slideshow

Reclaiming Pakistaniat

Mar 2016

We need a critical Pakistan studies that challenges reductive analyses informed by global security frameworks, and the state’s uses and abuses of knowledge. Issue 10
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A Visit to the Fakir Khana

Feb 2016

Visiting one of the world's oldest private museums in Lahore, a writer re-discovers her home. Issue 10
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The Hamlets Hum in Punjabi

Feb 2016

Some questions the Punjabi movement in Pakistan poses for the Left today. Issue 10
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The Lives of Amir Hamza Shinwari

An exploration of the Pashto poetry of Amir Hamza Shinwari. A poet who lived a borderland life, or rather, a life into which borders grew. Issue 10
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Pakistan’s Apartheid Regime

Feb 2016

The Tribal Areas are subject to a deep-seated racism, and exist in a state of apartheid. Issue 10
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Mother Makli: A Living Heritage

I went to Makli to look at ruins, but soon realized that the architecture was merely a backdrop to the lives of countless devotees, mystics and ordinary people. Issue 10: Borders and Boundaries
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Pashtuns in Lahore

Jan 2016

Pashtuns and their work circuits are part of Lahore's Walled City heritage, but they are now under-valued–and targeted. Issue 10
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