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Little that is new
Now we all know what 'establishment' refers to — it is the army and its agencies who poke their noses into...
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A merry Christmas…
Laws in this strange land, neither fish nor fowl, are made to be bent and broken.
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Where are we?
Transition set in with the men of the book wielding increasing influence over the Almighty’s governance.
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A tough call
The many who have devoted time, effort, columns and condemnation on the malevolent blasphemy laws must press on.
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The wages of exploitation
The world view of our clerical brethren is far divorced from any vision we may have of a modern Pakistan.
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An instrument of revenge
An innocent woman, falsely charged, has been sentenced to death with the party of the people in place.
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Why not a life-giving sacrifice?
Next week, legs and bits and pieces will be exchanged between the chosen few and deep freezers will be crammed...
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An enigma even unto itself
Pakistan needs to put on its collective thinking cap and cogitate about the our place in the global scheme of things.
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The art of the grotesque
Politics in Pakistan is not, as has been defined, the art of the possible. It is the art of the grotesque.
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The polluted past and present
Pakistan can function neither under the present constitution, nor under any form of tradition-cum-convention.