The author is a linguistic historian.
The Supreme Court order, even if implemented, will not really change the power equation nor will it remove the linguistic privilege of the haves...
Though rich enough to function as the language of administration, judiciary and military at the highest levels, will Urdu really become Pakistan’s...
Why do languages die? They die when their speakers abandon them for other languages, because they are not given prestige and they become ashamed of...
Common perceptions that have been confusing masses and leaders
Revolutions never work from the point of view of humanist values and human rights. Now that young Pakistanis are talking of revolution, it is...
The foremost idea which is common to the Kharijites and the modern movement of Jihad is that of takfir -- a Muslim who commits a major sin is no...
Beyond all belief; beyond the limits of credulity; beyond reason -- beyond all that could be called rational or even human, conspiracy theories...
Parto Rohila’s real achievement is that he has finally found and translated all the letters of Ghalib and made them available to the public...
Formed during Zia ul Haq’s regime as a symbol of protest and liberal values, the group’s plays remain pertinent even today
Husain Haqqani’s name is well-known in Pakistan but mostly for the wrong reasons. He is variably known among some journalists, the army and...
