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Which road to take?
If Taliban take over in Afghanistan their influence will come to Pakistan, our society will become more Talibanised.
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Water, water, nowhere
It has long been forecast that the next world war will be ignited by a paucity of water.
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Business class justice
DO businessmen deserve business class justice? The short answer to this question is, yes.
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Palestine’s moment of truth — II
The resumed journey to a Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders can be delayed but not denied.
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Governance and uncertainty
Two features of Pakistan’s political economy create uncertainty about the outcome of continuing confrontation with US.
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Financial implications of the current stand-off
Pakistan govt needs to pay more attention to the long neglected imperative of self-reliance and limit expenditures.
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Media jingoism
Rhetorical questions were all that we could muster up in the face of probably our gravest national security challenge.
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Let’s hang Afzal Guru — II
The government of India wants him to hang. But will that satisfy the “collective conscience”?.
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The making of the modern maulvi — VII
Thanvi followers sometimes ignore his categorical judgments on issues, adopting policies dictated by current politics.
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How not to cede space to extremists
Instead of letting extremists lead discussion on Islam, we need to challenge their ideology through people like Edhi.
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Rout in the Pamirs
Records say the 10,000 strong cavalry led by Korean general Kao Hsin-Chih first engaged with Tibetans in Wakhan.
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Are the poor becoming poorer?
Both Federal Bureau of Statistics and the Planning Commission have been shirking their respective responsibilities.
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Hate Amrica; crush Amrika
US has shown largesse to our Army, with which they are now nor recognising to embellish their so-called ‘nationalism’.
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In defence of Imran Khan
Pakistan needs leadership that spells confidence among international community, promote self-respect of poor people.
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Let’s hang Afzal Guru — I
The attack on Parliament was a rare and grave crime, whose consequences went well beyond the lives lost.
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Understanding the duplicity
If America wants Pakistan to truly give up links with Haqqani network they need to understand their legitimate fears.
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Need to rise above expediency
Obama’s inability to break past Israeli hold on US policy alienates Arabs and condemns its role of an honest broker.
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Much adversity, but our time is now
It is a testing time to be a Pakistani. This is Pakistan’s time; there should be no looking back now.
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A priceless opportunity!
Let us squeeze every little bit of advantage that we can from our dangerous course of brinkmanship with the US.
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In dengue fever you go ‘dinga’
Dengue is derived from "dinga" in Swahili. In Punjabi, ‘dinga’ means twisted.
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Dengue epidemic: Stop the blame game
A significant part of the blame for the ongoing dengue epidemic must lie not with the govt but rather with the public.
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Name changes and manufactured identities
Dr Tahir's “Time to rename Abbottabad” made me realise that the harm done by renaming of places is not obvious to all.
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Tibetans in Baltistan
Chinese in Turkestan knew that the Tibetans had annexed Baltistan, and that they could not be allowed a back door.
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Telengana: to separate or not to separate?
Demand for Telangana, a separate state hewn from Andhra Pradesh, is like the demand for the Punjabi sooba.
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The political economy of confrontation
If Pakistan chooses the path of confrontation with the US, it could mean stoppage of aid from the western world.
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Palestine’s moment of truth — I
Abbas has come to the UN, because he has run out of options. He does not even have a Palestinian consensus behind him.
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Narendra Modi vs Nitish Kumar
India gave Congress party a second opportunity to make good in 2009, but it seems bent upon wasting the goodwill.
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Plague of fear
Sind floods, Punjab dengue epidemic are incriminating for the elected govt. since these were expected disasters.
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What is the home-ground ‘end game’?
So, how fares the state? Would failing be a fair description?
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Ali Mardan Khan
He was a fraudster in the finest tradition of many a modern mandarin.
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Helping the most vulnerable
How incoming aid is spent, deserves much closer attention to avoid mistakes made in the past.
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Bilateral ties: Can India’s and Pakistan’s lawyers help
A discussion between lawyers of both countries can serve as basis for proposing legal solutions in resolving disputes.
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The making of the modern maulvi — VI
Teachings of Manusmriti or Laws of Manu by Deoband followed the division of South Asian Muslim society into castes.
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Pakistan is ours too
It is time the Deep State reached out to the people, its real assets and the security debate opened to all Pakistanis
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Time to rename Abbottabad
The question is: what should we call Abbottabad now? Hazarewals are the ultimate judge.
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Let’s help our college
Alumni association should focus efforts on maintaining, enhancing content, quality education in the college.
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Quotas for Indian Muslims?
They earn less, less educated and are underrepresented in the government, the administration and private sector.
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Power not principle
Bosnia Genocide: Lt-Gen(retd)Javed Nasir is accused of breaking the arms embargo and supplying arms to Bosnian Muslims
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This column is about sex!
Watch prime time hours of major news channels — they’re evolving back to their roots as hybrid of news, entertainment.
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Waking up to the blast
Police don't stop four-wheelers since authorities, the rich and powerful use them, a loophole terrorists exploit.
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FC College: an amazing transformation
If westerners can go to Pakistan, amidst volatile conditions, then why can’t I go back and work for my own people?
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The road much travelled — III
Pindi prospered and thrived during the Raj: the British built wide avenues and bridges and planted trees and orchards.
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Justice or discipline?
I felt I simply had to say something about some of the censures expressed over my last article.
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Yes, Muslims kill Muslims
It is a sad fact, but the fact is that Muslims have been killing Muslims from the early days of Islam.
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If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail
Modern state has failed many of those burning with anger which leaves them susceptible to hate preachers.
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The Pakistani ‘state’ under stress — I
Is the state the supreme public power in the soverign entity called Pakistan?
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Big Brother wants access to your Gmail account
Nothing should terrify us more than an intelligence flunky scrolling through that email we took hours composing.
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How to tackle the floods of 2011
Managing disasters requires establishing institutional mechanisms for coordination between govt, civil organisations.
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Democracy — the only road to be on
Democracy, the only solution, comes in stages and through struggles, and never offered on a platter or as a gift.
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Climate change: Lost in Translation
I foresee water as a substantial threat in future, larger than terrorism, considerably more than political problems.