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Birds have flown
The cancer eating Karachi requires more than an anodyne sticking-plaster.
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A new president
President Hussain can probably be relied upon never to rock the boat.
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Educational ambitions
Education deserves priority and we are pleased to see attention directed towards it.
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The wrong storm
The prime minister has been candid about how long it is likely to take to repair the economy.
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Strike at will
Sovereignty has increasingly become an irrelevance in drone wars.
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An elusive peace
Balochistan has been used, abused by successive governments, but equally, it has been architect of its own misfortune.
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A democratic change of president
Whatever the future holds, Asif Ali Zardari has left in place important blocks and key reforms.
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A principal in Lahore
Blasphemy laws have been misused blatantly over the years, often in a bid to settle personal scores.
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The Damocles option
The State Bank of Pakistan is no longer going to be able to lend to the government.
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A definite maybe
The yet-unanswered question is whether political courage exists beyond the merely rhetorical.