Published On Apr 24, 2024
Our new series, Two Pakistans, looks at the conflicts in Pakistan and uses Dr. Mohammad Waseem's book, "Political Conflict in Pakistan" to explain the fault lines in Pakistan.
Episode 1 looks at the use of the Islamic Identity as the identity of Pakistan at the birth of the nation, partition, colonialism and Political Conflict in Karachi.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction to TWO PAKISTANS
5:00 Conflict, Colonialism and the Birth of Pakistan
11:57 Otherization, Partition and Karachi
26:04 Use of Islamic Touch Politics by Parties and the Muslim League Movement
34:30 Karachi, Migration and the Sindhi-Mohajir Conflict
37:51 Elite Capture
46:00 How we lost Karachi's multiculturalism