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Amir Zia is a senior Pakistan-based journalist who has worked for leading international and national media organizations, including Reuters, AP, Gulf News, The News, Samaa TV, and Newsline.

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[21 May 2010 | One Comment | ]
The Media’s Love Affair

Important issues took a back seat in April as television channels bombarded the public with the coverage of Shoaib and Sania’s wedding.

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[2 May 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Left in the Lurch

It is unlikely that a change in political fortune awaits Afaq Ahmed, Amir Khan and their party members.

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[28 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Tug of War

The confrontation between the president and the chief justice increases in the wake of a tussle over the appointment of judges.

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[28 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
PPP’s About Turns

Is it some grand design or sheer incompetence that is driving the PPP-led government to take somersaults on major policy decisions?

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[26 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
At Any Cost

Sheikh Rashid believes that massive rigging by the PML-N contributed to his defeat in the Rawalpindi by-elections.

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[24 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Activism v/s Restraint

Should the judiciary be ruling on critical political issues or should it be exercising restraint?

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[28 Feb 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
The Battle for Karachi

Are the criminalisation of politics and politicisation of crime the biggest problems in Karachi?

News & Politics, People, Q & A »

[28 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Interview: Waseem Ahmed

“Criminals have entered every political party,” says Waseem Ahmed, Capital City Police Officer in Karachi.

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[28 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Interview: Abdul Qadir Patel

“There is no den of heroin or of weapons in Lyari,” says Abdul Qadir Patel, MNA, Pakistan Peoples Party,

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[28 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Beyond the Grave

Rehman Dakait may have been killed last year but his legacy remains in the shape of the Peoples Amn Committee.