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[5 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | Hani Yousuf]
How Germany Covers Pakistan

Working as the sole Pakistani on a German newspaper’s foreign editorial desk provides a journalist rare insight into why her country rarely gets a fair shake in the western media.

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[25 Oct 2011 | 2 Comments | Imtiaz Gul]
Back to Brinkmanship

Is the US scapegoating Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan, or is there any justification for the serious allegations it has levelled against the ISI?

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[22 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Aqil Abdul Razzaq]
Gaddafi: The Thousand Shades of the Libyan Dictator

Muammar Gaddafi was many things to many people: madman, genius, dictator, leader, murderer, martyr. It depends who you talk to. Will the future for Libyans be brighter without him?

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[22 Aug 2011 | Comments Off | Talib Qizilbash]
Rebels Move into Tripoli, but What Happens Next: Peace or Chaos?

In the next few days and weeks, who will be in control? Who will maintain law and order? Remember Baghdad and Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein? Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban?

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[5 Aug 2011 | 16 Comments | Ayesha Umar]
Hizb ut-Tahrir in Pakistan

Unlike usual revolutionary movements, HuT aims to bring change through the military because it is well aware that the military is the strongest institution in Pakistan.

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[31 Jul 2011 | 7 Comments | Imtiaz Gul]
Reinventing Pakistan’s Army

It’s time to head out of the state of denial about the effectiveness of our defence doctrine and recalibrate our policies to take on the nation’s challenges in a more pragmatic and dispassionate way.

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The Afghan Endgame: Is Durable Peace a Mirage?

Obama’s plans of a phased drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan are unlikely to usher in a period of peace and stability in the country or the region. In fact, negotiations between US and Afghan officials about permanent US military bases seem to indicate otherwise.

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[30 Jun 2011 | 4 Comments | Sairah Irshad Khan]
Dangerous Liaisons

Has the nexus between jihadists and rogue elements in the armed forces reached a critical mass?

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[30 Jun 2011 | 3 Comments | Arif Rana]
Interview: General Hamid Gul, Former DG ISI

“The Pakistan military and its agencies are in a state where they cannot recognise their real enemy,” says General Hamid Gul, former DG ISI.

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[28 Jun 2011 | One Comment | Amir Zia]
The Inner Conflict

Time has run out – we must decide: are we with the terrorists or against them?