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Democracy is the Best Revenge?

Ehtisham Iqbal   Jun 30, 2008

2007 – 2008 will certainly be remembered as one of the most historically significant and turbulent for Pakistan with unprecedented public protests and mass revenges.

Pakistan (private) Ltd.

Amer Nazir   May 26, 2008

‘Why could you not have been brave enough, why do you not have some courage, why did you not ever go to jail, why did you never kill someone, why did you not ever embezzle money – ’

The Lucifer Effect

Yasir Abbasi   May 16, 2008

The only things that can truly slow the decay of our society, is to make sure the rule of law is implemented ‘equally and across the board’ to everyone.

Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society

Nadeem F Paracha   Jan 6, 2008

Populist, mass-oriented politics can effectively cancel out the two most prominent anti-populist strains in Pakistan i.e. the politico-religious and the elite-bourgeois.

Pressures Mount on Pervez Musharraf

Beena Sarwar   Nov 15, 2007

"The judges by not taking oath, the lawyers and civil society by resisting have shown the way. The media is standing by them. This is one battle the General is sure to lose"

No longer Hydera-GOOD, its Hydera-BAD

Deepak Sapra   Sep 12, 2007

The fly-over under construction at Panjagutta, supposed to relieve the city of its traffic woes in the most crowded stretch of the city, gave way.

An Unconditional Commitment to Pluralism

Rohit Chopra   Sep 7, 2007

It means accepting a Hindu as a Hindu, a Muslim as a Muslim, a Jew as a Jew, an atheist as an atheist, an unbeliever as an unbeliever and it means respecting that choice.

Get over the Victim Syndrome

Ahmer Muzammil   Jan 26, 2007

The real issues that affect our daily lives are never addressed by opposition or the government, instead we are enamored with non-issues like huddod ordinance, attire of mushy, Kashmir, women’s face on hoardings, music in public buses and other crap

Tough to be Disabled in India

Shantanu Dutta   Oct 16, 2006

In a country like India the numbers of the disabled are so large, their problems so complex, available resources so scarce and social attitudes so damaging, it is only legislation which can eventually bring about a substantial change in a uniform manner.

Pakistan and Civil Society

ijaz gul   Jun 25, 2004

Pakistani civil society is distinct in its evolution. It took birth much before the geography of Pakistan was drawn.

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