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Only for Muslims
This Christmas; let us reinvent Pakistan and create it on the basis of love and tolerance.
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A tinpot despot
When it comes to dealing with nuclear armed enemies threatening its shores, US shows how solicitous, patient it is.
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The dangers of 2012
The danger to the country is that the PPP government may not survive 2012, & that US may go to war with Pakistan.
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Mengal’s timely warning
Sardar Mengal warns that atrocities against the Baloch have pushed the situation to a “point of no return”.
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Looking out on the Pir Panjal
The ‘Asian Brown Cloud’ is estimated to be responsible for over two million deaths annually in India alone.
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A melting economy
Throughout the SBP report, governance is the key theme, whether fiscal affairs or management of public sector.
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Crazy like Kim
The world needs the kind of crazy these dictators offered since they gave us a template to compare our own sanity to.
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What the occupation of Wall Street means for Pakistan
The relevance of these political events for Pakistan lies in ‘Occupation’ and ‘Wall Street’, i.e Afghanistan and aid.
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Nothing but democracy
In my view, democracy is the only way Pakistan can stabilise itself, progress, achieve peace within & in the region.
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Is Iran the next US target?
The military option in Iran appears not only risk-fraught, but dangerous for all parties, as well as for the region.
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Anna Suvorova’s Lahore: beloved city
'Lahore: Topophilia of Space and Place' gives you a taste of how deep Suvorova goes into the origins of Lahore.
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10 things about memogate
Even if Husain Haqqani dictated it, even if Zardari knew of it, it has the real interests of Pakistan at its heart.
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The birth of Bangladesh
How does Islamabad explain contradictory stand of apology, one on Bangladesh & the other on the attack by Nato forces?
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The shadow of 1971
The lesson of 1971 is that the military must neither govern nor should it be used against its own people.
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Our golden boy
I’ve looked up to Imran Khan in many ways, but never as a politician. I’ve seen him tout change more than solutions.
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A case of showcase sovereignty!
For every single failure, nationally and internationally, we cling on to conspiracy theories to salvage self-respect.
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Been there, done that
I voted for PPP, but not for Bilawal, and I most certainly did not vote for the multiple offsprings of Gilani.
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The uncertainity that exists
With the amount of uncertainty that currently exists, Pakistan’s economic future is hard to predict.
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Putting the railways back on track
Let’s hope Gilani succeeds in turning the utility around. Too many people stand to lose their jobs.
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A way out of the memogate mess
The usual recourse when nations fall into disarray is to seek a fresh mandate from the electorate.
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Single issue foreign policy
Pakistan has to break out of the constraints imposed unilaterally on it by the United States.
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A psychological warfare operation
Pakistan Army is the victim of a well-planned psychological warfare operation, launched by the US administration.
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Land reforms making a comeback
Ex prime minister Jamali had claimed that land reforms were a dead issue, though recent bills prove otherwise.
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Can Pakistan afford to ignore women?
UK’s Department for International Development is doing all it can to support Pakistan in empowering women, girls.
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When liberals opposed progressives
At the time of the partition, State opposed the CPI inspired progressives. Liberals too rebelled against them.
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Dial M for Memo
Memo mayhem and manipulating mercenaries are mercilessly mauling a meek government and now missing president.
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Dirty talk
The argument for talking with terrorists was that it was essentially America’s war & now impossible for us to...
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Banning the Beeb
Despite his promise, has Gilani looked into the BBC ban? We have no follow-up news and we have no BBC.
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The PTA and the elephant in the room
In publishing the list of words, the PTA exposed how an awful lot of energy is spent talking about & thinking of sex.
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Personal accounts of 1971
Bilwani describes how Gujarati business clans from West Pakistan lost their investments East Pakistan following 1971.
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Taxila Cross
Every year on October 8, believers congregate in the ruins of the palace of Gondophares near the south end of Sirkap.
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Bangladesh days
Early on economists articulated economic planning could not proceed on the assumption that Pakistan was one economy.
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What does Pakistan want in Afghanistan?
Pakistan needs stability in Afghanistan to be able to gain economic dividends of its geostrategic location.
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Documenting dying voices
'Idara Baraye Taleem-o-Taraqi' endeavours to preserve, promote dying languages and cultures of north Pakistan.
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Open letter to My Lord the Chief Justice
If Mansoor Ijaz is considered to have told the truth, surely he has spoken truth about ISI & its ‘S’ Section...
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What the envoy said
Our foreign office, its envoys, ministers, secretaries are limited to the role of public relations damage control.
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Illegal structures: paradox of rule of law
Most officials duck under the ruse of mosques, madrassas being a sensitive issue to enforce laws, such as Lal Masjid.
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Pakistan’s narrative of progress
Pakistan’s civilian and its military leaders will have to act in unison to prioritise socio-economic progress at...
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A nation that lies
Rather than playing to the galley, Pakistani authorities must stop lying to the world and their people.
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Finally, the review!
The policy, so far, has been driven by security concerns which have pushed peace negotiations in to the background.
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The road much travelled
23 miles from Agra lay Fatehpur Sikri. In the 16th century the entire road was lined with shops selling silk, jewels.
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A step too far?
SC’s jurisdiction is not answered with reference to the Constitution or precedent, instead exist in a ‘grey area’.
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The fire this time
This is not the place I knew, valley of grapevines, orchards; it's become a land of fear, with suspicion, mistrust.
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Murphy’s law and Pakistan-US relations
Murphy’s famous law that everything that can go wrong will go wrong, seems to apply to Pak-US relations at this stage.
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Nature of US-India ties
In this context a recent piece by Ashley Tellis, analyst at the Carnegie Endowment, merits attention by policymakers.
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Veena Malik and the battle for hydro-influence
Can Nawaiwaqt's anger be directed at possible Indian help to clean up Kabul River & build dams in Afghanistan?
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Perspective for a policy review
National policy needs to integrate foreign, economic policy & military strategy, enable people to actualise potential.
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Politics and memogate
The memogate threatens to turn into a a political trial of Zardari rather than being left to the court.
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Misguided threats
In the race for catchy headlines, breaking news, we have forgotten what actually threatens the state.
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Jettison external load
Pakistan is a sick plane. Our ‘Profile Drag’ needs serious re-engineering & a serious work-over.