Politics

For Jinnah, was Pakistan just a client state?
Look at the facts:
Guy had a Hindu bloodline (grandpa kicked out by extremists)
Aga Khani intellectual background, did paperwork as Twelver Shia
Zero Islamic background, couldn’t even speak Urdu
Biggest rivals weren't just the British, but Muslim secular and religious leaders too
Huge personal ego clash with Nehru

Alhemdulilleh I’ve never liked seinfeld or found him funny at all! Have you ?

https://youtu.be/tN4kQ6_YMag?si=Ei9eAMLaTjTecpzQ

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https://youtube.com/shorts/RvlN8cViOe4?is=Zu9UDTya4cfvTvOO

Oh Suella, Suella, Suella. What an Uncle Tom you are, using your own brown skin to legitimise rhetoric that perpetuates racism and questions the belonging of other people of colour.

I remember hearing an interview with Margaret Atwood in which she spoke about colonialism and how it could be enforced by people who looked like those they were oppressing. She used this historical context in her book The Handmaid’s Tale and the Aunts, women who become the enforcers of a system that ultimately oppresses women themselves.

There is something deeply disturbing about people who understand, or should understand, the complexities of identity and belonging, yet use their position to police the identities of others.

According to SB, it seems you need generations of English ancestry to be considered English. Yet she has no difficulty identifying as British. Make that make sense.

I have never really believed in the concept of nationality as a measure of who we are, but I appreciate and value my British passport. I am a third generation British Pakistani and I have not been to the motherland since 1996. Britain is my home. If people identify with this country, if they live here, contribute to it and consider it home, why on earth should they not be allowed to belong?

I remember reading Afua Hirsch’s article about Cheddar Man, whose remains date back to the Mesolithic period. Research suggested that he had dark skin, blue eyes and dark hair. Even the pale skin that many now associate with British ancestry emerged through a long history of human migration and adaptation, according to the article the pale skin came from the Middle East.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42939192

And where does this need to establish a hierarchy of belonging come from? Why must some people constantly prove that they are British, while others are allowed to take their identity for granted?

Frantz Fanon explored the psychological effects of colonialism in his book Black Skin, White Masks, examining the pressures placed on people of colour to assimilate into the culture of those who hold power. His work remains relevant today, particularly when we see people adopting the attitudes and prejudices of a system that may never fully accept them.

Your love of whiteness does not elevate you. It does not make you superior. It does not guarantee acceptance. You can spend your life trying to demonstrate that you belong to the people who hold power, but that does not mean they will ever see you as one of their own.

And this is what troubles me most. It is not simply about one politician or one political argument. It is about the damage this message does to the rest of us. It affects how our children see themselves, how our communities are perceived and how people who have lived here for generations can still be made to feel like outsiders.

The Quran reminds us,

وَلَن تَرْضَىٰ عَنكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلَا النَّصَارَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ
“And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion.”

And even if you do follow their beliefs, you still won’t be one of them. I love James Baldwin’s quote, ‘Know whence you came,’ and don’t apologise about it 😮‍💨

When we think about politics, what really comes to our mind? The pompous shows, flawed promises, unrealistic manifestos; also the obvious caste, religion, freebies. This aspect of polity has been mostly carried out by parties with deep coffers and hegemonic clout.
​We know the answer, we know the drill; let us move our attention to the capital. We have our mainstream parties—our usual custodians who have been championing better treatment, accountability, governance, but also more than BAU: fostering the spirit of the nation in the parliament.
​Yet amid this crisis, there is a silver lining, and that is the "Resurgence of the Left."
​The Left in the national arena has been sidelined for well over a decade; in these turbulent times, the Left has witnessed a metamorphosis.
​My qualms have perennially pertained to the lack of youthful representation, resistance towards accepting new-age ideas, and a lack of direction and charisma—but with the recent turn of events, a monumental breakthrough has occurred, and this is very welcoming.
​AISA, Neha Bohra, AITUC, and many others have bolstered the cause for the moment now and the moment yet to come, seamlessly capturing the pulse of the generation, raising awareness for the marginalised sections of our society.
​We need a functioning Left to strike a balance of power between the robust, over-enterprising Right in our country; only then will we see progress, growing economically and socially across the diverse strata of society—this is the Zeitgeist that we must ignite.

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Amnesty International has warned that the imposition of a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is NOT a "BLANK CHEQUE" to CRACK DOWN on human rights, silence dissent, or concentrate power.
Given the history of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in counterterrorism operations by the armed forces, the deployment of the army further militarizes the province and could create conditions for unlawful use of force.

#PakistanUnderAsimLaw #PakistanUnderFascism #EnoughIsEnoughFreeKhan

There is a societal "blindness regarding the gender of sexual offenders" that makes us rarely perceive women as perpetrators of sexual abuse—particularly in cases where female teachers harm teenage boys. This leads to a failure to protect victims and allows abuse to escalate. Meanwhile, female perpetrators are aware of this dynamic; taking advantage of the fact that society does not view them as offenders, they exploit and manipulate their victims for their own gain.
Abuse committed by women can be just as physically and psychologically damaging as abuse committed by men. The stereotype of the attractive female teacher makes it difficult for victims to report abuse – they fear they will not be believed or that the case will be downplayed.
"As a senior lecturer in criminology and justice, my work has increased understanding of how and why some female teachers sexually abuse students. It has made it clear that a gender blindness can make it hard to recognise some women as perpetrators, which can lead to devastating results.
My research has highlighted how we need to be alert to any signs of concern in the relationships between female teachers and students in the same way as those of male teachers. Although every case involving female perpetrators is unique, some common patterns have emerged in the research.
A UK study of 71 women who had perpetrated sexual abuse in an institutional context – such as in schools – found that the average age of these women was 31. They typically offended solo, had been in their career for several years, did not have a criminal history and abused older teenagers, mostly males. Many of these characteristics apply to Bronwen James, the PE teacher who was convicted of sexual offences at Winchester Crown Court last month, where she indicated that she was a very “lenient teacher” and “wanted [pupils] to like me.”
In the US, research of sexual abuse cases reported to child protective services found that over 20 per cent of substantiated cases involved a female as the primary perpetrator. One 2019 study that explored school employee sexual misconduct cases in the US showed that 33 per cent of perpetrators were female. Given that most victims of sexual abuse do not report their experiences to police, the majority of female perpetrators are never identified.
In one study I co-authored involving a sample of 40 teacher misconduct cases, more than one-third of male teachers had received prior warnings about concerning behaviour towards students, while none of the female teachers had. This potentially indicates gender blindness to inappropriate behaviour by women that allows abuse like this to flourish."
More in link:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/05/blind-spot-female-sexual-predators-teenage-boys-risk/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_sexual-predators-teenage-boys-risk/