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Mao-Lana Bhashani: Maoism and the Unmaking of Pakistan

The paper will show how Mujib’s nationalism was just one of the currents in East Pakistan over this period, the…

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Maulana Bhashani was the first to declare ‘Independence’ of East Pakistan

Exposed to the aftermath of the country’s greatest human tragedy caused by nature, the Maulana was reportedly seen ‘weeping like…

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One Unit Scheme of Pakistan, 1955-1970 revisited

After the East broke away to form Bangladesh, the Punjab province insisted that politics in the rump West Pakistan now…

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Life in a Refugee Colony in India

Bhudiya Colony, around 55 miles from Bareilly city, is the camp of Bengali-speaking refugees from East Pakistan who crossed the…

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Sindh’s struggle for abolition of One Unit – IX

In his speech at Sindh University Bhutto had said that he cannot scarify Punjab’s interests for Sindh. Dr. Zaffar Junejo…

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Sindh’s struggle for abolition of One Unit – VII

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy didn’t support Anti-One-Unit Movement, as he always thought that the military and bureaucracy have an important role…

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What has been the Impact of the Creation of Bangladesh?

Beginning in March 1971, the Bangladesh War of Independence led to East Pakistan becoming a new nation state. On the…

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1971 Debacle: Larkana, Rawalpindi and an Election Undermined

Sheikh Mujib had pledged on 3 January 1971 at an oath-taking ceremony of the National Assembly and Provincial Assembly members…

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The Night of the Generals . . . And Later

By Syed Badrul Ahsan Fifty years ago in the month of March the Pakistan military launched an unprecedented armed assault…

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