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Hurtling down the abyss
The recent Pakistan Defence Council rally in Lahore organised by some religious parties was ‘mammoth’.
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Correcting the civil-military imbalance
The military always escapes accountability but brings down all its force on civilians who have displeased it.
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The PTI’s swelling ranks
Khan has been forced to modify his position by saying that he cannot find angels in Pakistani politics.
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Grounded
There are two actors at fault: PIA itself & the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is supposed to regulate PIA.
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Return of the president
We know for a fact that President Zardari is a fighter — he has, after all, spent over a decade in jail.
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Death of a dictator
Kim was a menace, not just to his own people but to the world. His death should be met with with relief not mourning.
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Leaks on trial
WikiLeaks affair has resulted in 22 criminal charges against Bradley Manning, a US army intelligence analyst.
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Short of gas
Fact is the government actually has no choice in this matter, as there is simply not enough gas to go around at all.
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Hear no evil
Appears to have whipped the cable operators into a kind of nationalistic passion, motivating them to act on their own.
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Memogate: the game changes?
The effect of all this may well be that the ruling PPP becomes mere putty in the hands of the army than ever before.
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Air Marshal Nur Khan (1923-2011)
In this age of specialisation, all-rounders such as Air Marshal Nur Khan can be hard to find.
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Women in Fata
Women in Fata are much worse off than the average Pakistani woman since she is a victim of double discrimination.
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Memogate unfolding
In Pakistan, when there is a terrorist threat to one’s life, it should be taken seriously.
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Remembering 1971
War in East Pakistan was an intra-state conflict that has once again become familiar in Pakistan: unequal development.
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Prime minister’s address
Gilani accused anti-democratic forces of being behind the memogate scandal.
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US-Pakistan relationship
Neither country can eliminate the scourge of terrorism on its own, so it is in both their interests to work together.
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Safer times
Two historic bills passed by the Senate may make life just a little safer for the women of the country.
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Conference on climate change
Real measures to combat carbon emissions will not become legally binding on countries until 2020.
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Between ‘ghairat’ and strategy
We must base our policy on considerations of Pakistan’s economy, there is nothing more dishonourable than being poor.
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Need for madrassa reform
The recovery of 45 people held captive at a Karachi seminary , highlights the failure of madrassa reform.
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PML-N rally in Larkana
For PML-N to have a shot at competing in Sindh, it will require months of campaigning and organising on the ground.
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Another road crash
The value of life has little meaning to those operating public transport services across the country.
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Talking to the Taliban
If talks are taking place, it would imply that we now consider the US to be a far greater threat than the Taliban.
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Wider skies
If new airlines can actually get an operation in place, then this would obviously be excellent news.
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Human Rights Day
No one really seems to hear the desperate pitch in voices from Balochistan or shrieks which rise higher and higher.
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Is the ‘Get Zardari’ campaign democratic?
The PPP government’s mode of survival, given these circumstances, is to blindly follow the lead of the military.
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War of words with the US
One of the first things both countries can do is keep plain-speaking military men far away from microphones.
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More terrorism
It should not lie beyond the capacity of our security network, intelligence agencies to infiltrate the groups at work.
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DGMO briefing on Salala
Pakistan would be on stronger ground if it first gives the inquiry a chance before pulling out in anger.
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OBL raid — awaiting answers
Press conference by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, seemed to confirm that he is interested violation of sovereignty .
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Well done Saeed and Hafeez
The rise of both these bowlers is good for the national team’s fortunes.
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The outing of Ghulam Nabi Fai
Putting our Kashmir policy under military control has not achieved much tangibly.
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Dangerous speculations
The time for expressing anger against the present regime will be next year at the polls.
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Van tragedy
A review of the regulations concerning installation of CNG kits needs to be done by the provincial governments.
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Ashura bombings
LeJ's involvement in the attack hints at an ominous alliance between the terror group, either the Taliban or al Qaeda.
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Bonn conference and after
Ultimately, the Bonn conference ended up being about empty platitudes, not serious policy decisions.
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Pakistan-US relations
As long as the US is in Afghanistan, they will try to smooth things over by occasionally sweet-talking us.
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Ashura: Tragedy of sectarianism
From Karachi to Kurram, from Quetta to Gilgit-Baltistan, Shia communities walk in fear during 10 days of Muharram.
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Derailed and deteriorating
Drastic action is required. We are seeing the complete collapse of a highly prestigious organisation.
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Cameras that don’t see
Just how effective are CCTV cameras, and how many are functional?
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An angry goodbye to Bonn
Pakistan was expected to have moral high ground at Bonn, standing better chance of pushing its proposals on peace.
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The Veena Malik brouhaha
It is important to fight back the vision for Pakistan that the likes of Veena’s attackers are trying to impose on...
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No to early elections
The concept of early elections is not, in and of itself, undemocratic, but its effect now, would weaken democracy.
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Wisdom better than rash bravado
Wisdom demands that we challenge the US realistically, compel it to make amends to the benefit of Pakistan.
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Bank robberies
There is a reason most banks are robbed in connivance with those who are entrusted to protect them.
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One step ahead
The use of social networking sites by the Taliban and al Qaeda is in many ways a dangerous development.
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Many unanswered questions
Neither Pakistan nor US has been able to provide convincing answers to the oddities that surround the Nato attack.
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Effects of climate change
Pakistan is among the countries that are paying the price for the polluting, carbon-consuming ways of the world.
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The blind patriotism of our cable operators
APCOA has requested PEMRA to revoke BBC's landing rights for showing “Secret Pakistan” after the Mohmand incident.
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Investigating Mumbai
Certainly we need to get to the bottom of the affair and discover what really happened at Mumbai.