From Dr Hamid Hussain Following was in response to several questions regarding Pakistan’s regional challenges and current policies. Kabuki Dance – Pakistan’s Balancing Act Hamid Hussain Pakistan’s challenging regional environment has taken some new turns and new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is trying to cope up with these challenges. Government’s major advantage is … Continue reading Kabuki Dance – Pakistan’s Balancing Act
From Dr Hamid Hussain. An old article (from 2003). Forbidden Fruit – Military & Politics Hamid Hussain 2003 Introduction Politics and profession of soldiering has nothing in common. They are totally different but essential elements of any society. Politicians and soldiers have an interesting relationship in all societies. In societies where civilians are in control, … Continue reading Forbidden Fruit. Military in Politics in Pakistan
I have earlier on in two of my posts here & here , cited several evidences which support migrations out of India or South Asia. However, I haven’t put out all of these evidences in one place. So I shall, in this post, cite and quote as much as of the evidence as I am aware … Continue reading The Evidence for Out Of India – Part I
From Dr Hamid Hussain. Some have asked questions about sexuality during the Raj as related to the army. Enjoy. Hamid When British arrived in India, India was sexually more liberal than Europe. Heterosexual and homosexual relations were common, open and celebrated in poetry and paintings. Concubines were a common phenomenon practiced by all religious and … Continue reading Sex and the British-Indian Army
I showed up at the Institute of Peace and Secular Studies (IPSS) a few days after the rally. The person who had called the meeting was running late so I just loitered around. It was a two-room apartment that had been modified into a makeshift office space with some spare area for sitting, with floor … Continue reading Aasia Bibi case comes full circle (part 2)
I have a special interest in Aasia Bibi’s case because it was the assassination of Salmaan Taseer that shook most of my worldview and lead me to a completely different path in life. It coincided with my political awakening. I was a 4th-year medical student at the time (January 2011) when the incident took place … Continue reading Aasia Bibi case comes full circle(part 1)
(1.) I’m really tired of racism. It just seems a constant witch hunt; I don’t know what Megan Kelly actually said but constantly policing white people is leading to major pushback. (2.) It’s really a civil war among white people themselves; as Razib notes white liberals lead very vanilla lives. I’m sad that Apu will … Continue reading Some Random Rants
From Dr Hamid Hussain 2018 is centenary of the end of the Great War. This piece was written for a magazine published in England about Indian military history. I tried to highlight participation of areas and units of future Pakistan army in that epic struggle to honor countless who served all over the globe. Hamid … Continue reading Pakistan and the Great War
On my other weblog I have a post, On The Instrumental Uses Of Arabic Science, which reflects on the role that the idea of science, the Islamic world, and cultural myopia, play in our deployment of particular historical facts and dynamics. That is, an idea, a concept, does not exist on an island but is … Continue reading Between the saffron and scimitar
Professor Atif Mian is a prominent Pakistani-American economist and a professor of economics at Princeton university. 2 weeks ago he was nominated to be a member of Imran Khan’s “Economic Advisory Council” (a think tank of sorts that is supposed to generate ideas for the new PTI government; it is not at all clear what … Continue reading Ahmedis and Pakistan. Some background..