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PPP Isn’t Convinced!

Ahmer Muzammil   May 3, 2008   interacts: 179

Pandering to the presidency, appointment of Mehmood Ali Durrani and Rehman Malik, failure to remove Malik Abdul Qayyum, are signs that establishment isn’t blinking just

Benazir’s Legacy

Beena Sarwar   Apr 13, 2008   interacts: 120

How could Pakistan’s all-powerful president and chief of the army staff be dislodged -- other than through the political process?

Bhutto’s Judicial Murder Revisited

Karamatullah K Ghori   Apr 3, 2008   interacts: 197

For an insecure gatecrasher like Zia, Bhutto’s engineered ‘judicial murder’ was a zero sum game: it was either Bhutto on the gallows or his own

Simply Outrageous!

Ather Naqvi   Apr 2, 2008   interacts: 44

In their recent visits, the US officials kept looking for those who could listen to them and nod in the

War of Another Kind

Ather Naqvi   Mar 27, 2008   interacts: 318

One reassuring factor for Gillani is that its a coalition government where all the major political parties have posed their trust in him and have

An Agenda for the New Government

Kamal Siddiqi   Mar 24, 2008   interacts: 70

This time round, the change has come from the people. And it is their expectations and aspirations that have to be addressed.

Why not hang Surabjit Singh?

Beena Sarwar   Mar 22, 2008   interacts: 52

Whether it is for illegally crossing borders, overstaying visas or terrorism, Indians and Pakistanis arrested in each other's countries have poor consular and legal access.

Zardari Rev 2

Ather Naqvi   Mar 22, 2008   interacts: 49

Zardari’s political shrewdness, if not statesmanship, has succeeded in making the civil society and the media revive the earlier impressions about Zardari.

A Great Day, A New Hope for Pakistan

Kamal Siddiqi   Mar 19, 2008   interacts: 18

As our parliamentarians take oath and swear allegiance to the constitution today, one can feel happy about Pakistan.

New US Strategy Needed in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Agha Amin   Mar 16, 2008   interacts: 711

The main thrust of USA's policy was to construct roads and schools and clinics. These were important but no substantial stakeholders or major employment opportunities

Pakistan: The War of Drones

Pervez Hoodbhoy   Mar 10, 2008   interacts: 857

Why do so many Pakistanis suddenly lose their voice when it comes to condemning suicide bombings? Is it because the bomber kills in the name

The Deoband Declaration on Terrorism: Why Now?

Dost Mittar   Mar 10, 2008   interacts: 183

On February 25, 2008 an “All India Terrorism Conference” was attended by over 10,000 Islamic clerics, scholars, muftis and teachers.

Kashmir Liberated, Others Languish

Beena Sarwar   Mar 7, 2008   interacts: 36

Kashmir Singh spent 35 years in various Pakistani prisons before Ansar Burney, the caretaker minister of human rights found him and obtained a presidential pardon.

The Naval War College Bomb Blasts

Feroz R Khan   Mar 4, 2008   interacts: 357

I was about 800 meters away from the bomb blast. The force of the explosion was powerful enough to rattle the windows nearly a mile

When the Will of the People Poses an 'Inconvenient' Truth

Beena Sarwar   Mar 4, 2008   interacts: 16

"What kind of democracy is it that puts the fate of the country in the hands of a Nawaz Sharif and an Asif Zardari? My

The ANP Challenge

Yasser Latif Hamdani   Feb 22, 2008   interacts: 767

What if instead of a PPP prime minister or PML-N prime minister, ANP’s Asfandyar Wali Khan was to become the

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