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This is Our War
We contributed to the making of Taliban & been complicit in not fighting them.This is our War. And we have to win it.
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Setting the record straight
Judgments don't stop coups, intrigues or armoured vehicles. But, it may have become slightly more difficult to do so.
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We are not Malala
Had all of us or even most of been Malala, these medieval thugs could not have attacked her.
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Game of Drones
Pandering to militants & being an apologist ensures that both suicide fanatics & drone attacks continue.
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Our saviours
Despite separation in time, Ziaul Haq & My Lords have one thing in common: belief that only they can save Pakistan.
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The outrage industry
Even if all internet, cell phones & television is banned, they will still find something to be angry, violent about.
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Fires and shrinking exit doors
Like Bangladesh, the military believes it can control situation in Balochistan by varying the intensities of violence.
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Extreme is the new moderate
When “moderate” religious cleric, view is adopted as tolerance model, then we have conceded “extreme” as start point.
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More equal than others
Politicians, their sons are corrupt, cry foul on being prosecuted, but sons of My Lords are genetically incorruptible.
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Fake liberals and liberal fascists
People want to be portrayed as 'real' liberals as if there is something inherently wrong with being ‘conservative’.