Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies
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Borrowing and Code Mixing in Pakistani Children’s Magazines: Practices and Functions
Full text linkOne of the dimensions of spread of English is heavy borrowing and mixing of English words/phrases in other languages of the world. As far as Pakistan is concerned, English vocabulary is frequently borrowed and mixed in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan. The tendency of borrowing and mixing is not restricted to the spoken discourse rather is evident in the written discourse as well. The present paper explores how far this trend is exhibited in Pakistani children’s magazines. Two Children’s monthly magazines – Taalim-o-tarbiyat and Nonihal – are taken as a sample for the current research. Practices of borrowings and code mixing in these magazines are explored to examine their nature, frequency, causes, and functions. These explorations are interesting in the backdrop of general claims that these magazines use stylized Urdu syntax, and assert that they are working for the perpetuation and dissemination of standard Urdu
Feminization of Pakistani Political Discourse in The Heart Divided (1957) by Shahnawaz
No full textThis paper discusses the way Shahnawaz, in her Novel The Heart Divided (1957), portrayed Pakistani political history of 1940s and attempts to explore the extent to which the writer has feminized the political history of Pakistan. This novel is selected because it is the most relevant to this discourse and is written by a women novelist, which describes that although the Pakistan Movement included women out of the political necessity to procure support for the establishment of Pakistan yet this struggle on the part of women finds its place in the pre-partition as well as post-partition Pakistani political discourse. Shahnawaz’s voice, in her novel The Heart Divided (1957), is most dominant of all in this connection because she voiced the struggle and issues of women, especially that of the educated and politically active women. Shamsie claims that The Herat Divided is the very first political discourse, by Shahnawaz, which portrays the feministic aspect of the political struggle emerging rapidly in the shape of Indian nationalism. Although the discussion is carried out on the political environment of the country under the British colonialism yet the story is narrated in the context of the lives of the Muslim women (Shamsie xxii, 1998). The political discourse is viewed through the eyes of a female character, Zohra and all the events related in the novel are somehow related to her, even the unsuccessful love affair of her brother is with her friend, Mohni. Shanawaz describes the effects of colonization on women' life, which is further complicated in that it is written to justify the demand for political freedom and a separate homeland. Shahnawaz indirectly confesses the fact that western education has guaranteed their liberation and the story reveals how their own customs oppress them more than the British. The portrayal of female characters in The Heart Divided (1857) is discussed and analyzed to assess the extent to which Shahnawaz has feminized the Pakistani political discourse
Help to helpers: A Quantitative Study on Child Labor in Pakistan and Dynamic Solutions
Full text linkPakistan has a long standing problem of child labor. Its motives and fundamental reasons are multifold and complex. Although, Pakistani child labor yields large number of profits to their families and economy of country but this phenomenon is a vulnerable part of Pakistani society where millions of children are suffering from paid, unpaid or underpaid labor. There are many factors involved and rooted in Pakistan’s diverse socio-economic, political, linguistic, and demographic destitution. This is a quantitative research in which 439 Pakistani samples, through likert-scale based questionnaire, provided groundwork for having an updated substantial solution to control this problem. This study also explains indispensable individual, social, government level solutions for elimination of child labor from Pakistan
Ethnic Politics and Political Process in Pakistan
No full textEthnic Politcs in Pakistan have xisted since 1947.Ethnic Politics has threatened Pakistan's security and Pakistn was divded in 1971 becuase ethnci politics dominated in east and west Pakistan.Today, ethnic poltics has eroded Pakistan's soverignity.Mohajir in Sindh ans Balochi in Balochistan are not accepting other ethnci groups in their localities.Internal and external factors are supporting ethno-political parties to destablise Pakista
