Basic Principles Committee News Today

As discussed in the previous article in this series , the imposition of Section 92A and dismissal of the Bengal Assembly was a body blow to democracy. However, the good thing was that the progress...

It is said that those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are bound to repeat them. In the case of Pakistan, the huge mistakes that were made in our first decade of existence, and the...

Fury was in the air. The report of the Basic Principles Committee in 1952 in the new state of Pakistan, in consequence, seemed to inject fresh new energy into the movement for Bangla. The progressive political classes clearly felt the need to sustain the struggle.

"Negotiations were held in May 1949 on Kashmir’s future set up... Foremost among the topics were the ‘framing of the Constitution for the state (J&K)’ and ‘subjects in respect of which the state should accede to the Union of India’... Nehru wrote to (Sheikh) Abdullah that Patel and he agreed it was a matter for the state’s Constituent Assembly"

Reports from Waziristan, Bajaur, Mohmand and Swat indicate members of banned organisations are regrouping for attacks

Students learn about the rulers and the ‘wars’ they always ‘won’.