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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PPP in the Punjab | Bushra Zaidi
The Show Will Go on! | Daanish Mustafa
The national and provincial assemblies have finally breathed their last. They had a full and tumultuous life and I suppose one could only pray for their salvation in the here after of history. There will be many analysts—the political equivalent of mercia go (professional grievers) who will recite the works of the deceased. To...
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Mheeda Bharla | Daanish Mustafa
In the late 1970s and early 80s there were some excellent Punjabi dramas playing on PTV. Late 1970s was also the time when Pakistanis had discovered the glitter and promise of foreign shores to fulfill their material dreams. The overlap is not a coincidence. Read on in English >> “The worst poverty is cultural poverty...
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Geographies of Our Minds | Daanish Mustafa
One of the distinct disadvantages that I have suffered from the beginning of my schooling was not being weak in Urdu–ever! It just seemed to me as a kid that all the good kids–according to the adults, seemed to read Enid Blyton, while rogue kids (nalaiks) like myself read stuff like A. Hamid’s...
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