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The story of a story
Anonymous ISPR denial to Nergis Sethi's comment reported in press shows disconnect, willing to exploit for a sizzler.
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Mere patch-up will not do!
Pak-US continuing differences are not only impacting their bilateral ties but also prospects of peace in Afghanistan.
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Fixing democracy
It is imperative that the political parties sit together, deliberate on these issues and try to find solutions.
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Contempt of the people
Unless idea of justice is upheld by all, this saga might show contempt that institutions have for the people.
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Know thy facts
What we are witnessing is struggle between visions — between those who want rule of law & those who want rule of man.
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Pakistan-US ties — the way forward
Pakistan, US can minimise policy differences if they show greater understanding of each others’ points of view.
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Stereotyping Pakistan
Prominent US think tanks continue to further demonise the countries with which cooperation is being sought.
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A silver lining
Pakistan needs a break from the dynamics created by the NRO, can come only from a new election; earlier the better.
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Deeper than skin
Indian version of democracy is determined overwhelmingly by divisive identity politics. The biggest divider is caste.
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Saving democracy
Is there a danger to democracy today? Yes, from the institutional clash that may generate social and political choas.
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Dual nationality and hypocrisy
Let’s not doubt each other’s loyalty but deliver for the masses that have so little.
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On Imran and tigers
Imran should heed President Kennedy’s tiger analogy instead of politicking like a cornered one.
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Defending representational dualism
Acquire ‘dual’ legislators for their higher consciousness of Europe, America to balance our corruption, disloyalty.
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Need for judicial restraint
How will Courts reign in public whisperings, sentiments or even the chatter on social and international media?
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Getting priorities straight
My primary objection is the manner in which Contempt law was passed in a matter of minutes without meaningful debate.
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Hail to the Chief
It appears as if the president, his stooges in the PPP are hell-bent on turning the SC into a ceremonial institution.
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Spent guns target Modi
Four such once-big guns (BJP) have lined up to create trouble for Gujarat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
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The more things change ...
At least for this coming round, any change in the top echelons of all the dreadful parties seems impossible.
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The seeds of discontent and conflict
It is worth exploring how the partition contributed to the sowing seeds of discontent among various groups in Punjab
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A demolition in Kharian
The incident in Kharian will only encourage police to act in a similar manner and meals.
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Shiva weeps no more
On a recent visit to Ketas, I was horrified to see it shrunken to a fraction of its size thanks to cement factories.
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Visualising a tolerant Pakistan
The contrived and Islamist Quaid of Pakistan’s current textbooks never existed.
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An island of transparency
The system employed by BISP enables it to be transparent and “independent of any political influence”
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Manna from heaven
Anticipated surge in NFA has already led — just on expectations — to an appreciation of rupee vis-à-vis US dollar.
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An open challenge to the propagandists
There are millions of young folk, who despite being educated, know nothing of anything else affecting national life.
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Political seasons
We can now expect the arrival of an Arab autumn, when all ornaments of Arab nationalism will fall away like leaves.
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Coke Studio’s Indian mystery — resolved
By following predetermined formulas, Indian musicians are depriving their audience of enjoying diverse forms of music.
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What if Bulleh Shah were alive today?
Bulleh Shah have too challenged the orthodoxy and I wonder if a mob would have attacked him had he been alive today?
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The Parthasarathy doctrine
Parthasarathy says India let Pakistan off too easily in 1971, similarly again post-Mumbai especially with 'evidence'.
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The crisis in Pakistan’s jihadist community
What the massacre of soldiers in Gujrat speaks to is the fundamental crisis within Pakistan’s jihadists.
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The philosophy of judicial restraint
If judiciary crosses limits, there will be reactions which may damage judiciary, its independence, respect in society.
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Who is Pakistan’s enemy?
Will Pakistan change or will it enforce a change in how others view it?
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A deeply flawed decision
If an amendment is to be made, it should be to bar a foreign national from occupying any office of profit in Pakistan.
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Syria — the next Afghanistan?
Case is similar to the Mujahideen, Pakistan hosting refugees from Afghanistan, much like what Turkey is doing now.
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It wasn’t about an apology
Most crucial part of the process was assessment of best possible or best available deal & when it could be clinched.
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Nuclear power and energy security
If India could be given a waiver and considered for full membership of the NSG, Pakistan has no lesser credentials.
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Define relations with the US
The objective is to secure America, whatever it takes. Cost for Pakistan — or for any other country — doesn’t...
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The issue of apologies
Obama should have apologised immediately, using it to begin frank conversations about divergent goals of Pakistan, US.
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Speculation and starvation
If the situation is allowed to continue unchecked, unregulated, soon food will only be easily available to the rich.
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Not worth the time
PPP constructed a fake argument to distract SC & it insists on charging like a bull every time this red flag is waved.
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March toward democracy
Poor governance, corruption and uneasy civil-military relations continue to retard progress in Pakistan.
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Travels through Pakistan: the minorities
How can we engender interfaith harmony and understanding in Pakistan when we cannot even visit their holy places?
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Coping with the inevitable
It will be self-delusion to think that Pakistan’s handling of the post-Salala situation has made the task easier.
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Fighting the narcotics trade
The drug trade across the Afghan border is now too sophisticated for any one country to address singlehandedly.
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Changing the landscape
It is in education that the Pakistani women have made the most spectacular advance in the country.
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The habit of being afraid
Kashmir’s Jamaat-e-Islami issued a statement that was widely perceived as an imposition of ‘dress code’ for tourists.
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On dual nationality and allegiances
I would only say that by all means enjoy your dual nationality. Just leave our elected houses alone.
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How Indians and Pakistanis vote
Pakistan continues to vote on basis of identity. In India vote is not for issues or ideology, but for one's own.
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‘Genetic engineering’ in East Pakistan
General Niazi threatened that he would let his soldiers loose on Bengali womenfolk.
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Our right to know
I see no reason why NA, provincial assemblies, Senate websites should not have detailed assets of all their members.