One Government In Pakistan Opposed Establishment of University For Social Sciences, Claims Dr. Mubark's Latest Book

In his latest thought provoking book, Dr. Mubark Lashari has claimed that one Pakistani government opposed the project of establishing a University of Social Sciences, a project planned by Iqbal Ahmed, Prof: Edward Said and Noam Chomsky. 

Dr. Mubark Lashari is a renowned scholar and Sindhi writer, he has penned down five books most of them are on literary criticism. Dr. Lashari is a Ph.D scholar and he is considered among the very first Sindhi writers who wrote about "Post-Modernism" a vital literary trend.

Dr. Mubark's latest book is named "Simaj Ain Siyasat Jo Grammar" (The Grammar of Society and Politics), published by Murk Publication, Karachi in 2019. This book consists 35 important essays dealing with different aspects of social sciences, the society in which we live and the politics around us.

In the introductory note of his latest book Dr. Lashari writes:

"In this regards the world of scholarship has two important subjects, i.e. social science and natural science. There are great scholars of both these fields. Man of letters, writers, politicians, anthropologists, economists and social activists are considered as scholars of social sciences, while biologists, physicists, experts of chemistry, astronomy and geography are considered scholars of natural sciences.

The main difference between both these sciences is that natural science is based upon tangible facts on the basis of observations and experiments, and apparently the knowledge gathered from such experiments seems less flexible, unless some future theory or experiment proves them vice versa, otherwise, the research and theories of natural science are less flexible.

As compared to it the theories of social science are much more complex and flexible as social science is based upon behavior, ideologies and thinking. Another great difference is that natural scientists is not dependent on other subjects, while the phenomena in its background is also independent. Meanwhile the very foundation of social science is dependent."

Dr. Mubark has masterfully elaborated the fact that how politics in societies like Pakistan has direct and negative influence, as he writes:

"Social scientists are not only considered important personalities, but in many societies they are also considered to be very dangerous. For example Prof: Edward Said was called "Professor of Terror" in America.

 The Spanish dictator General Franco killed many writers and intellectuals during his reign from 1936 to 1945, during a campaign named "White Terror", he approximately killed 2 lac people, majority of them were social scientists, educationists, intellectuals and writers. The doors of educational institutes of Brazil were closed upon a man of Paulo Freire's stature by calling him "the most ignorant man of the country".

In Pakistan, establishment of a university for social sciences was opposed, just because Iqbal Ahmed, Noam Chomsky and Prof: Edward Said had planned that project. The main reason behind opposing such a university was that these dangerous minds would produce other dangerous well-educated social scientists. We couldn't even imagine that the proposal given by that trio was opposed by international imperialists as well as the local ruling party."

Dr. Mubark Lashari teaches at Institute of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, he divides his time among teaching and writing. He lives in Jamshoro.