This study aims to understand the clashes between American economic fundamentalists and Islamic religious fundamentalists in South Asia regarding Nadeem Aslam's The Blind Man's Garden (2013). The study explores that the economic entrepreneurs of the neo-imperialists give birth to counterproductive acts of religiosity. It shows how the ugliness of economic hunger is adroitly hidden behind the polished face of globalization, just as the priggish and snobbish religiosity of Muslim fundamentalists encloses their avarice for power and wealth. Using Tariq Ali's theory of Clashes of Fundamentalisms, the study proves that the root cause of civilizational clashes is the outcome of conflicts of interests between Western economic fundamentalists and Muslim religious fundamentalists. The study concludes the economic, political, cultural and strategic motives working behind the goals of establishing neo-imperialism through the elimination of borders for neo-liberalist gains in the wake of the war on terror.

With Dirk C. Van Raemdonck's theory of 'tridimensional game of chess in South Asia', this study explores how the Great Game of chess has encompassed the board of Afghanistan into the strategic and economical range of global as well as local nations. In this regard, this study delimits Zia Haider Rahman's 'In the Light of What We Know' to examine the role of great (US, India), little (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia), and local (ISI, UNAMA, AfDARI, militants, etc.) players respectively. The three-level players struggle to win their politicoeconomic and geostrategic motives. The delimited novel exposes that the little and local players are playing the game of proxy to fetch their own designs. This study concludes that great global players/forces ensnare little and local players and misuse them as white and/or black pieces respectively to win their gains.

This research explores the state of digital literacy among Baluchistan-based journalists from the perspectives of globalization, localization and a hybrid media system, given the rapid changes across all walks of life. In this context, new technologies and technological determinism have also reshaped journalistic practices across all fields of work. A quantitative research methodology was applied to this study, and survey research methods were used for data collection. Data were collected from 100 Quetta Press Club journalists through random sampling. An online Google Form questionnaire was distributed via WhatsApp. Findings revealed a significant positive relationship between journalists’ educational qualifications and digital literacy, with higher educational attainment associated with significantly greater digital literacy scores. It was also found that the concentration in this field indicates that people drawn to the disciplines of communications might be more digital, or that, in fact, these disciplines manage to develop digital competencies.