Pakistan

Hybridizing Hip-hop in Diaspora: Young British South Asian Men Negotiating Black-inflected Identities

by David Drissel

Of India’s intelligence and un-intelligent men

by Bibhu Prasad Routray

Published in New Indian Express (21 May 2012) and Sunday Standard (21 May 2012)

To quote George Santayana, the American philosopher and novelist who carried a Spanish passport, “Intelligence is... more To quote George Santayana, the American philosopher and novelist who carried a Spanish passport, “Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.” Lessons for India from the recent episode are, thus, simple. RAW needs to find strength, even when Indo-Pak relations are supposedly looking up.

States Of Struggle: Politics, Religion, And Ecology In The Making Of The Northern Areas, Pakistan

by Nosheen Ali

Books vs Bombs? Humanitarian development and the narrative of terror in Northern Pakistan

by Nosheen Ali

Outrageous state, sectarianized citizens: deconstructing the 'textbook controversy'in the Northern Areas, Pakistan

by Nosheen Ali

Seeing Through the State: Representation and Rule in the Northern Areas of Pakistan

by Nosheen Ali

Sectarian Imaginaries. The Micropolitics of Sectarianism and State-making in Northern Pakistan

by Nosheen Ali

The State of Islam: culture and Cold War politics in Pakistan (Review)

by Snehal Shingavi

Since the beginning of the Cold War, Pakistan has appeared in the international imagination as a minor figure in the... more Since the beginning of the Cold War, Pakistan has appeared in the international imagination as a minor figure in the drama between rival superpowers or (and this is usually accomplished by the slightest of changes in accent) as the religiously hidebound antagonist to the rise of a modern, secular India. In both instances, what has been obscured are the political debates, struggles and movements inside Pakistan for a different future to the one imagined by those who have been at the nation’s helm throughout its 64-year history, or those (usually American, but occasionally Saudi, agents) who have directed its course from afar by meddling in the nation’s politics. More often than not, Pakistan’s current situation is blithely understood as the necessary consequence of its origins in a religious ideology, and any serious investigation of the nation’s social and political dynamics are summarily reduced to the equation of Pakistan with that baggy term, ‘Islam’.

India Pakistán y el fragil vínculo que les une.

by Pablo Urech

En el presente análisis nos centraremos en las volátilesrelaciones de la India con su vecino Pakistán queactualmente... more En el presente análisis nos centraremos en las volátilesrelaciones de la India con su vecino Pakistán queactualmente ocupa el 6º lugar mundial en población. Larelación entre ambos siempre ha estado a la sombra deconflictos de origen religioso, étnico, ideológico ycomercial.

Prevalence and Factors Associated with eedle Stick Injuries among Registered urses in Public Sector Tertiary Care Hospitals of Pakistan

by IJCRIMPH Journal

Is Peace through Nonviolence Possible in AfPak?

by Jahan Zeb

Jahan Zeb comments on the enduring contribution of historical figure Bacha Khan to transforming conflict through nonviolence in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Background
It was an historical day when Bacha Khan (1890 - 1988) was born in the strategic tall mountains of... more Background
It was an historical day when Bacha Khan (1890 - 1988) was born in the strategic tall mountains of Pashtun land, located on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak). Bacha Khan is also known as Abdul Ghaffar Kha, Fakhr-e-Afghan (pride of Afghans) and non-violent Muslim soldier of Islam. When Bacha Khan died, flags were lowered in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, because the people of these countries have profound respect for his role in striving to achieve freedom peacefully. In many aspects, Khan stands tall in the line of the finest leaders of the world, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. Bacha Khan’s exclusivity was eminent due to the fact that he was born and raised in the mountainous region of Pashtun land, which is primarily agrarian, and encountered both family and tribal feuds. Bacha Khan was saddened to see such difficulties and hardships.

National integration: the state in search of community

by Swarna Rajagopalan

Taking the Place of Martyrs: Afghans and Arabs Under the Banner of Islam

by Darryl Li

Arab Studies Journal 20(1), Spring 2012, pp. 12-39

This article examines how so-called “Afghan Arabs” – Islamist activists drawn to war-torn Afghanistan in recent... more This article examines how so-called “Afghan Arabs” – Islamist activists drawn to war-torn Afghanistan in recent decades – reconciled their pan-Islamist commitments with the experience of doctrinal and cultural difference vis-à-vis Afghans. Previous approaches to transnational Islamist activism have tended to either uncritically assume a monolithic Muslim identity or posit a rigid dichotomy between fanatic “foreign fighters” and the relatively moderate “local Muslims” who they putatively seek to indoctrinate. Eschewing both types of reification, this article argues that pan-Islamist projects should not be understood as attempts to erase intra-Muslim differences, but rather as endeavors to process them. Afghan Arabs struggled to understand, evaluate, and respond to doctrinal and cultural differences in ways that often defied the conventional juxtaposition of radical Salafi Arabs versus moderate Sufi/Hanafi Afghans. Diverse longstanding discursive traditions in Islam – including discussions over miraculous events [karāmāt] and visitation of saints’ tombs [al-ziyāra] – provided common terms of reference that Arab activists and their Afghan counterparts could invoke to ensure that even contentious disputes could contribute to a shared project.

Into the Light: the Liberation Theology of Steven Masood, a Christian ex-Muslim

by Duane Alexander Miller

in St Francis Magazine, Vol 6:4, August 2010, pp 630-637.

The author analyzes Masood's conversion narrative 'Into the Light' as a theological text. He proposes that Masood (and... more The author analyzes Masood's conversion narrative 'Into the Light' as a theological text. He proposes that Masood (and other ex-Muslim Christians) are engaged in the production of liberation texts.

Dvorak L (2007) The Social Wasp Fauna (Hymenoptera Vespidae) of Pakistan

by Anthony Daglio

An ethnographic look at the status of health of women living in an urban squatter settlement of Karachi.

by Sabeena Jalal

co authored with Dr Nasreen Aslam Shah, Published in Pakistan journal of Gender Studies.

High prevalence of unrelated multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in Pakistani military hospitals

by Benjamin Evans

Exchange Rate Forecasting and Model Selection in Pakistan

by Khurram Saleem

Emerging markets like Pakistan are becoming an attractive place for foreign
investors. Foreign investment... more Emerging markets like Pakistan are becoming an attractive place for foreign
investors. Foreign investment crucially depends on expected exchange rate
movements. This study attempts to determine, whether or not, the exchange
rate in Pakistan can be forecasted using different exchange rate models. The
specific objective of this study is to determine the best model. This is done by
analyzing forecasting performance of various univariate and multivariate
exchange rate models. Seven models including the Autoregressive (AR),
Autoregressive moving average (ARMA), Autoregressive conditional
heteroscedasticity (ARCH), Decomposition of time series, Purchasing power
parity (PPP), Dornbusch Frankel sticky price monetary (DB) and the
Combined forecast models, are all estimated using monthly data over the
period January 2000 to June 2010. ARCH model is found to be the best
model for forecasting exchange rate in Pakistan for the selected time period
followed by combined forecasting and autoregressive (AR) models.

Internal Unit Demarcation and National Identity: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

by Swarna Rajagopalan

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Volume 5:3-4, Fall and Winter 1999, pp.191-211. (Special journal issue reprinted as William Safran and Ramon Maiz, eds., Identity and Territorial Autonomy in Plural Societies, Frank Cass, London and Portland, Oregon, 2000.

Viability of Small-Scale Arsenic-Contaminated Water Purification Technologies for Sustainable Development in Pakistan

by Joshua Pearce

Fatima Hashmi and Joshua M. Pearce, “Viability of Small-Scale Arsenic-Contaminated Water Purification Technologies for Sustainable Development in Pakistan”, Sustainable Development, 19(4), pp. 223-234, 2011.

Drinking arsenic-contaminated water leads to a series of health problems that has limited development for the largely... more Drinking arsenic-contaminated water leads to a series of health problems that has limited development for the largely poor rural people of Pakistan who are unable to afford bottled water, centralized treatment plants, or expensive water filter systems. This paper reviews the available appropriate technologies for the removal of arsenic in drinking water to assist in just sustainable development in Pakistan. Several technologies were found to be both technically- and economically- viable and support the large-scale deployment of these small-scale, appropriate technologies. The economic viability determined in this study was based on both first costs and operating costs. The cost of implementing such technologies for an individual Pakistani family is made acceptable with the use of local materials, which the family may already own. For example, systems using sand and iron nails in the filters, and which are placed in plastic buckets that are already in common use in the villages, drive down the overall costs of the technology and put it in the reach of even the most destitute. This study found that complications from the variability of local supplies result in the need to identify the locally most appropriate solution from both a technical and economic standpoint. This review article should be helpful for any practitioner in determining the locally optimal solution for the removal of arsenic from drinking water in Pakistan.