INDUS & SAIS host a conversation with Dr. · Suljuk Mustansar Tarar Organized by Ambassador Maleeha...
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New Member, Learning & Media Opportunity, Event Update... View this email in your browser Dedicated to American Ideals, a progressive and politically stable Pakistan, and strong USPakistan relations. www.induspk.org April Contents: 1. INDUS & SAIS host Dr. Ayesha Jalal 2. Dr. Farzana Shaikh, Academia/Scholars Panel 3. State Department meeting with INDUS 4. Communities Integration Initiative 5. #CombatExtremism #PromoteTolerance 6. Our Focus 7. Media Review Like INDUS on Facebook Follow INDUS on Twitter INDUS & SAIS host a conversation with Dr. Subscribe Share Past Issues Translate
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Dedicated to American Ideals a progressive and politically stable Pakistan and strong USshyPakistan relationswwwinduspkorg
April Contents 1 INDUS amp SAIS host Dr Ayesha Jalal
2 Dr Farzana Shaikh AcademiaScholars Panel
3 State Department meeting with INDUS
4 Communities Integration Initiative
5 CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
6 Our Focus
7 Media Review
Like INDUS on Facebook Follow INDUS on Twitter
INDUS amp SAIS host a conversation with Dr
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INDUS amp SAIS host a conversation with DrAyesha Jalal Pakistans Search for Identity An
Inexplicable Trajectory
Washington DC shyshy On April 22 2016 INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Powercollaborated with the Johns Hopkins SAIS South Asia Studies Department to hostrespected historian Dr Ayesha Jalal for a discussion with SAIS Dean Vali Nasr aboutethnoshyreligious identity in Pakistan The discussion touched on the influential roleindividual and community identities play in shaping Pakistani society the countryrsquosnational character and international perceptions Almost 70 years after Pakistan came into being Dr Jalal a professor at TuftsUniversity told the audience were still discussing issues of identity because theidentity crises of Pakistan exist at and emanate from the state level not from thepeoplerdquo In this way and others ldquoIndia is still defining the way Pakistan thinks about its pastpresent and futurerdquo The event Pakistans Search for Identity was wellshyattended by officers from theUS Department of State the Voice of America Urdu other news media outletsprominent members of the PakistanishyAmerican community academics and scholarsand students Dr Jalal said from a historical perspective the insistence that Pakistan was createdfor ldquoreligion onlyrdquo was false and served to ldquoblur the lines between worldly andreligious mattersrdquo The problems in Pakistan are not religious in nature but they canappear that way because religion is utilized by fringe groups for their own strategicgoalsrdquo Through the launch of ZarbshyeshyAzb Dr Jalal believed the military was trying tochange Pakistanrsquos internal dynamics with a counterinsurgencyshywithoutshycounterterrorism strategy She also addressed the recent hope that after years of dealing with extremism aSufi countershynarrative would emerge Instead Dr Jalal believed that Pakistan shouldlook toward its youth She was hopeful that the growing engagement and activism ofPakistani youth would positively affect the countryrsquos trajectory I have great faith inour youngsters she said When asked about the role and responsibility of Pakistanrsquos intellectuals to national
development Dr Jalal responded that instead the question should be ldquoWhat hasPakistan done to its intellectuals Independentshyminded Islamic scholars like FazlurRehman and Daud Rahbar have been weeded out and silenced People have todefine religion for themselves since Islam is not something which you blindly worshipbut rather something you practicerdquo She said that Pakistanis need to be more awareof and engaged in their religion but to approach it rationally and in the context oftheir secular selves The discussion continued on social media and Twitter with some attendees using thehashtag identityofPak The event concluded with a lively QampA session withaudience members directly engaging with both Dr Jalal and Dean Nasr about identityin Pakistan and in South Asia generally
shyshyshyshy
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power firmly believes in the importance and value of discourse and
discussion on topics affecting Pakistanrsquos history and future We look forward to supporting other events
later this year
INDUS Newsletter shy April
Dr Farzana Shaikh Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Londonand a Fellow of the Asian Studies Center at St Antonys College Oxford
Share
Tweet
Forward
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power is honored to haveDr Farzana Shaikh as a distinguished member of ourAcademia amp Scholars panel Dr Shaikh has published widelyon Pakistan and the intellectual history of South AsianIslam and held lectureships in the UK the US and EuropeHer books include Community and Consensus in IslamMuslim Representation in Colonial India 1860shy1947 (19892012) and Making Sense of Pakistan (2009) which wasselected by Outlook India in 2014 as one of lsquo100 Best Booksof All Timersquo and by The Guardian in 2010 as one of fourlsquoessential booksrsquo on Pakistan for Prime Minister Cameronrsquos
government Her new work explores the politics of Sufism in Pakistan She is afrequent media commentator on Pakistan and has testified before the UK House ofCommons Foreign Affairs Committee Born and largely educated in Pakistan she hasa PhD from Columbia University New York and is a former Research Fellow ofClare Hall Cambridge
Officers with the US Department of State hosted INDUS at Foggy Bottom on April6 for a meeting and introduction Both sides were encouraged and INDUS looksforward to further dialogue and collaboration and assisting the State Department
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
Community Integration amp CivicPromotion
Promoting the concept of citizenship and highlighting
pathways to achieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
When successful community integration and civic promotion begin with theindividual and then advance collectively usually through socialization withinformal groups and professional and cultural associations and withthe support of Federal State and municipal programs However due toregional organizational and programmatic differences the catalyticpotential of civil society organizations often goes underutilized Suchorganizations have the capability as well as a responsibility to enhance theprocess of community integration and identify supplemental methods andframeworks to advance government and nongovernmental efforts tointegrate new communities within American society
INDUS mdash Mobilizing Peoples Power convened several local associations inJanuary 2016 highlighting this need We are pleased to announce theCommunity Integration amp Civic Promotion program It is our effort tofacilitate and deepen community integration promote the concept of UScitizenship and highlight pathways to realize the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
Viral Peace an initiative by wwwmuflehunorg also endeavors to promotepeace and understanding within and between communities combatextremism and promote tolerance We hope our young readers and parentswill consider taking advantage of this opportunity
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
INDUS amp SAIS host a conversation with DrAyesha Jalal Pakistans Search for Identity An
Inexplicable Trajectory
Washington DC shyshy On April 22 2016 INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Powercollaborated with the Johns Hopkins SAIS South Asia Studies Department to hostrespected historian Dr Ayesha Jalal for a discussion with SAIS Dean Vali Nasr aboutethnoshyreligious identity in Pakistan The discussion touched on the influential roleindividual and community identities play in shaping Pakistani society the countryrsquosnational character and international perceptions Almost 70 years after Pakistan came into being Dr Jalal a professor at TuftsUniversity told the audience were still discussing issues of identity because theidentity crises of Pakistan exist at and emanate from the state level not from thepeoplerdquo In this way and others ldquoIndia is still defining the way Pakistan thinks about its pastpresent and futurerdquo The event Pakistans Search for Identity was wellshyattended by officers from theUS Department of State the Voice of America Urdu other news media outletsprominent members of the PakistanishyAmerican community academics and scholarsand students Dr Jalal said from a historical perspective the insistence that Pakistan was createdfor ldquoreligion onlyrdquo was false and served to ldquoblur the lines between worldly andreligious mattersrdquo The problems in Pakistan are not religious in nature but they canappear that way because religion is utilized by fringe groups for their own strategicgoalsrdquo Through the launch of ZarbshyeshyAzb Dr Jalal believed the military was trying tochange Pakistanrsquos internal dynamics with a counterinsurgencyshywithoutshycounterterrorism strategy She also addressed the recent hope that after years of dealing with extremism aSufi countershynarrative would emerge Instead Dr Jalal believed that Pakistan shouldlook toward its youth She was hopeful that the growing engagement and activism ofPakistani youth would positively affect the countryrsquos trajectory I have great faith inour youngsters she said When asked about the role and responsibility of Pakistanrsquos intellectuals to national
development Dr Jalal responded that instead the question should be ldquoWhat hasPakistan done to its intellectuals Independentshyminded Islamic scholars like FazlurRehman and Daud Rahbar have been weeded out and silenced People have todefine religion for themselves since Islam is not something which you blindly worshipbut rather something you practicerdquo She said that Pakistanis need to be more awareof and engaged in their religion but to approach it rationally and in the context oftheir secular selves The discussion continued on social media and Twitter with some attendees using thehashtag identityofPak The event concluded with a lively QampA session withaudience members directly engaging with both Dr Jalal and Dean Nasr about identityin Pakistan and in South Asia generally
shyshyshyshy
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power firmly believes in the importance and value of discourse and
discussion on topics affecting Pakistanrsquos history and future We look forward to supporting other events
later this year
INDUS Newsletter shy April
Dr Farzana Shaikh Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Londonand a Fellow of the Asian Studies Center at St Antonys College Oxford
Share
Tweet
Forward
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power is honored to haveDr Farzana Shaikh as a distinguished member of ourAcademia amp Scholars panel Dr Shaikh has published widelyon Pakistan and the intellectual history of South AsianIslam and held lectureships in the UK the US and EuropeHer books include Community and Consensus in IslamMuslim Representation in Colonial India 1860shy1947 (19892012) and Making Sense of Pakistan (2009) which wasselected by Outlook India in 2014 as one of lsquo100 Best Booksof All Timersquo and by The Guardian in 2010 as one of fourlsquoessential booksrsquo on Pakistan for Prime Minister Cameronrsquos
government Her new work explores the politics of Sufism in Pakistan She is afrequent media commentator on Pakistan and has testified before the UK House ofCommons Foreign Affairs Committee Born and largely educated in Pakistan she hasa PhD from Columbia University New York and is a former Research Fellow ofClare Hall Cambridge
Officers with the US Department of State hosted INDUS at Foggy Bottom on April6 for a meeting and introduction Both sides were encouraged and INDUS looksforward to further dialogue and collaboration and assisting the State Department
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
Community Integration amp CivicPromotion
Promoting the concept of citizenship and highlighting
pathways to achieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
When successful community integration and civic promotion begin with theindividual and then advance collectively usually through socialization withinformal groups and professional and cultural associations and withthe support of Federal State and municipal programs However due toregional organizational and programmatic differences the catalyticpotential of civil society organizations often goes underutilized Suchorganizations have the capability as well as a responsibility to enhance theprocess of community integration and identify supplemental methods andframeworks to advance government and nongovernmental efforts tointegrate new communities within American society
INDUS mdash Mobilizing Peoples Power convened several local associations inJanuary 2016 highlighting this need We are pleased to announce theCommunity Integration amp Civic Promotion program It is our effort tofacilitate and deepen community integration promote the concept of UScitizenship and highlight pathways to realize the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
Viral Peace an initiative by wwwmuflehunorg also endeavors to promotepeace and understanding within and between communities combatextremism and promote tolerance We hope our young readers and parentswill consider taking advantage of this opportunity
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
development Dr Jalal responded that instead the question should be ldquoWhat hasPakistan done to its intellectuals Independentshyminded Islamic scholars like FazlurRehman and Daud Rahbar have been weeded out and silenced People have todefine religion for themselves since Islam is not something which you blindly worshipbut rather something you practicerdquo She said that Pakistanis need to be more awareof and engaged in their religion but to approach it rationally and in the context oftheir secular selves The discussion continued on social media and Twitter with some attendees using thehashtag identityofPak The event concluded with a lively QampA session withaudience members directly engaging with both Dr Jalal and Dean Nasr about identityin Pakistan and in South Asia generally
shyshyshyshy
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power firmly believes in the importance and value of discourse and
discussion on topics affecting Pakistanrsquos history and future We look forward to supporting other events
later this year
INDUS Newsletter shy April
Dr Farzana Shaikh Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Londonand a Fellow of the Asian Studies Center at St Antonys College Oxford
Share
Tweet
Forward
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power is honored to haveDr Farzana Shaikh as a distinguished member of ourAcademia amp Scholars panel Dr Shaikh has published widelyon Pakistan and the intellectual history of South AsianIslam and held lectureships in the UK the US and EuropeHer books include Community and Consensus in IslamMuslim Representation in Colonial India 1860shy1947 (19892012) and Making Sense of Pakistan (2009) which wasselected by Outlook India in 2014 as one of lsquo100 Best Booksof All Timersquo and by The Guardian in 2010 as one of fourlsquoessential booksrsquo on Pakistan for Prime Minister Cameronrsquos
government Her new work explores the politics of Sufism in Pakistan She is afrequent media commentator on Pakistan and has testified before the UK House ofCommons Foreign Affairs Committee Born and largely educated in Pakistan she hasa PhD from Columbia University New York and is a former Research Fellow ofClare Hall Cambridge
Officers with the US Department of State hosted INDUS at Foggy Bottom on April6 for a meeting and introduction Both sides were encouraged and INDUS looksforward to further dialogue and collaboration and assisting the State Department
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
Community Integration amp CivicPromotion
Promoting the concept of citizenship and highlighting
pathways to achieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
When successful community integration and civic promotion begin with theindividual and then advance collectively usually through socialization withinformal groups and professional and cultural associations and withthe support of Federal State and municipal programs However due toregional organizational and programmatic differences the catalyticpotential of civil society organizations often goes underutilized Suchorganizations have the capability as well as a responsibility to enhance theprocess of community integration and identify supplemental methods andframeworks to advance government and nongovernmental efforts tointegrate new communities within American society
INDUS mdash Mobilizing Peoples Power convened several local associations inJanuary 2016 highlighting this need We are pleased to announce theCommunity Integration amp Civic Promotion program It is our effort tofacilitate and deepen community integration promote the concept of UScitizenship and highlight pathways to realize the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
Viral Peace an initiative by wwwmuflehunorg also endeavors to promotepeace and understanding within and between communities combatextremism and promote tolerance We hope our young readers and parentswill consider taking advantage of this opportunity
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
INDUS Mobilizing Peoples Power is honored to haveDr Farzana Shaikh as a distinguished member of ourAcademia amp Scholars panel Dr Shaikh has published widelyon Pakistan and the intellectual history of South AsianIslam and held lectureships in the UK the US and EuropeHer books include Community and Consensus in IslamMuslim Representation in Colonial India 1860shy1947 (19892012) and Making Sense of Pakistan (2009) which wasselected by Outlook India in 2014 as one of lsquo100 Best Booksof All Timersquo and by The Guardian in 2010 as one of fourlsquoessential booksrsquo on Pakistan for Prime Minister Cameronrsquos
government Her new work explores the politics of Sufism in Pakistan She is afrequent media commentator on Pakistan and has testified before the UK House ofCommons Foreign Affairs Committee Born and largely educated in Pakistan she hasa PhD from Columbia University New York and is a former Research Fellow ofClare Hall Cambridge
Officers with the US Department of State hosted INDUS at Foggy Bottom on April6 for a meeting and introduction Both sides were encouraged and INDUS looksforward to further dialogue and collaboration and assisting the State Department
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
Community Integration amp CivicPromotion
Promoting the concept of citizenship and highlighting
pathways to achieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
When successful community integration and civic promotion begin with theindividual and then advance collectively usually through socialization withinformal groups and professional and cultural associations and withthe support of Federal State and municipal programs However due toregional organizational and programmatic differences the catalyticpotential of civil society organizations often goes underutilized Suchorganizations have the capability as well as a responsibility to enhance theprocess of community integration and identify supplemental methods andframeworks to advance government and nongovernmental efforts tointegrate new communities within American society
INDUS mdash Mobilizing Peoples Power convened several local associations inJanuary 2016 highlighting this need We are pleased to announce theCommunity Integration amp Civic Promotion program It is our effort tofacilitate and deepen community integration promote the concept of UScitizenship and highlight pathways to realize the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
Viral Peace an initiative by wwwmuflehunorg also endeavors to promotepeace and understanding within and between communities combatextremism and promote tolerance We hope our young readers and parentswill consider taking advantage of this opportunity
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
office of Pakistan Affairs in its ambitious mission
Community Integration amp CivicPromotion
Promoting the concept of citizenship and highlighting
pathways to achieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
When successful community integration and civic promotion begin with theindividual and then advance collectively usually through socialization withinformal groups and professional and cultural associations and withthe support of Federal State and municipal programs However due toregional organizational and programmatic differences the catalyticpotential of civil society organizations often goes underutilized Suchorganizations have the capability as well as a responsibility to enhance theprocess of community integration and identify supplemental methods andframeworks to advance government and nongovernmental efforts tointegrate new communities within American society
INDUS mdash Mobilizing Peoples Power convened several local associations inJanuary 2016 highlighting this need We are pleased to announce theCommunity Integration amp Civic Promotion program It is our effort tofacilitate and deepen community integration promote the concept of UScitizenship and highlight pathways to realize the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo
Viral Peace an initiative by wwwmuflehunorg also endeavors to promotepeace and understanding within and between communities combatextremism and promote tolerance We hope our young readers and parentswill consider taking advantage of this opportunity
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
2016 Fund Raising Campaign
CombatExtremism PromoteTolerance
wwwGoFundMecom (wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
INDUS believes that by bringing together Pakistanis from around the world toexchange ideas and create awareness we can lift the trajectory of Pakistan to becomea prosperous and powerful nation In this vein INDUS is focused on mobilizing theyouth of Pakistan who account for as much as 70 of Pakistani society to develop asystem of inclusive and participatory politics and transform the public and institutional
psyche to promote tolerance and respect for the rights of individuals
We strongly believe that sustainable political and social change originates fromresearch organizations think tanks and college campuses We hope to strengthenand sponsor their efforts Your tax deductible GOFUNDME contribution providesdirect and material assistance to our efforts to raise awareness by supporting
initiatives like event in April with Dr Ayesha Jalal With your essential support INDUSwill be able to help true democratic values and institutions take root in the country
and create sustainable and effective policy change
wwwGoFundMecom
(wwwgofundmecomINDUSpk2016)
OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
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OUR FOCUSYouth Leadership Development Creating campusshybased strictly nonpolitical Student Government Associations that offerExecutive Legislative amp Judiciary functions experience within the campusenvironment Elected student representatives as Members of Parliament Senators andjudges manage all aspects of student affairs in conjunction with campus administration Pakistan Civil Liberties UnionCivil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridgeeither by law or by judicial interpretation However in todayrsquos Pakistan rising violenceintolerance weak rule of law endemic corruption lack of social and economic justiceand religious freedom social exclusion of the vulnerable and the marginalized are acommon phenomenon that the people of Pakistan face on a daily basis Pakistan CivilLiberties Union ndash PCLU is a watchdog organization intended to combat all the aboveissues at every cross section of our society Community Integration amp Civic Promotion When successful the processes of community integration and civic promotion begin withthe individual and alongside support from Federal State and municipal programsadvance collectively often through socialization with informal groups and professionaland cultural associations However due to regional organizational and programmaticdifferences the catalytic potential of civil society organizations is underutilizedPartnerships with local regional and national civil society organizations will advancecommunity integration promote the concept of citizenship and highlight pathways toachieve the ldquoAmerican Dreamrdquo Policy Research ndash As It Happens Campusshybased political and social sciences research Graduate Student and Facultyfocusing on policy issues for possible social cultural and political reform followed byadvocacy action and awareness creation by the same researchers for the purposes oflegislative reform as appropriate Cultivating Early Awareness Aimed at increasing youngstersrsquo awareness of rights and responsibilities of citizenshipand building a national bond at a very impressionable age leading to real benefits to thenation in evolving future leadership
MEDIA REVIEWPakistan prepares to shut down Guumllen schoolsMalik Ayub SumbalThe Pakistani government is preparing actions against 21 Guumllen schools that operate in thecountry Schools and colleges affiliated with the USshybased imam Fethullah Guumllen who is
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
wanted by Turkey for attempting ldquoto overthrow the governmentrdquo are facing closure forpromoting a culture of social segregation [DailySabah] Will no longer seek Pakistanrsquos help in peace talks Afghan presidentTahir KhanBefore a joint session of the Afghan Parliament President Ashraf Ghani said his country would nolonger seek Pakistanrsquos aid in facilitating peace talks with the Afghan Taliban Ghani also labelledthe Islamic State Haqqani network and certain segments of the Taliban as enemies ofAfghanistan Last month the Taliban refused to sit faceshytoshyface with the Afghan governmentunder the quadrilateral process [ExpressTribune] NY in Pakistani coloursSuljuk Mustansar TararOrganized by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi Pakistanrsquos Permanent Representative to the UnitedNations the exhibition of Pakistani artwork includes pieces from both wellshyknown and ldquosecondshygenerationrdquo artists The article includes photos [TheFridayTimes] lsquoIn Urdu there are 18 words for love but only one in EnglishrsquoShweta UpadhyayIn an interview with Shamsur Rahman Faruqi the author of ldquoThe Mirror of Beautyrdquo a translationof his 2006 Urdu novel ldquoKai Chand the SarshyeshyAsmanrdquo Faruqi talks about how Urdu literary criticsfollowed the lines set by the British and have created a false picture of the lives and times of itspoets and writers [FountainInk] No stranger to KarachiAtika RehmanMauritian President Ameenah GuribshyFakim the first female president of Mauritius speaks Urduhas visited Karachi four times since 2003 says her favorite Pakistani food is nihari and is a bigproponent of intershyfaith and community dialogue Asked how she felt about Karachirsquostransformation over the past decade she said the city was moving in the right direction ldquoThereis definitely a better perception of securityrdquo [Dawn] Panama Papers and Pakistan PM Nawaz SharifM Ilyas KhanThe leak of 11 million documents held by the Panamashybased law firm Mossack Fonseca identifiedlinks between offshore companies and accounts and the Pakistan prime ministers family Theauthor explains what it means for the country and its political environment ldquoIn thesecircumstances as Pakistan stumbles from one phase of confusion into another democracy ruleof law and real accountability have become cliches with a negative connotationrdquo [BBC] Editorial Greed of land developersldquoPowerful land developers forcibly evict poor villagers from the lands they have been living andworking on for generationshellipthe police forces detain those amongst the displaced who dare toprotest and threaten to implicate them in heinous crimes if they donrsquot acquiescehellipThe rich andpowerful have a way of surviving these scandals and the arms of justice have hardly ever been
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
able to move against themhellipMr Riaz and his ilk must be made to understand that giving a bribe isas wrong as accepting onerdquo [Dawn] lsquoAcross the board accountabilityrsquo essential for prosperous Pakistan Gen RaheelGeneral Raheel Sharif Chief of Army Staff said ldquoPakistanrsquos Armed Forces will fully support everymeaningful effortrdquo to achieve solidarity integrity and prosperity for Pakistan The statement wasmade in the wake of the release of the soshycalled Panama Papers which implicated familymembers of PM Nawaz Sharif in taxshyavoidance schemes [Dawn] Pakistan removed objectionable material from textbooks Ambassador JilaniPakistanrsquos Ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani responding to a report from theUS Commission on International Religious Freedom about objectionable material in Pakistanitextbooks said that Pakistan has steadily reformed its education system and removed a number ofoffensive references in text books The report claimed that the textbooks portrayed nonshyMuslimcitizens of Pakistan as sympathetic towards the countryrsquos perceived enemies [Dawn] A History of Muslims in AmericaAn online learning course with a curriculum designed to supplement current content andstandards in social studies and world history The eight individual lesson plans each focus ondifferent parts of the accompanying digital presentation A History of Muslims in America [ING] Pakistan veteran recalls shopping trips to nuclear grey marketsKallol Bhattacherjee Retired diplomat Jamsheed Marker talks about ldquomeeting characters genuine and shady in tinycafes tucked away in obscure villages deep in the beautiful Swiss and German countrysiderdquo as thecountry developed its nuclear program Mr Marker served as Pakistanrsquos Ambassador to theFederal Republic of Germany between 1980 and 1982 [TheHindu] The French connection Explaining Sunni militancy around the worldWilliam McCants and Christopher Meserole BrookingsThe authors identify French political culture as a possible causal factor in terrorist attacks inEurope ldquoIt turns out that the best predictor of foreign fighter radicalization was not a countryrsquoswealth Nor was it how wellshyeducated its citizens were how healthy they were or even howmuch Internet access they enjoyed Instead the top predictor was whether a country wasFrancophone []rdquo [Brookings] Opshyed The Dirty Old Men of PakistanMohammed HanifAfter Punjab province passed the Protection of Women Against Violence Act a coalition of morethan 30 religious and political parties declared the law unshyIslamic saying it was an attempt tosecularize Pakistan that presented a clear threat to family institutions ldquoTheir logic goes like thisIf you beat up a person on the street itrsquos a criminal assault If you bash someone in yourbedroom yoursquore protected by the sanctity of your homerdquo [NYT]
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
Copyright copy 2016 INDUS shy Mobilizing Peoples Power All rights reserved
unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
As always thank you for reading and thank you for your efforts If you have questions or comments or desire to
participate in any way please dont hesitate to contact us at induspkusagmailcom
Registration and taxshydeductible donations can be made through our website wwwinduspkorg
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