While history is a convenient tool to absolve one from sin and inculpate another in the imagination of people, recently the Mughal history of India has been widely recounted in both scholarly and non-scholarly circles to prove and disprove certain ideological notions. The British colonial overlords were the first to misrepresent Mughal history in order […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court earlier this week headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed, while hearing a case regarding encroachments on Orangi and Gujjar Nullah at the Karachi Registry, directed the anti-encroachment department to continue its operation. Naya Daur Media spoke to activists and organizers who have been following these developments. On Monday, […]
Trade unions, farmers’ organizations, Sindhi nationalist parties and local affectees staged a protest this week against the alleged demolition of local settlements (‘goths’) by Bahria Town Karachi. In the course of these protests, some cars have been set on fire. Karachi police have reportedly arrested more than 80 people on charges of protesting and rioting […]