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6. Jul 2023
The Final Straw: How a cyclone created a revolution in Bangladesh
Bangladesh, catastrophes, conflict studies, Elections, India, InFocus, Nation-building, Pakistan, political parties
The birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation-state in 1971 was a remarkable moment in modern history. It was remarkable not only for its people’s lengthy fight for freedom but also because of the role history. It was remarkable not only for its people’s lengthy fight for freedom but also because of the role of the Bhola cyclone, an unforeseen natural disaster that accelerated Bangladesh’s separation from the rest of Pakistan. Yet the cyclone – and how it affected local, regional and global politics – has only received limited attention by the historians.
Read more24. May 2013
Of Lions and Men: Pakistani Elections and Feline Symbolism
Elections, InFocus, Pakistan, political parties, Symbolism
This spring six museums in Copenhagen exhibit collections of art and handicraft depicting flowers. As a visitor to the museum called Davids Samling – which houses the most exquisite collection of Islamic art in Denmark – one learns that in the Indian subcontinent prior to 1707 flowers were often depicted naturalistically. However, when in that […]
Read more16. Jan 2013
Iqbal’s Pakistan! – The Country Ahead?
culture, InFocus, Islam, nationalism, Pakistan
The term ‘Iqbal’s Pakistan’ is frequently used […]
Read more20. Nov 2012
Pakistan: a consolidated democracy?
democracy, Elections, government, Human rights, InFocus, Islam, Pakistan, terrorism
Intervention at a conference arranged by South Asia Democratic Forum on the occasion of the UN Human Rights Council’s periodic review of “Pakistan”, Palais des Nations, Geneva, October 30, 2012. by Stig Toft Madsen Senior Research Fellow NIAS – Nordic Institute of Asian Studies This intervention will cover the period from the return of Benazir […]
Read more14. Sep 2012
Ethnic cleansing and genocidal massacres 65 years ago by Ishtiaq Ahmed
India, InFocus, minorities, Nation-building, Pakistan, politics, Punjab, refugees, terror
One of the completest cases of ethnic cleansing – that entailed the murder of 500,000-800,000 Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs – took place in 1947 in the Punjab Province of British India. Until now very little research had been conducted on it though in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi literature the horrors of the partition have figured […]
Read more16. Oct 2011
Faith and Hope by Uzma Rehman
InFocus, Pakistan, religion
“I am distressed, anxious and befallen. I cannot rest till I find my son again. Please do something. Please pray. Please help.” These were words uttered by Hameeda, a middle-aged tall brown-skinned lady clad in shalwar-qamis (Pakistani national dress) who arrived at Baba Ji’s (a revered man; a spiritual guide) Astana Paak in a city […]
Read more3. May 2011
Osama bin Laden og Ayman al-Zawahiri i Afghanistan og Pakistan
Afghanistan, InFocus, Pakistan, terror, terrorism
De to terrorister, som jeg vil fokusere på, er Osama bin Laden (født 10. Marts 1957 i Jiddah i Saudi Arabien, død 2. maj 2011) og i mindre omfang Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri (født 19. Juni 1951 i Cairo i Egypten). Fælles for disse to terrorister er, at de har opholdt sig meget længe uden for […]
Read more6. Jan 2011
The assassination of the Punjab Governor by Ishtiaq Ahmed
InFocus, Islam, Law, Pakistan
January 6,
2011
29. Sep 2010
Danish media and Pakistani Islam by Uzma Rehman
InFocus, Islam, Pakistan
Which
Pakistani Islam do you know about? The answer to this question would most
likely depend on the kind of news and information about Pakistan that has reached the majority of people
in Denmark
through the print and electronic media during the past decade i.e. especially
after 11 September 2001. However, this is how it is in most modern societies
where information about the world reaches us through the media. Only those few
who venture out to distant geographical areas are themselves able to experience
the ground reality of these societies.
6. Sep 2010
In the aftermath of the Pakistan floods disaster by Ishtiaq Ahmed
floods, InFocus, Pakistan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon who
visited Pakistan a week
after the unprecedented monsoon rains that started in July 2010 described the
scenes that he saw as far worse than the havoc unleashed by the recent Haiti earthquake and the infamous tsunami of
2004 that hit Southeast and South Asia. To
some casual listeners that may sound strange because in terms of loss of life
the floods in Pakistan
claimed much fewer lives: some 2000 as against the hundreds of thousands of deaths
that took place at the time of the Haiti earthquake and the Asian
tsunami.