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Summit for Democracy
Democracy is said to be the worst form of government except all others that have been tried
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Wanted a non-controversial NAB chairman
Opposition and the Bar have in one voice rejected the Ordinance
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A new geopolitical game
The troika — Russia, China and Pakistan — seemingly guided the SCO to reach a consensus
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A page from history
Part of the answers to these questions can be fathomed from short and succinct quotes from the pages of recent history
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A new information gathering tool
The great hope of the 1990s and 2000s was that the internet would be a force for openness and freedom
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India creates new ‘realities’ in IOK
New Delhi starts redrawing the electoral boundaries in the occupied valley
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Awaiting victory dance for Taliban?
As the Taliban look well set to shoot their way into the vacuum being caused by the US troop withdrawal
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Waiting with bated breath
Taliban race on to almost all of Afghanistan’s border posts while Pres Ghani continues to hold on to Kabul
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Thucydides’ Trap?
Chinese observers now believe that the US is driven by fear and envy to contain China in every possible way
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Afghan anxieties
Al-Qaeda revival in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal is said to be imminent
 
    
