The writer teaches at the IT University in Lahore. He is the author of ‘A Princely Affair: The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947-55.’ He tweets at @BangashYK.
There must be a robust and transparent process for appointments to top positions in universities for better governance
Universities must radically transform the manner in which heads of institutions are appointed in order to produce world quality research and an...
If higher education is to work, a real rethink of its vision and focus needs to be made
After 1947, the University of the Punjab with all its buildings, libraries, and assets, remained at Lahore in West Punjab and East Punjab had to...
Raising some questions that are not addressed in the present literature on Partition
A hundred years have now passed since the end of the ‘Great War’. It is a day of contemplation and reflection at the cost of war, its bloody...
A glimpse of what Dr and Mrs Benade of FC College, living and working in carnage-stricken Lahore in 1947, observed and felt
A seamless connection to the Wards School at Ambala dates the college to the year 1868, and not 1886
Both Pakistan and India are now in the grips of rising fascism, and unless concerted efforts are made to counter it, it will spread its tentacles so...
Does the box office failure of film Begum Jan exhibit that people in South Asia do not want to see that we perhaps still live in the partition...
It is important to heed the experience of erstwhile princely states while contemplating smaller units in Pakistan in the present
The life of Swat State clearly exhibited that smaller units were closer to the people and better suited the diverse and multidimensional polity of...
How the government of Pakistan introduced quick reforms to control the State of Bahawalpur after its accession
By the time Khairpur state was merged into One Unit in October 1955, it had made exemplary progress
Pakistan has always had a very precarious relationship with sub-national groups. Looking at the demand for new provinces in this backdrop
At the Home of Cricket, while Pakistan plays England, one can’t help but be struck by the ease and sheer joy with which people watch the game
The use of ‘contempt of court’ is not a recent phenomenon and has been used several times in the past to rein in the executive
The speeches and writings of Justice Rustam Kiyani are as much as testament to his great oratory skills and charming wit, as they are a caustic...
Lawrence brothers became legends when they restored law and order and provided quick and cheap justice to people in the Punjab
Understanding the development of state and society in the Punjab against the backdrop of codification of laws and executive control over judicial...
