EFSAS Webinar: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement - Speech of Dr. Ayyaz Mallick
October 19, 2020
Dr. Ayyaz Mallick, who is based at York University in Toronto, Canada, specifically focused on the role of urban and rural spaces in the emergence and impact of PTM. Echoing the argument of Ms. Ismail, Dr. Mallick suggested that Pashtuns have historically been marginalized based on their stereotypical depiction as a ‘martial race’, first introduced by the British in colonial times in the context of the ‘Great Game’ and then maintained by the Pakistani State following the partition of British India.
