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                 Not too long ago, I used to be surprised to hear newly arrived desi students in America begin spewing modern social justice lingo as if they had always known it. What is the source of this unique speaking ability? When someone like me had to painstakingly wade through the fortifications of classical liberalism and then its different ideological foes merely to acquire a hold on post-structuralist theory to see if it applied to my own mission, how could they be so fluent in the language of deconstruction? It's much worse now. It includes not just scholars in the humanities and social sciences but also authors, artists, intellectuals, and anybody else who speaks in public. Today's rapid global connections allow for the spread of liberal fear from America to opinion-makers throughout the world in a matter of seconds. Whatever worries American intellectuals confronting dying liberalism about #MeToo, white supremacy, transgender oppression, or purported Trumpian &q

                 "PROMPT and severe steps are needed to preserve Pakistan from practically going bankrupt, but our leaders seem comfortable with relying on higher levels of foreign funding to maintain some semblance of sustained economic prosperity." It was possible to write these words yesterday. They weren't, though. They are mentioned in an editorial from the Pakistan Times commemorating the 11th anniversary of independence in 1958.   The same comment also contains additional laments that are still relevant today. For instance, "The political arena has been the safe haven of those cursed with limitless greed and limited talent for almost a decade. Every season has been one of interest, and every year has been one of catastrophe. A perpetual state of instability almost seems to be the only constant in our political existence.   One might go even earlier, to Mohammad Ali Jinnah's speech to the Constituent Assembly 75 years prior, when India was on the ve

                 A YEAR has passed since the Taliban stormed Kabul to restore control of Afghanistan, some 20 years after American soldiers toppled the country's hardline Islamic government in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Although there was a promise of some restraint, it was a return to the previous order.   Sadly, the Taliban government has completely returned to its previous practices. Afghanistan is experiencing a significant step backward as basic human rights are severely restricted, even though the war is over and there is a largely peaceful environment. The Taliban government may still be in contact with the outside community, but there is no indication that they have received official recognition.   Even those nations that had been in favor of a more lenient approach to them have expressed grave concern over the Taliban because of their own intransigence, which was encouraged by the hard-liners among them, regarding women and other human rights as well as their c