The Tribal Areas are subject to a deep-seated racism, and exist in a state of apartheid. Issue 10
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Pakistan’s Apartheid Regime
Mobility and Spatiality among Tribal Pashtuns
Horizontal mobility and frequent movement are considered a cosmopolitan lifestyle when practiced by the elite. Not so lower down in the socioeconomic ladder: Mobile Tribal Pashtuns are associated with illegality. Issue 10
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Journalists on the Run in Pakistan
Journalists condemn the murder of their slain colleagues and protest government inaction. 48 journalists have been killed in Pakistan in the last decade.
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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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The Road to Bannu
اردو | Even though Bannu is governed by the Pakistani constitution, the Pakistani state views it in almost colonial terms. For this part of Pakistan, then, the Raj isn’t over. Reportage
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The Politics Of Naming
Real human beings are reduced to an epithet – “IDPs” – that renders them nameless victims.
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The Practice of International Solidarity
Solidarity is a practice of connections. We should call for justice in Gaza, but also Balochistan and Waziristan.
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