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Desperately Seeking Peace

Looking back: Did the London conference on Afghanistan inch forward on the road to peace or was it a non-starter?

Blog Row, The Water Cooler »

[29 Dec 2009 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
The Bomber that Stripped Us Naked

From here on out, how will security agents find bombs hidden inside underwear?

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[27 Dec 2009 | 8 Comments | Mohammed Hanif]
A BB Murder Fantasy

It has been two years since Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Here, Mohammed Hanif remembers her life and how it crossed his.

Arts & Culture, Books »

[22 Dec 2009 | One Comment | Tariq Rahman]
The Enemy Within

Journalist Imtiaz Gul’s book on extremism in FATA is a valuable account of how militants took over the tribal areas and are threatening Pakistan.

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The Long Haul

Despite making territorial gains in South Waziristan, the army will find it challenging to hold the territory.

News & Politics, Opinion, Viewpoint »

[22 Nov 2009 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Uncle Sam Wants Us

A look back at Hillary Clinton’s visit shows how desperate the US is to win the hearts and minds of Pakistanis, but to what end?

Blog Row, News & Politics, Zahid Hussain »

[18 Nov 2009 | 6 Comments | Zahid Hussain]
General Sympathy: Aiding the Taliban

Several former army soldiers are either fighting in Afghanistan or training Taliban forces and formulating strategies to counter the war on terror.

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[16 Nov 2009 | 8 Comments | Nadir Hassan]
Supreme Irony

A combination of judicial populism and restraint has made the Supreme Court slightly controversial.

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[15 Nov 2009 | No Comment | Shaiq Hussain]
The Unlikely Target

Despite supporting the jihad against the Soviet Union, the International Islamic University in Islamabad was not spared by the militants.

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[26 Oct 2009 | 7 Comments | Mohammed Hanif]
The Sheikhs of Araby

Why does Pakistan defer to Saudi Arabia when it is hypocritically puritanical and corrupt?