang model innovated by a bureaucrat – Zubair Bhatti - who ironically resigned from the civil service. I am posting a video of his talk and the article for readers here at PTH. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiB5-JGNArM] … Read entire article »
Filed under: Pakistan
Is this Jinnah's Pakistan?
Raza Rumi writing for Express Tribune: The massacre of Ahmadis in Lahore has once again exposed the inner fissures of our society. As if treating them like second class citizens was not enough, the attacks on their private space of worship has confirmed that militant Islamism is now an embedded reality. Those who have been denying the presence of Punjabi Taliban will have to construct another web of denial and disbelief. We saw signs of that after the fateful tragedy. Instead of constituting investigation teams and ensuring that all necessary leads are collated, senior officials of the Punjab government made a direct reference to RAW, the infamous Indian intelligence agency. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Al Qaeda, liberal Pakistan, Pakistan, Religion, Taliban, Terrorism




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