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[29 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments | Sabahat Ashraf]
“Are your people cockroaches?”

They ask me, are your people human cockroaches; or terrorists; or dead. This is my answer.

Opinion, Viewpoint »

[24 Jul 2010 | 3 Comments | Uddipan Mukherjee]
Would an “All Kashmir Federation” Provide Stability and Peace?

After a period of relative calm, Kashmir is on the boil again. Here, one writer proposes a “workable” solution to the ongoing issue from the Indian perspective.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[23 Jul 2010 | 2 Comments | Talat Hussain]
To Hell and Back

Talat Hussain, who was reporting from the flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip, gives a blow-by-blow account of the Israeli commandos violent attack on the fleet to prevent it from proceeding to its destination.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[20 Jun 2010 | No Comment | Mahir Ali]
A Method in Their Madness?

Would educated ‘psychopaths’ like Faisal Shahzad and Omer Saeed Sheikh mend their ways if the US were to abandon its controversial transgressions in the world.

Opinion, Viewpoint »

[21 May 2010 | One Comment | Amir Zia]
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.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[25 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Najam Sethi]
Decision Time

Will the army stand with the government or the Supreme Court as the “Get-Zardari” campaign gains momentum?

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[24 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Uddipan Mukherjee]
The Indo-Pak Hate Cycle

The self-sustaining model of Indo-Pak rivalry has grown into its current state of egregious maturity, and as such, any person on either side of the border has the right to ask the countries’ leaders, “When you talk, why don’t you talk seriously?”

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[17 Feb 2010 | No Comment | Mahir Ali]
State of Denial

While the Indian government views the increasing number of attacks on Indians living in Australia as being racially motivated, Canberra describes them as merely being “opportunistic.”

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Caught in the Crossfire

Uddipan Mukherjee fleshes out the parallels between the two major internal insurgencies that both India and Pakistan have been facing for decades.

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[25 Dec 2009 | No Comment | Babar Ayaz]
Reduced to Size

The resurgence of corruption charges may have been triggered by the PPP government ‘trespassing’ on the army’s national security turf.