He has practiced and taught medicine in the US. This article, “Proud to be a Punjabi” was published in the Daily Times on the fifth of February, 2014. In the article, the author has described the role and significance of Punjab in the history of Pakistan. In addition to this, he has tried to prove that Punjab is not responsible for everything bad happening in the other provinces. The author has described the role of Punjab before and after independence in the Pakistani politics. The author also says
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF PAKISTAN Course Description: Constitutions have come to be regarded as the collective consensus and ultimate reference point of a nation’s aspirations and ideals. They are looked upon as the primary custodians of individual and collective rights and the supreme arbiters in disputes between the organs of a State. They are the mirror to the ideological hopes of the past, the litmus test for the actuality of the present and the looking glass for the future. The alchemy of
Ian Curtis was 23 years old when he hung himself in his home in Macclesfield, England. The events that led to the singers death should have been warning signs of his plans, but his personality kept him from receiving the help he desperately needed. Born on July 15th, 1956 in Manchester, England Ian had a considerably normal childhood to follow. He had one little sister and his working class family were very tightnit with other family members as well as each other. (Curtis 1995)Ian was a cheerful
Blue are an English R&B group consisting of members Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe. The band originally formed in 2000, releasing three studio albums, All Rise (2001), One Love (2002) and Guilty (2003) that all peaked at number one in the United Kingdom alongside releasing 16 singles, over a four-year period. The group also worked alongside artists such as Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Lil' Kim. In late 2004, the group announced that they would disband and released their first
who at that time representing Pakistan in Security Council. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto is a renowned Politician and founder of a Political party in Pakistan, “Pakistan People’s Party” meaning party of the people of Pakistan. The present and permanent constitution of Pakistan is formulated under his guidance when he was in power after the fall of East Pakistan. He attains attention of people of Pakistan after his speech in Security Council when he pledges the case of Pakistan in United Nations in 1971. After
Bangladesh became independent after fighting a bloody war of nine months where a massive amount of people were killed, tortured by the Pakistani Army. They killed and tortured the civilians including women, minors, intellectuals, and children. There is an academic consensus that the events took place during the Bangladesh Liberation war constituted genocide by West Pakistan against the people of Eastern Pakistan. The genocide of Bangladesh began on 26 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight
that political parties are necessary ingredients of democratic governance. Within this framework, many scholars agree that political parties are the principal agents of democratic consolidation because they are the key players shaping democracy’s emergence (Pridham, 1990: 29). Similarly, “party system institutionalization has been widely viewed as a requisite for the consolidation of democracy” (Kuenzi and Lambright, 2005: 423). However, scholars disagree on the effects of different party system characteristics
Defining Political psychology As progressively more accepted interdisciplinary and multi-method approach, which has now become a need of time, for interpreting in detail political phenomena at individual-level, the rapidly growing field of political psychology has made significant strides in illuminating the processes that are hidden behind the political affiliations, attitudes, feelings, decision making, behavior and above all in the interaction among the individual and group. For this reason, it
India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan (Picture of Indian subcontinent). Among the countries, Pakistan was created with unique setting. It had two wings, East and West Pakistan separated by one thousand miles of Indian Territory (Picture of East and West Pakistan). Only thing that bound the people in East and West Pakistan was their religion, Islam. They had different culture, different language, and different history. As a result, conflicts between the two parts of Pakistan started early. The first
a democratic political system in countries that are majority Muslim. Malaysia and Indonesia have been able to successfully incorporate Islam into their national identity and have a successful version of the democratic system in their countries. Pakistan provides a nice parallel as a country that explicitly announces itself as an Islamic Republic, but still has a democratic system. All three of these countries provide a good example of Muslim Democracy as described
decentralization. Political decentralization Transfer of political authority in political decentralization the central government transfers decision-making power to regional level to give citizen more voice in public decision making give more power to the people who are elected by citizen in ground level. A decentralized political authority is very much required to raise concern and mobilize popular public opinion practically. This dimension derives a political analysis from the whole debate and make way
group of people who gets control on the area by receiving it as a inheritance or by getting control by using force. Pakistan our beloved country got independence from British rule in 1947 and from that day to till now it is ruled by three dictators and estimately in 66 years of independence it is dictated around 35 years. In these three times the government was took over by the army generals who somehow dismissed the government and took over the power. According to many analysts Pakistan is better
that there must be mutual respect between the state and people, a balance of powers, and a stable civil society for a government to be legitimate, externally and internally. It is between the trustees (the state) and the trusters (society), the former whose obligation is to protect the rights of the latter. A lack of accountability between the state and civil society creates chaos, and delegitimizes the government in the eyes of its people. When this occurs, often on account of ethnic prejudice,
The time since Pakistan has born it has relished most affable relationship with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia was one of those nations of the world who accepted and recognized Pakistan’s presence when it was born. Both the countries have deep collaboration in terms of political, economic, religious, and social and security matters. The leaders of both the nation meet-up frequently to enhance quality relationship among them. These visits to each other’s homeland shows how strong bonding both the countries
Democracy: Democracy is a form of governments in which every individual can participate and share his/her views. In short the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or their elected
“They (The Tea Party) should be called what they really are, the American Taliban.” Most citizens of the United States would not think to compare a ruthless terrorist movement like the Taliban with an “American grassroots movement” like the Tea Party. Nevertheless, these two groups are quite similar. The Tea party started as a grassroots movement that protested high taxes and large government as well as the Affordable Care Act in 2009. They believe that the government is deaf to the people’s voices
preferences. Therefore, to insure clarity of understanding, it is imperative that by eliminating all mental cobwebs both terms are defined firstly. The word ‘democracy’ hails from the Greek word ‘demokratía’ that translates as ‘government of the people’. Democracy is hence the type of government that allows all capable individuals to be a part of the state’s governing. All citizens have an indirect or direct part to play in influencing the laws of the country. It is a right provided by the constitution
visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and had served in the government of Pakistan for ten years during the administrations of Prime Mnister Benazir Bhutto and President Musharraf. This book examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan, and analyzes its connections to Pakistan Army’s polices and fluctuating U.S. Pakistan relations. The author includes a detailed history of the various governments of Pakistan, much of which is only loosely supports the topic of the book. This review
Islamic Republic of Pakistan became independent. On August 15th, 1947, the jewel of the British Empire, India, was granted independence. India had been divided, primarily along a religious line, into two pieces. There are many different reasons why partition occurred. When the British oppressed India, they had a divide and conquer policy that exacerbated the religious and cultural rifts that already existed in the society. The Muslim League, believing in the ideology of “Pakistan” actively campaigned
Nationhood and Nationalities in Pakistan Pakistan is a country inhabited by people belonging to many different nationalities. Hamza Alavi’s article focuses on the rising sub-national demands in the country and how the dominant factions have tried their best to suppress these movements. Official Nationalism: Benedict Anderson describes official nationalism as “A national identity that is not spontaneously generated from below, but is imposed from above by those at the heart of the power structure