Stories from Rasul Bakhsh Rais
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A collapsing system
At the grassroots level, I see a revolution of rising frustrations with the system from Karachi to Gilgit-Baltistan
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The rise and rise of Kaptaan
Perhaps it is the unprecedented politicisation of middle class that accounts for growing popularity of Kaptaan
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Franchising public universities
Where are we heading? Indeed, we are heading towards moral and institutional collapse
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Challenges for Af-Pak relations
The real change in Afghanistan-Pakistan relations will come when security is understood as a common goa
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Where do we go from here?
Democratic politics is not and must not be a zero-sum game, it is positive and must be inclusive
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Changing village culture
Three obvious factors of change are: urban migration, remittances, and use of technologies for agricultural production
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The real crisis
Crisis lies essentially in challenge that Kaptaan has presented to what he rightly portrays old forces or players.
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Reforms or revolution?
The kaptaan is right to say that the match is not over yet and he will stay here until the finish.
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Withering writ of the state
With this ‘revolutionary’ tradition, Pakistan will remain unstable, ungovernable, vulnerable to such marches.
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Ideology and power
Political salvation lies in political means alone