South Asia Citizens Web

The most critical culprit in the current draft constitution being finalized by the Constituent Assembly is the definition of citizenship — who is a citizen? The draft constitution defines citizens as those whose identity is primarily Islamic, and, secondly, nationals of the country. In this conception of citizenship, the state aims to control and hegemonize citizens’ visions, stances and beliefs, working to entrench them and produce standardized citizens.

it is time that the world adopted a position that refuses to countenance Religion as an acceptable justification for, excuse or extenuation of – crimes against Humanity

From 1968 onwards, till his death, Sitaram had been a full time revolutionary/social activist. Till then he had worked for LIC in Jamshedpur and was a union leader. That year, like many other places in India, a lot of young people turned towards revolution. In Jamshedpur quite a few TELCO workers resigned, collected their PF and joined the revolutionary movement. Those were heady times.

Both claiming to be defenders of Islam, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the savage militants operating from what they term as Islamic Emirate of Waziristan, are locked in a bloody war of survival. What are the strengths, weaknesses, differences and commonalities of the two warring sides, and what are the chances of success for Pakistan? Let us look at a few key performance indicators.

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group is holding its fourteenth session in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November 2012. Civil society networks in Pakistan have come up with a critique of the official report being presented by the Government of Pakistan to the UN Human Rights Council.