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The Circus is in Town, Again
Deficit of our politics is such that while a war rages, people in IDP camps, Punjab remains theatre of power politics.
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Driving the Metro Bus into a wall
Mian Sahib, we stand with you for the sake of democracy, however for your own sake, stand by yourself.
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Living Privately: Dying Publicly
Criminal offences are not ‘personal’; they are by definition ‘public’. There is nothing ‘private’ about abuse, murder.
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Unwilling
I should ideally volunteer to represent the accused Rehman was defending, expose myself to risks he nonchalantly did.
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Hard Choices
The failings of the military establishment are many and so are the sins of Geo. Yet, the parallel is not exact.
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Foretold Again
We cautioned that Memo charade will be come back one day to haunt Nawaz. That day has come, and hopefully gone.
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Protecting who?
PPO is carte blanche to use lethal excessive force. But State repeatedly asserts it won't use it against militants.
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Sharif versus Sharif
As Sharif versus Sharif is on the brink of unfolding, the state erodes one “non-combatant” at a time.
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Feeding the crocodile
Governing principle of Pakistani State is that it negotiates (read surrender) to bullies, punishes weakest of the weak
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Unmoved Punjab
The federal government and perhaps the state have an ethnicity and it is Punjabi. And they just do not care.
 
    








