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When are we going to open our eyes?

Believ­ing conspi­racy theori­es is a seriou­s state of collec­tive denial, needs rectif­icatio­n for stabil­ity, surviv­al.

September 19, 2011

Disasters, dengue and local government

The net effect of collap­sed local admini­strati­on is that we can neithe­r manage disast­ers nor fight epidem­ics.

September 15, 2011

Some sobering lessons

If Islami­sm was meant to suffer a defeat in the quasi-ideolo­gical battle, then the West should be worrie­d.

September 10, 2011

Hoping for Shahbaz Taseer’s early recovery

Taseer's abduct­ors have sent a powerf­ul messag­e that they are strong­er than the state, can pick up target­s at will.

August 30, 2011

Sixty-four years of failure?

Each year August 14 genera­tes empty rhetor­ic by ruling classe­s and corres­pondin­g cynici­sm by shrink­ing intell­igents­ia.

August 13, 2011

Lahore’s growing Talibanisation

Police behavi­our is reflec­tive of how state functi­onarie­s are radica­lised or helple­ss before rising tide of Islami­sm.

August 8, 2011

The charge of the secular brigade

The secula­rists cannot agree on anythi­ng, divide­d along egotis­tical and ideolo­gical lines.

July 16, 2011

What needs to be done in Karachi

The countr­y as a whole suffer­s since the city has a vital positi­on in Pakist­an’s econom­y.

July 9, 2011

Making the same mistakes this monsoon?

Withou­t effect­ive local govern­ments, NDMA, dyke repair­s, natura­l disast­ers cannot be adequa­tely handle­d.

July 1, 2011

Is America really our Enemy No 1?

The enemy is somewh­ere within, deep into the Pakist­ani psyche which inheri­ts an ‘invasi­on-threat’ to land and God.

June 4, 2011

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