قیام امن کے لئےخواجہ عبید اللہ ملتانی کے صوفیانہ اسلوب تبلیغ کی عصری معنویت: تجزیاتی مطالعہ

Khawājah Obāidullah Multānī’s Mystical Pattern of Preaching in Establishing Peace and Harmony and Its Contemporary Meaningfulness: An Analytical Study A Sufi, literally practically in denotation and connotation is such a figure whose heart is naturally and habitually free of pollution of pride, prejudice, sectarianism, ethnicity, linguicism, and hatred for animate and inanimate things on any ground. This purity of sentiments and sanctity of thoughts of Sufis of Islam have always influenced not only the morality of the Muslims but also attracted the people of anti-Islamic faiths. Human history in general and Islamic history, in particular, is replete with such instances as prove that where logistics and warring tactics of the Muslims failed to produce any positive and healthy effects, these were the unseen swords of Sufis' unmatched conduct and exceedingly supreme love for humanity which bore results of ever-lasting magnitude. Due to the safe and unbiased style of the preaching of Sufis of Islam, foes became friends, twisted pathways became straight high ways of peace and prosperity, the grieved became happy, the downtrodden became the champions and the rejected ones became the accepted ones. Sufis have always been the torchlight and beacon-house equally for the believers and the non-believers. Sufis’ preaching style has been the epitome of the style of Prophet of Islam.

Ethno-Nationalist Movement in Balochistan 1999-2013

This dissertation seeks to explore the nature and development of the nationalist movement in Balochistan, Pakistan, during the military regime of Pervez Musharraf and its civilian successor, the Pakistan People’s Party. The dissertation argues that the Musharraf regime pursued a buffet of repressive and assimilationist policies to contain Baloch ethno-nationalism, driving the nationalists to demand self-determination. As a consequence, the province witnessed unprecedented violence between Baloch nationalists and the Pakistani state. Repression continued following the collapse of the Musharraf regime during the Pakistan People’s Party government. The reconciliatory policy of the PPP government failed in mitigating the Baloch resistance as the military approach to handling the Baloch crisis continued. The Baloch nationalist resistance hitherto confined to the tribal chieftains successfully lured the common masses and the educated middle class to its fold. Buoyed by this support, the nationalists rebuffed the reconciliatory initiatives of the civilian government and pressed for self-rule. The dissertation argues that the strained relationship between the Pakistani state and Baloch nationalists is rooted in post-colonial dynamics with sporadic bouts of confrontation and long spells of quasi peace. And that the coercive policies of the state in the period 1999-2013, only intensified the Baloch struggle to a point of no return manifesting in the demand for independence.