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Situationer: GDA crumbles after failing to upstage PPP in Sindh

The alliance lost even in some of its strongholds, such as Khairpur and Sanghar.

Updated 30 Jul, 2018 08:04am

Behind the progressive facade: PPP’s tactics to maintain dominance in Sindh

Forget roti, kapra and makan. The secret lies in zero alternatives, electioneering and exploiting the biradari system.

Updated 19 Feb, 2019 05:25pm

District profile: Arbab family row to liven up Tharparkar contest

Four communities will play a major role in NA-221: the Nohri, Rahimoon, Samejo and Kohli.

Updated 07 Jul, 2018 10:32am

THE SICKLE THAT RUSTED

May 21 was the death anniversary of Hyder Bux Jatoi, the face of the erstwhile peasant movement in Sindh. Eos looks back

Updated 22 May, 2017 07:15pm

A dauntless crusader — Sobho Gianchandani (1920–2014)

ON a humid morning in 1939, a 19-year-old boy travelled from Larkana to Shantiniketan College, Rabindranath...

Published 09 Dec, 2014 06:55am

Analysis: Sindhi nationalists stand divided

Division failed Sindhi nationalists to fill the vacuum created by bad governance of PPP, now new challenges are ahead.

Published 04 Dec, 2014 07:04am

Are the Arbabs no longer the kings of Thar?

The 2008 polls can’t be seen as a benchmark. Thar witnessed its 'highest turnout' then because ballot boxes were stuffed.

Published 08 May, 2013 05:52pm

Veteran peasant leader Talpur dies

The peasant leader and veteran politician who was equally popular among friends and foes for his witty, candid and no-holds-barred remarks Comrade Mir Mohammed Talpur is no more. He died in Tando Jam on Tuesday. He was 88.

Published 18 Apr, 2013 01:02am

Renowned scholar Kaimkhani dies

Renowned nomad anthropologist and researcher Khursheed Kaimkhani died at a Karachi hospital on Wednesday after a long illness.

Published 10 Jan, 2013 12:07am

Tug of war over control renders Dr N.A. Baloch Institute dysfunctional

HYDERABAD, Jan 5: Wrangling between a provincial minister and the chief secretary over the control of the Dr Nabi Bux Baloch Institute of Research has rendered the institute all but dysfunctional, reducing its work to that of a mere publishing agency.

Published 05 Jan, 2013 08:10pm

Cronyism-hit SLA of little service to Sindhi

HYDERABAD, Nov 24: The Sindhi Language Authority is not following its charter, allegations of violations of rules in appointments in the SLA are common, and it seems to be focusing only on publication of books.

Published 24 Nov, 2012 08:14pm

Sindhi Adabi Board without chairman, secretary, BoG for a year

HYDERABAD, Nov 4: The Sindhi Adabi Board has been without a chairman, board of governors and a full-time secretary since provincial minister Makhdoom Jamiluzzaman quit as its chairman in October 2011 after

Published 04 Nov, 2012 08:02pm

Sindh local govt law intensifies polarisation

Differences over the law have pitted the ruling PPP against nationalist parties and other opponents of the law in the province.

Published 26 Oct, 2012 08:01pm

The unravelling of the SPNA

After the Sindh United Party entered into an alliance with the PML-N, hopes of nationalists contesting elections from one platform have withered away.

Published 24 Jul, 2012 02:28am

Nawaz Sharif sets his sights on Sindh

IN order to reach the corridors of power, the PML-N needs to project itself as a national party. Nawaz Sharif did make an attempt to gain a foothold in Balochistan, but the insurgency in the troubled province has made matters difficult. Also, the N-League

Published 29 May, 2012 08:01pm

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