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Putting out the Arakan fires
Best way for Pakistan is to give substance to an OIC initiative on the issue and not play up the religious card.
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Steps towards greater South Asian cooperation
Four steps need to be taken towards turning South Asia into a well-integrated economic entity.
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The fallacy of the PML-N’s allegations
The PML-N’s statements about the SKMT are based on shoddy analysis and mistaken assumptions.
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A solution to Karachi’s traffic woes?
Authorities need to remain wary of the vested interests that have huge stakes in the city’s public transport system.
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Balochistan: now or never
If peace building cannot be done quickly, then remember, sir, that all has already been lost.
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Supreme misjudgements
Institutional evaluation must be done relative to institution’s own performances, performance of other institutions.
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Our ‘reactive’ extremism
Ideology may be founded on rejection of other ideologies and that may cause extreme behaviour.
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The seamy side of democracy
There is a perception that law-enforcement agencies are not behaving independently but as a branch of ruling party.
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Looming food crisis
Some of country’s prime agricultural areas are struggling with drought since last year, situation may be exacerbated.
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President Zardari — also party leader?
Few are convinced that with President Zardari at helm, free or fair will be the order of the day when it finally comes
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Raja Todar Mal’s baradari
Since building was in a lonely, unfrequented spot, Rapacious Morons decided it could only be receptacle for treasure.
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Boycott the US government
Cutting all US govt money from our lives will not stop drone attacks but will remove taint of hypocrisy that lingers.
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Cooperation in self-interest
Cooperating on border management is only way, as Pakistan, US nor Afghanistan can unilaterally address, resolve it.
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Please, My Lords, make haste
People are alleging that ball has been kicked into tall grass by SC in hopes Arsalan Iftikhar case will be forgotten.
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Broadband growth: don’t blame the economy!
Blaming economy to cover operators’ limitations, lack of infrastructure are tantamount to disservice to the nation.
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The wadera and the thana
Any SHO who does not accept complete authority of area wadera is promptly transferred out or penalised in other ways.
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What of Syria?
It is my opinion that Pakistan should support policy of ‘no external influence’ backed by the Russians, Chinese.
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Sanctimony
Celebrity driven Ramazan TV shows are latest in series of visible reminders that religion thrives without morality.
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Who is winning medals in London, and why?
Key is uniform distribution of opportunity, resources instead of market segmentation according to purchasing power.
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Another regime change
US, allies may once again be sowing seeds of regional uncertainty, turbulence, with messy, unpredictable aftermath.
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Will water scarcity cause conflict?
The existing Indo-Pak water sharing paradigm may no longer be able to address the emergent tensions.
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Who are the Rohingya?
We don’t know exactly where the origin of the Burmese Muslims can be located.
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What the Olympics are about
Through the performances of people like Partyka, Fujimoto, we get a glimpse of the strength of the human will.
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Some realist advice for Hafiz Saeed
Saeed can present us list of Indian perfidy & end up being wrong or rethink approaches that make him vaguely right.
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Talking Burma
The issue right now is what option will Rangoon consider in engaging with the Rohingya population.
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The consequences of hate
Once you start accommodating hatemongers, you start down a path that ends only in hate, overwhelming rest of politics.
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A truly democratic future
A democracy built only and solely on the ballot box will always remain shaky and vulnerable.
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This Ramazan, everyone is a beggar
What gets my goat is that tv is perpetuating a culture where people think asking others for money or begging is fine.
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Bitter harvest
Does the international community want the peace and reconciliation that Afghans and Pakistanis seek?
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Pakistan: Asia’s fulcrum
Given its geographic position, it is through Pakistan that a number of links to bring Asia together could run.
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The custodians of the Supreme Court
An ‘independent’ court ought not to allow talk show circuses, media trials, mob of black coats to influence judgment.
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The dacoit’s dream
Reforming public education from bottom up, devoting every paisa, will make us better people and a better country.
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Immunity with impunity
There is also a viewpoint that the president has no immunity in light of Islamic injunctions.
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The One Party State
Imagine our reaction if a tv show in US, India or any place in world, Muslim Abdullah was converted to a Hindu Sunil?
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Let’s do it, Pakistan
Pakistan should open itself up to Indians without waiting for reciprocity. And it should do this in self-interest.
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Water
When Lahore runs dry, CM Punjab's residence in Jati Umra will not be far behind.
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Mr Zardari’s ‘real’ skill
Let’s admit that President Zardari has no principles. He, therefore, has endless options.
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A happy camping ground?
President Zardari and his band are entrenched, as are his opponents when it comes to ballot boxes.
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The Joker in Colorado
Today, it is easier to buy an AK-47 assault rifle in US than it is to buy an Italian Kindersurprise (chocolate egg).
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Victims and beneficiaries of Partition
In case of agricultural property located in western Punjab, Sikhs & Hindus were losers, Muslim mohajirs beneficiaries.
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Abdus Salam and the Higgs boson particle
Today’s question is whether we can separate the joy of science from the pragmatism of politics?
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In Pakistan, ‘liberal’ is a dirty word
The liberal concept of protecting liberty & individual rights was a major factor in the creation of Pakistan.
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Countering terrorism with national consensus
Despite heavy stakes, the political will to deal with the crisis is confused, fragmented and elusive.
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A lesson from The Lion King
I have an ugly feeling that we will soon find to our cost wages of persistently doing wrong thing at the wrong time.
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Burma talk
In social media language, the Rohingya massacre issue is a battle between liberal-fascists and the fundos.
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How the Rio+20 summit failed
Why does the world, confronted with the dangers of climate change do nothing more than mouth platitudes about change?
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Fauzia Wahab
She was never the unrelenting defender of the faith that she became known for in various talk shows.
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The issue of border attacks
If US can pick up al Qaeda men, why can’t they spot Maulana Fazlullah’s troops moving from Afghanistan into Pakistan?
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A regional solution
Central Asia, surrounding regions of Southwest & South Asia are poor. Regional economic integration can help unlock it
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Saving Pakistan, one tweet at a time
Social media not only gives true freedom of speech but a public space where people present ideas to acclaim, criticism