INAUGURAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS: “CITIES” The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture is pleased to announce the launch of its new academic journal, Indus, and to invite submissions for our inaugural issue. Indus is seeking essays, research papers,…
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The Non-violent Face of Islam
by Parveen Talpur •
In 2011, at an exhibition titled “The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara” held at the Asia Society Museum, New York, a sequence of ‘carved narrative panels depicting episodes from the life of Buddha’ were displayed. These reminded me…
Media as warmongers
by Qaisar Abbas •
In assuming this role as warmongers voluntarily, news media flare up the war hysteria and promote conflict and tension between rival nations. In this role the mainstream media do not kill people directly; they create a mindset to destroy the…
Open letter to The President, Prime Minister, Interior Ministry, Chief Justice, Chief Ministers, and heads of all political parties, Pakistan
by Masood Raja •
(From Citizens for Democracy) March 9, 2011: Over 300 prominent individuals – academics, columnists, writers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and women, IT professionals, students, journalists and others – from Pakistan and elsewhere (including India, France, Italy, USA, UK, Canada) besides over…
Call for Papers: Pakistaniaat Special Issue on FAIZ AHMED FAIZ
by Masood Raja •
Blame Game
by Fawzia Afzal-Khan •
Women’s Rights in Islam, By Sayed Mumtaz Ali
by Masood Raja •
Translated by Masood Ashraf Raja Preface In these few pages I have explained the crux of my thoughts about the rights of women, a subject upon which I have often thought and reflected. Although my thoughts have gone through slight…