Stories from Ayesha Siddiqa
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The Ufa ‘uff’!
What various power centres in Pakistan ought to learn is that our extended region cannot afford any mis-adventure
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Land of Jinns
In the 115 tehsils studied in south Punjab, the authors found 64 shrines with direct political connections
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Who has ‘Sin’d’?
To transform Sindh, the political forces in the country ought to take its ownership
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Contextualising the NGO issue
Save the Children, other NGOs should operate transparently but so should the formula for their accountability by state
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Not a new trend
The evidence of educated boys from the middle class randomly joining militancy is not a new phenomenon
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Language that doesn’t belong
It’s not just about bringing language back to life, but also exploring our diversity. We need both to grow into nation
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The Arab Spring revisited
Sadly, even with all the money, the Arab world has failed to construct an internal sociological shift
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Price of idealism
Sabeen's murder was a reminder that idealism in our society can be extremely expensive
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Reconditioned patronage?
Beijing bankrolls domestic projects to benefit its own companies irrespective of the recipient’s absorption capacity
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Changing times
Improvement in Iran-US relations could have game-changing effects in our own region and country at several levels