Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Why are the EU & IMF suddenly concerned about human rights in Pakistan?

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First it was the European Union which warned that Pakistani exports to the EU would no longer enjoy duty free status if human rights violati...
Monday, 28 November 2022

The 1971 debacle: loss of East Pakistan

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It's been more than fifty years since we lost half the country. The war is still fresh in our minds, and I remember how we felt when our...
Monday, 15 November 2021

Learning from history

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Embed from Getty Images Young people nowadays are not at all interested in history. "What's the use", they ask. "Histor...
Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Memories of the 1971 war

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In today's DAWN (from past pages 1971 "Newsprint usage"), it is reported that the government had asked all morning newspapers ...
Friday, 18 December 2020

Remembering the break-up of Pakistan (1971)

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It's been forty nine years but I can't forget the tragedy which resulted in the disintegration of the country, a tragedy that could ...
Tuesday, 18 December 2018

"Udhar tum, idhar hum": When Bhutto pushed Bangladesh to the edge of Pakistan

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Published in the Express Tribune Blogs on December 17, 2018 The fall of Dhaka is one of those events in our history that we'd rather fo...
Friday, 4 January 2013

Z. A. Bhutto, father of Bangladesh!

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What Mujib wanted Published in The News on January 2, 2013 This refers to Taj M Khattak’s article ‘What did Mujib want?’ (Dec 21). The ans...
Monday, 12 March 2012

The myth of Bangladesh's "phenomenal" progress

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Embed from Getty Images I’ve heard many times from fellow Pakistanis that Bangladesh has made phenomenal progress in comparison to Pakista...