Chaman residents They held a nine-month-long sit-in, which ended in July when they were promised change. Now with no sign of action, they have resumed protests.
'Bengalis took off your pants, but we are not Bengali. We are Pashtun and Baloch, we will take off your skin,' the activist shouted at the Islamabad rally.
Published by HarperCollins, ‘The Pashtuns: A Contested History' by Tilak Devasher will be released on 27 September on Softcover on ThePrint’s Softcover.
Look at Pathans in Bollywood films, the golden era of Pashto films defied borders. Now, they have been reduced to vulgar movies in shady halls of Pakistan.
Singer, poet and scholar, Karan Khan’s music is derived from his experiences and lived identity as a Pashtun. A police 'attack' on his concert didn't go well with Pakistanis.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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