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Speaker's Corner
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India’s intransigence is standing in the way of peace with Pakistan, says Aamir Saeed. It needs to understand that our strained relations would only serve the cause of the terrorists.
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The ban on the burqa exposes the hypocrisy of the supposedly ‘liberal’ West, says Sajida Farheen Farhee.
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It’s not democracy, but the maintenance of “reserved domains” by the military in foreign and domestic policies even after their exit, that has hampered the prospects of democracy in Pakistan, says Bushra Asif.
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With the coming of the media boom, the electronic media seems to have found its voice, but it has not understood the very essence of journalism, says one Pakistani writer.
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The attack on the GHQ has shown, once again, the urgent necessity of tightening security in sensitive areas, writes Humera Niazi.
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One eager taxpayer looks back at tax season and says, “Paying taxes in Pakistan feels likes death.”
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There is little evidence that the worldwide recession has affected the spending habits of Pakistan’s elite, writes one Karachiite.
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The Pakistani habit of celebratory firing “should raise a red flag for the authorities concerned,” says Fizza Hasan. Hasan’s brother suffered a grievous head injury in the Twenty20 World Cup celebrations.
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Taking undue advantage of the privileges they receive is not limited to bureacrats: the epidemic has spread to their families too, says Akbar S. Ahmed.
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Why have we Pakhtuns internalised the colonial stereotypes of our race as volatile, irrational, unthinking hordes? asks the author. “In doing so, we have turned ourselves exactly into the pawns they need to perpetuate their endless war on terror.”
