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Pakistan People’s Party and Urban Pakistan: Reasons for Erosion of Support

With the media explosion, the middle class sentiment has been given a collective “voice� which has the potential to change the political landscape for better or worse.

Irrational Patriotism, Liberalism and Nuclear Arsenal

Right now as the army is waging a war in Waziristan, instead of univocal and unconditional support, it is being criticized for being hard on so called “good� Taliban.

Islam and Modern Times: Is There a Case For Reinterpretation?

For the religion to become functionally effective and progressive rather than static and time trapped, it has to be reinterpreted metaphorically and the mantle of interpretation has to be taken away from the existing ultra conservative clergy/religious sc

Muttahida Qaumi Movement: The Lost Promise

There is a tendency in the media to brand MQM as a liberal party, frankly it is not. Yes it has secular credentials but it’s also a party with very firm roots in ethnicity.

Conspiracy Theories, Patriotism and Religion

Lately this conspiracy theory mindset is being projected as “proof� of patriotism and any alternate paradigm of analysis is actually labeled as blind endorsement of West or unpatriotic behavior.

Urban Middle Class’s Steady Descent Into Conservatism and Religious Right

The latest stance being that terrorism is just a “reaction� and nothing else. The most banal argument is that if Pakistan stops attacking their “own� countrymen, the hardliners will throw weapons.

Raza Habib

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