Journeys to Democracy

Articles

• “It is essential for Pakistan and India to make peace” – Pervez Hoodbhoy

      
  20 March, by beenasarwar
  My article in the weekly Aman ki Asha page in The News today. Speaking at MIT recently, invited by an Indian colleague, a leading Pakistani academic and physicist makes the case for peace By Beena Sarwar In the midst of ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan amplified by hyper media on (...)

• Want to help families displaced by the Badami Bagh attack? Here’s how…

   
  13 March, by beenasarwar
  In the midst of the despair and anger caused by the insane, cold-blooded attack on the Christians of Joseph Colony (also known as Esa Nagri), in Badami Bagh Lahore, it is heartening to see Pakistanis come together not just to unequivocally condemn the attack, but also to help those who have (...)

• “They looted everything, we have nothing left”

   
  10 March, by beenasarwar
  “Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so That heaven’s vault should crack…” King Lear See this brief, heartbreaking video below documenting the damage done by the criminal mob at Joseph Colony, Badami Bagh, Lahore. All efforts must be made to (...)

• Planned attack on Christian properties in Lahore; protest demonstrations Sunday

    
  10 March, by beenasarwar
  Another day, another bout of madness in Pakistan. On Saturday, a mob torched Christian houses in Joseph Colony in the Badami Bagh area of Lahore, after allegations of ‘blasphemy’ against one of its residents. This was clearly no spontaneous ‘riot’ but a well-planned and orchestrated move. Because (...)

• ‘This is not about Shia or Sunni but barbarians hijacking our religion and our country’

        
  9 March, by beenasarwar
  Students and professionals in the Boston area organised a well-attended vigil on Friday evening in solidarity with Pakistan’s Shia Muslims and in protest against the ongoing target killings. A heavy snowstorm cleared up hours before the candlelight vigil at picturesque Copley Square in downtown (...)

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