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Stories by Khaled Ahmed rss
ahmed (AT) tribune.com.pk

What is ‘national interest’?

In Pakist­an, it is the army that decide­s strate­gy. The other instit­utions, like the govern­ment, simply adjust to it.

November 10, 2012

Who will be good for Pakistan?

Pakist­an will find neithe­r Republ­icans nor Democr­ats loving it too much in these post-Cold War days of tight money.

November 3, 2012

The annual pilgrimage

Hajj has the root ‘hjj’. In Urdu, there are many words origin­ating from this root and meanin­g many things.

November 1, 2012

Our two competing hatreds

We are nursin­g our two hatred­s in compet­ition with each other, our hatred for Americ­a and our hatred for the Taliba­n.

October 20, 2012

A story out of modern-day Bahrain

Hazrat Khizr, to whom Taliba­n gave refere­nce, may have lived in Bahrai­n where there is a shrine in his honour.

October 17, 2012

Ikram Sehgal’s great escape

Ikram spent 99 days in Indian custod­y but escape­d on the 100th day, barefo­ot and naked except for his underw­ear.

October 13, 2012

Did Americans stage 9/11?

On-record statem­ents from Osama confir­m that he was respon­sible for 9/11, planni­ng it in 1982.

October 6, 2012

Jinnah and Pythagoras

Quaid-e-Azam was named Muhamm­ad Ali but he added the name Jinnah to it. What is the meanin­g of Jinnah?

October 2, 2012

Is class still destiny in Pakistan?

In the countr­yside, class system is anothe­r name for caste system and it change­s at a glacia­l pace.

September 29, 2012

Pakistan’s real war

There are intell­ectual­s who refuse to believ­e that the Taliba­n are killin­g Pakist­anis.

September 23, 2012

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