اردو | There has been a predilection on the part of non-Pashtun Pakistanis and other actors to look at the problem of terrorism as, somehow, a Pashtun problem. Issue 9
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Posts Tagged ‘ peshawar ’
On Discrimination against Pashtuns: Reflections from Peshawar
Counter-Narrative to Violence: Hum Jo Tareek Rahon Mein Maare Gae | ART
On 23rd May, 2015, the Awami Art Collective launched a public art display at Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore to commemorate those civilians who have lost their lives in rampant communal violence and terrorism in Pakistan in the past thirty years.
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Selective Mourning After Peshawar
Scores of people have also died in various military operations in the last decade including earlier operations in North and South Waziristan, and Swat. So, why respond now?
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In Memoriam: Peshawar & How Things Come Full Circle
On the two month anniversary of the attack on an army school in Peshawar, Mahru Najam recalls her own experience of attacks that have become too common -- and that cost her a friend's life.
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The Myth of Civilian Failure
The tragedy that should have paved the way for an honest conversation about the roots of militancy has instead strengthened a flawed narrative of civilian failure, and a dangerous call for army intervention.
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Pakistan’s mini-9/11?
To impose distinctions upon tragedies is a strictly arbitrary exercise. So, why was Peshawar seen as a turning-point?
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سانحہ پشاور: تنقید کا بیان
ہم نے انسانی جانوں کو سستا سمجھ کر ریاستی نظریات،مخصوص مذہبی تشریحات، اور حکمران طبقات کے مالی و ذاتی مفادات کو قیمتی تصور کر لیا ہے۔ کسی انسانی معاشرے میں ایسے رویے کی گنجائش نہیں ہو سکتی ۔
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