The 79-Year State vs. The 5,000-Year Land: Pakistan’s Self-Inflicted Historical Amnesia
The state-sponsored narrative born in the 1970s attempted to begin Pakistan’s timeline in 712 AD, effectively deleting millennia of indigenous pre-Islamic history.
We will unpack the consequences of this historical deletion and how reclaiming our true civilizational timeline changes the national conversation.
About the Speaker:
Syed Hammad Husain is a historian, researcher and a writer specializing in the military and political history of the broader Eurasian regions, including South Asia, West Asia and the Mediterranean. His research uses comparative analysis to examine long-term shifts in warfare and power dynamics, consistently grounding contemporary security issues in their deep historical context.
This session is free and open to all. Just visit the venue to attend it.
The Black Hole
Plot 5H, Street 100, G-11/3, Islamabad.
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