https://pjlts.uog.edu.pk/index.php/pjlts/issue/feed 2025-02-27T06:12:16+00:00 Dr. Muhammad Javed Iqbal pjlts@uog.edu.pk Open Journal Systems <p data-sider-select-id="56a32f34-ad72-4875-98b9-d80e5556c76a"><em>The Pakistan Journal of Languages and Translation Studies </em>(PJLTS) is a biannual blind peer-reviewed publication of the University of Gujrat, Pakistan. The prime objective of this journal is to provide research scholars with an independent and trans-disciplinary forum for discourse on issues in Translation, Linguistics, and related disciplines. It deals with the rising questions in Theoretical and Applied Translation. The trans-disciplinary nature of Translation Studies encourages researchers from fields like Art and History of Translation and its applications in various fields of knowledge and human endeavor, Linguistics, Language Learning, Comparative Literature, Literary History, and Theory, Computational Linguistics, Machine Translation, Localization, Arts, Humanities and Social Science. We welcome research articles, empirical reports, the reviews from authors interested in any of these areas.</p> https://pjlts.uog.edu.pk/index.php/pjlts/article/view/96 2025-02-12T11:31:44+00:00 Rahat Bashir Rahat rahatbashir@umt.edu.pk Sadia Asif sadia.asif@umt.edu.pk Mah-e-Nao mahe.nao@umt.edu.pk

<p>The partition of India-Pakistan (migration) was one of the most violent and traumatic events faced by the people in contemporary time. Pali by Sahni is a story which explains the catastrophic fallout of Indo-Pak divisions which brings along with it, intense suffering on children, due to religious riots, and communal violence. Pali experiences series of emotions from alienation to identity crises. Children as a result of such mass migration not only lost their sense of belonging but also face psychological displacement. Children who witnessed the horrors of partition struggled with their fragmented identities and in the later stage, the unresolved trauma becomes intergenerational. Cathy Caruth’s Trauma Theory is employed to explore how unassimilated traumatic events in consciousness lead to the manifestation of trauma, which parallels Homi K. Bhabha’s concept of the Third Space, where unresolved identities give rise to hybrid expressions. As a result, fragmented identities move to a liminal space and the Third space becomes a zone catering to fractured identities so both become a point of intersection. The trauma that is created by migration becomes collective and affects parents as well as disrupting fixed identities. The analysis demonstrates that cultural dislocation and unresolved grief lead to a liminal apace of existence proving the connections between trauma theory and third space. The torment experienced by Pali, remains deeply stamped and indescribable, symbolizing a plea for humanity amidst chaos. This study breathes new life into <em>“Pali,”</em> offering its enduring message to those striving to understand history and envision a compassionate, inclusive future.</p>

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