CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA 1490: SWAT SULTANATEThe region now forming Pakistan -- as it was in 1490. The Sultanate of Swad-Gabr/Pakhli Sarkar (Swat) is indicated. منطقه ای که اکنون…3d ago3d ago
PASHTUN IDENTITY: FALSIFICATIONS GALOREA group of amateur and self-styled experts claims to have produced a “complete genetic profile” of the Nekpikhel clan of the Swat Yusufzai…Dec 17Dec 17
NATIONALISMS GALORE…The longstanding form of statehood in our particular geographic region for the past 2500 years has been Iranian and imperial. After the…Oct 10Oct 10
CONFUSION REGARDING THE JUSTIFICATION OF PAKISTAN AS IT SPIRALS INTO CHAOSThese days an old Punjabi professor from Pakistan resident in Sweden — Ishtiaq Ahmad — has released a book and videos in which he claims…Sep 11Sep 11
THE ROLE OF THE BALOCH “KACHHA” AREAS AND THE FUTURE OF PAKISTANIf a standard officially issued political map of Pakistan is to be observed, then it can be seen that the boundaries of the Punjab and…Aug 27Aug 27
چشم انداز و راه حل های آینده و جهت گیری های نامشخصوضعیت جهانی در یک دوراهی بسیار بحرانی قرار دارد، اما هیچ کجا به اندازه منطقه خودمان آشکار نیست. برای ناظر معمولی هیچ چیز معنی ندارد. و هرج…Aug 16Aug 16
FUTURE PROSPECTS AND SOLUTIONS AND UNCERTAIN DIRECTIONSThe global situation is at a very critical crossroads, but nowhere is this more apparent than in our own region. To the common observer…Aug 16Aug 16
THE WANDERINGS OF MY PATERNAL LINE — SUMMARY TIMELINEShown below is the journey of my paternal ancestral line throughout time and space, from top left to bottom right, and in this order…Aug 8Aug 8
PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH BOTH FACE CHANGE — BUT OF VERY DIFFERENT TYPESPakistan now faces a crisis without precedent, in its chequered and short history. It is falling apart not only territorially, but its…Aug 7Aug 7
