Broken record: The unfinished business of Partition

With the advantage of hindsight, one has the opportunity to study the historical cycles in a nation’s life. Thanks to this newspaper’s unique, extensive archive of back issues, one can examine the major political, economic and social trends that have shaped Pakistan and the world over the last seven decades and counting. Cliched as it may sound, history repeats itself, and we — as a state and as a polity — largely refuse to learn from it. Through this platform, we will look back at the ‘big’ stories that made it to the front pages of Dawn , as well as significant developments tucked away in…