The Pakistani ruling elite applauds a democratic triumph abroad while dismantling democracy at home

Those that weaponise, magnify divisions fracture along economic, ideological lines, enabling rulers to sustain power

Banditry in northern Sindh is largely sustained by two complementary factors

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The people are so content with the government and so smug about it that they avoid bothering it

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To produce their potential social impact, sanctions require dispensation based on established tenets of merit, ability

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Pakistan has endured all this, often in name of national security, strategic culture, patriotism, democracy, religion