Dr Tahir Kamran is one of the prominent historians of the country. Currently, he is professor Liberal Arts, at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore.
Currently, he is professor of history GC University, Lahore. Over the last twelve years, he has performed many feats, nurturing young corps of scholars in history being the most distinctive of the services that he has rendered to the country. He is author of nine books and thirty five research articles. Most of them were published in the top journals of the world i.e. Modern Asian Studies, Journal
10/05/2026
https://www.thenews.pk/tns/detail/1414612-ethnicitysectarianism-and-power-in-israel
Ethnicity,sectarianism and power in Israel | Political Economy | thenews.pk T he state of Israel is often portrayed in simplified terms as a binary conflict between Jews and Arabs. Such a framing obscures the deeply layered ethnic, cultural and sectarian realities...
10/05/2026
https://www.dawn.com/news/1998986
in Spectrum : Voices beyond archive: Reclaiming Punjab’s past through orality Orality, also referred to as orature, is understood in the given text as a body of verbal testimonies about the past...
03/05/2026
https://www.dawn.com/news/1997112/punjabs-first-legislature-power-delay-and-making-of-representation
Punjab’s first legislature: Power, delay and making of representation The emergence of the Punjab Legislative Council in 1897 must be understood within the broader evolution of colonial...
03/05/2026
https://www.dawn.com/news/1997152/non-fiction-the-silence-of-statelessness
NON-FICTION: THE SILENCE OF STATELESSNESS A book of rare moral clarity and scholarly courage excavates the internment of over 80,000 Bengalis in Pakistan after the...
03/05/2026
https://www.thenews.pk/tns/detail/1413357-power-vs-the-people-why-democracy-still-matters
Power vs the people: why democracy still matters | Political Economy | thenews.pk A t recent forums, including the Antalya Diplomacy Forum , US Ambassador and Syria Envoy Tom Barrack argued that Western attempts to impose democratic models in the Middle East have largely...
26/04/2026
When power speaks the loudest, civilisation speaks the least | Political Economy | thenews.pk T he moment Donald Trump invoked the annihilation of a “civilisation” in reference to Iran did more than signal geopolitical aggression—it resurrected a deeply contested...
12/04/2026
https://www.thenews.pk/tns/detail/1409526-the-idea-of-the-west-in-crisis
The idea of the West in crisis | Political Economy | thenews.pk W ar with Iran may mark a turning point—not in the balance of power alone, but also in the slow disintegration of the West as a coherent idea. The idea of the West emerged not as a...
05/04/2026
https://www.thenews.pk/tns/detail/1408139-signals-for-the-global-south
Signals for the Global South | Political Economy | thenews.pk T he transition between 2024 and 2026 from shadow warfare to open confrontation between Iran on one hand and Israel and the United States on the other marks a profound rupture in contemporary...
29/03/2026
https://www.thenews.pk/tns/detail/1406852-syed-muhammad-naquib-al-attas-19312026-ii
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1931–2026) — II | Political Economy | thenews.pk M odern science, al-Attas observed, often studies the natural world purely in terms of empirical phenomena, treating nature as an object to be analysed and manipulated. This approach has...
26/04/2026
05/04/2026