pakistan - Himal Southasian (Page 31)

Retro-Reaction in Rawalpindi

There are those who have learnt to 'filter', and have emerged with a wardrobe which is Western in thought but desi at heart. For quite some time now,

By Ayesha Javed Akram

/ 1 Mar 2001

Do you know what your child is watching?

The Pakistani carrier of Sesame Street is unpopular because it is filled with dull talking heads, duller government news, and unslick presentation compared to the Indian satellite channels. But besides

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Mar 2001

Can and will the locals govern?

Political parties across the spectrum have questioned the military government's claim that elections to local councils in 18 of the 106 administrative districts in Pakistan, which they were

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Feb 2001

Eye in the Sky

India, Pakistan and Nuclear Confidence A water vapour plume from a cooling tower vent at Khushab and the discharge of hot water at Trombay prove that Pakistan and India are

By Hui Zhang

/ 1 Feb 2001

The Great Escape

The seizure of power by the military in Pakistan was accompanied by the dissolution of Parliament, the suspension of the Constitution and the incarceration of the ousted prime minister Nawaz

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Jan 2001

The table waits

Though militant groups in Kashmir have rejected the unilateral ceasefire announced by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as a conspiracy to "sabotage the movement", the 11-year-

By Kousar Bukhari

/ 1 Jan 2001

PAKISTANI TRUCK ART

The road is ours! Pakistan's economy is greatly dependent on truck transport, just as in other South Asian countries. And like in other parts of the region, the

By Martin Sokefeld

/ 1 Dec 2000

WHOSE MUMMY?

Even as politics in Pakistan acquired a new turn last month with the forging of an alliance between longstanding rivals Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, a recently unearthed mummy of

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Dec 2000

Present tense; future imperfect

The Chief Executive of Pakistan has decided to stop courting the West and focus on internal politics, but this brings him squarely up against the religious right. Meanwhile, the liberals

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Nov 2000

People’s history of Partition

Inventing Boundaries—Gender, Politics and the Partition of India Edited by Mushirul Hasan Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2000 ISBN: 019 565103 0 Pakistan came into being not simply because

By Yoginder Sikand

/ 1 Oct 2000

She Said, He Said

Fact is, Hasina gives a hoot about the who or the how of running Pakistan. She is intensely focussed on the trial of her family's killers—her family

By The Editors

/ 1 Oct 2000

The dutiful wife, the caring mother, the immoral vamp, the fast one…

It is generally accepted that the media plays a vital role in disseminating information and in forming public opinion. However, given that information exists within the ambit of ideas, this

By Beena Sarwar

/ 1 Sep 2000