Friday, 7 December 2012

Historians should focus on people, not kings: International Urdu Conference

Karachi

 

Historians should caste history in the light of the issues and problems of the masses and how the commonfolk helped shape history, rather than on the grandeur of past rulers which is just meant to pander to our whims of pristine glory.

 

This view was put forth by Dr Jaffer Ahmed, Chairman, Pakistan Study Centre, Karachi University, while speaking at the launch of a set of books on Pakistan’s history and sociology by noted historian, Dr Mubarak Ali, in addition

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