Awami Jamhori Forum’s latest issue 44 (20th June 200 has been uploaded here.
In the current issue AJF magazine, you will find some important articles regarding left, liberal and nationalist politics of Pakistan along with some articles on international issues. Some highlights for those who may be interested are:
• An eye opening interview of a [...]
This is a passionate and rather heartfelt piece from our young contributor Shaheryar Ali
Re-throne Iftikhar Chaudhry and hang Zardari, and sing all Faiz and Jalib on Geo. It will be the same. That’s the bitter truth…
“What I call middle-class society is any society that becomes rigidified in predetermined forms, forbidding all evolution, all gains, all [...]
by Raza Rumi
A group of young firebrand revolutionaries - alas what an alien word it has become these days - has created this fabulous music video. The inspiration is a poem by Habib Jalib called “Musheer” (advisor) that Jalib composed as a satire against Hafiz Jalandari during Ayub Khan’s era. As the man on the guitars, Taimur Rahman [...]
This is a forcefully eloquent piece on the incidence of violence in Karachi. PTH does not necessarily agree with its contents and the arguments - by Rukhe Zehra Zaidi
It seems that recycling storylines and repeat performances are not solely the prerogative of cinema and theatre. In Pakistan, the plot of politics is often repeated and rehashed [...]
Raza Rumi
Pakistan Labour Party’s spokesperson and a Left activist Mr Farooq Tariq wrote this essay entitled, “A Golden prospect to oust Musharraf” after the recent results of the election. Interestingly, Mr Tariq boycotted the election under the umbrella of the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM). Now his renewed enthusiasm to make capital out of this victory [...]
By : Raza Rumi
Bol! Bol! Bol!
Speak up! Speak up! Speak up!
Pakistan’s resistance poetry, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi, has kept the lamp of liberty alive for decades. Its light exposed Pervez Musharraf’s shenanigans during 2007.
The long spells of authoritarian rule in Pakistan have nurtured a rich dissident literary tradition. This tradition has its roots in [...]
We are presenting two views here -Keith Jones here “But in arguing against s earlier in justifying her rapprochement with Musharraf, Bhutto has repeatedly raised her fear that a popular agitation against the government could escape the control of the PPP and the political establishment.Focusing exclusively on the purged judges is a [...]
by Shaheryar Ali
The movement of Mysticism emerged as a reaction against the nexus of Arab imperialism, the clerics and the emergence of culture of the rich and the fashionable, against which the “rough shirt” of wool became the symbol of resistance and etymological root of the word “Sufi” [though controversial from Soof] , I continue [...]
By Haider K. Nizamani
With the Left nowhere to be seen in the formal political arena, Pakistan’s political discourse revolves around phrases like ‘extremism versus moderation’ both of which leave the fundamental structures of the society untouched.
by Shaheryar Ali
I am He whom I love, and He whom I love is I.
We are two spirits dwelling in one body.
If thou seest me, thou seest Him
And if thou seest Him thou seest us both
Mansur Al-Hallaj
Two Hussein’s [...]
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