Posts Tagged ‘ punjab ’

Badrunissa: Okara’s ‘Terrorist’ Peasant

May 2016
Badrunissa: Okara’s ‘Terrorist’ Peasant

In central Punjab's Okara, hundreds of peasants are being charged under Pakistan's draconian anti-terror laws.
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Re-silencing Balochistan? | TQ Voices

Today, a roundtable on "Unsilencing Balochistan" to be held on Thursday 9 April at LUMS was cancelled due to state intervention.
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In the Belly of the River: Flooding the Landless

Nov 2014

As Punjab deals with the aftermath of yet another devastating flood, it is the poor and landless who have once again been disproportionately affected. This is not an accident.
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God’s Gravediggers: The Politics of Sectarian Killing

Aug 2013

اردو | In a Hazara school, it was possible to divide the students' preoccupations into 4 categories: navigating relationships with parents, career choices, prospects for university and the risk of being shot by a death squad.
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PPP in the Punjab | Bushra Zaidi

Mar 2013

The PPP is confident that it is going to sweep this election. Its rivals are equally confident that it is going to be “wiped out” in Punjab, a province that is crucial to being the largest party in the next national assembly.
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