@thefridaytimes.bsky.socialFrom colonial-era patronage to modern elections, Dera Ghazi Khan has witnessed recurring challenges to inherited political authority. Muhammad Saeed Akhter traces the region’s “velvet revolutions” through key electoral moments.
www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Oct-2026/...
@akd770.bsky.socialگزشتہ دو برس کے دوران پنجاب میں جاری ترقیاتی منصوبوں، سڑکوں، عوامی سہولیات اور دیگر اقدامات کے بارے میں عوامی ردعمل بھی اسی وسیع تر سیاسی تصویر کا ایک حصہ ہے۔
@thefridaytimes.bsky.socialFor Siraiki communities, language is closely connected to cultural memory, identity and political expression. The article examines why recognition of that identity remains contested.
✍️ Muhammad Saeed Akhter
Full article: www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Sep-2026/...
@thefridaytimes.bsky.socialThe debate over South Punjab is not only about creating a new province. It is also about language, identity, resources and political representation.
Why does recognition of Siraiki identity remain so contentious?
✍️ Muhammad Saeed Akhter
www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Sep-2026/...
@thefridaytimes.bsky.socialAfter the Indus Water Treaty, the Sutlej lost its glory, and with the dying river began to disappear a part of Bahawalpur’s cultural memory.
By Muhammad Saeed Akhter
🔗 www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Sep-2026/...
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