http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/187 History Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:57:49 GMT 2026-06-30T13:57:49Z http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2793 Title: Decolonization and Contemporary Art of Pakistan Authors: Kamran, Sadia Pasha Abstract: Decolonization as a topic of scholarly investigation and as a conceptual framework is of top priority for focused research and meaningful scholarship in the global-modern world. This study while establishing art as a medium of investigation and a manifestation of socio-political and cultural convictions of a decolonizing Pakistani society aims at exploring the contemporary visual culture and matters of image production to develop an understanding of the processes entangled with issues of sovereignty, self- determination and territory. The creative legacies, state and status of art institutions, academic and commercial, and the role of artists who helped art maintain its relevant countenance in Pakistan are also probed. This contextual, theoretical analysis of visual arts finds ‘multiple modernities’ of the ‘global world’ as the most important integer of a ‘decolonizing’ Pakistan. The diversifying effects of global-modern; transformative, differentiated, individualizing, worldwide, and increasingly market-oriented character of Pakistani art is traced through contemporary examples that are well received in the global art market. The main discussion revolves around the often-contested narratives about art in contemporary Pakistan which are illustrative of an ever- evolving society. The periphery of investigation ultimately expands to the subject of decolonization; to claim sovereignty of mind, thoughts and attitude in order to apprehend the colonial past to make sense of present and to explicit the future as per the inclinations of contemporary times. With an acknowledgement that Pakistan has earned a very respectable place in the global art world and our artists have created a niche in the most powerful and effective industry that administer the world, the paper presents the case of contemporary art in Pakistan as it effects and gets affected by the society. Along with established approaches to historiography – collecting, documenting, digitizing and analyzing the information, research methods are borrowed from sister fields of social sciences only to be tested against the established theoretical frameworks being adopted as part of global discourse on art. Description: N/A Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2793 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2792 Title: Notes on Shirani’s Laila Majnun Illustrated for Mohammad Shah Rangila Sadia Pasha Kamran Authors: Kamran, Sadia Pasha Abstract: The study is a stylistic investigation and a critical analysis of a previously undocumented illustrated manuscript of Laila Majnun. In doing so, it traces the development of book art in the Indian Subcontinent from antiquity to the later Mughal period. Various religious streams in India add up to the status of the book which is considered to be a sacred entity. Books are the portable treasures that help explain the complex issues of transculturation between different societies. These cultural influences speak of a fair and free intellectual cross- over between Persia, India and subsequent regional and provincial centers while establishing hegemony of Persian literature in Mughal India. Employing the pre-modern historiographic methodologies and relying upon the visual imagery as primary sources the study characterizes the later Mughal and provincial style as it metamorphoses from the luxurious, collectable imperial items to the everyday pocket size reader. Description: N/A Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2792 2024-06-30T00:00:00Z http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1457 Title: Colonial Administrative Control, Collaboration and Underdevelopment in Colonial Punjab Authors: Sumbal, Dr. Saadia Abstract: This article discusses the British system of political and administrative control, based on collaboration and its fallout on rural agricultural society of South-West Punjab. Using archival documents, the article brings forward an elaborate plan of colonial administrative policy under which Punjab was sliced from North West Frontier and Mianwali’s incorporation in the Punjab despite being part of Bannu district of North West Frontier with a predominantly Pathan population. The focus is on how with the support of local elite as colonial intermediaries created a social structure which led to the growth of parasitic class that became instrumental for the extraction and exploitation at the cost of rural poor. These collaborating elite assisted the British in maintaining stability and peace, helped in recruitment in army with pro-British political orientations. British considered it crucial to sustain indigenous institutions and tribal structure, manipulated and controlled by colonial hierarchy to work for colonial interests. The nexus of state and colonial elite precluded all prospects of development. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1457 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1456 Title: AHL Al-Quran Movement in Colonial Punjab: Exclusion of Hadith Literature Authors: Sumbal, Dr. Saadia Abstract: This article discusses the origin of Ahl-al-Quran movement within the historical context of socio-religious movements in the British Indian Punjab during the twentieth century. This movement was part of the process of identity formation and a significant contribution in the dynamic and diverse landscape of South Asian Islam. The movement revoked reaction when it was introduced in a small town of Chakrala where Sufis and shrine-based Islam was highly revered. The proponent of Ahl-al-Quran movement, Abdullah Chakralvi vehemently condemned the shrine-based practices and piri-muridi traditions. It specifically became highly controversial when he initiated a critical reassessment and questioning of texts especially Hadith literature. It also questioned the authority of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the authenticity of his words and actions and their relevance vis-à-vis Quran. However, the movement deconstructed the notion of singular Islamic tradition and helped to explore the plurality of religious traditions within South Asian Islam Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://digitalrepository.fccollege.edu.pk/handle/123456789/1456 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z