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[11 Jun 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
City of Fear

Several factors indicate a growing threat to foreigners in Pakistan by elements desperate to vent their fury against the west.

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[15 May 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
How the Referendum was Won

General Pervez Musharraf’s referendum is over. And whether one likes it or not, he is, and will remain, a one-man army – chief executive, chief of army staff, joint chief of army staff and, as of April 30, 2002, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for at least another five years.

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[12 Apr 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
Religious Awakening

Fired with the desire to become “true” Muslims, hundreds of young men belonging to the expatriate Pakistani community abroad are studying in Pakistani religious schools..

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[11 Apr 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari]
Floodgates of Discord

The Thal flood water canal project, which will benefit the Punjab province, has been approved with unseemly haste and in total disregard of numerous objections raised by Sindh.

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[9 Mar 2002 | Comments Off | Massoud Ansari and Sanna Bucha]

Unscrupulous human smugglers prey on the desperation of impoverished Pakistanis in search of a better life overseas, enriching themselves in the process while the dreams of many a callow youth are reduced to ashes.

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[15 Feb 2002 | Comments Off | Naziha Syed Ali and Massoud Ansari]
Moving Target

Given the militant organisations links with the establishment and their presence in all tiers of society, will the crackdown against them prove successful?