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[16 Jun 2011 | One Comment | ]
WikiLeaks: The Truth and Learning from our Mistakes

Will the truth emerging from the WikiLeaks disclosures finally set the Pakistani public free?

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[13 Jun 2011 | 10 Comments | ]
Murshid, Marwa Na Daina

The army and its advocates in the media often worry about Pakistan’s image, as if we are not suffering from a long-term serious illness, but a seasonal bout of acne that just needs better skin care.

Blog Row, The Water Cooler »

[21 Apr 2011 | 4 Comments | ]
Prejudice and Stupidity on Full Display After Rape Verdict

Some senseless questions by the media after the latest verdict on the long-running Mukhtaran Mai rape case.

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Lone Crusader: Salmaan Taseer

Love him, hate him, take or leave him… It was impossible to ignore the larger-than-life Salmaan Taseer.

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[15 Nov 2010 | One Comment | ]
The NRO and Beyond

Three years on, the NRO continues to cast a shadow over the judiciary and the state.

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Interview: Fatima Bhutto

“Pakistani politicians have a tendency to enhance their own powers; Zulfikar Ali Bhutto should have been different,” says Fatima Bhutto.

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[31 May 2010 | Comments Off | ]
More Power to Whom?

How far has the 18th Amendment gone in undoing the work of military dictators?

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[27 Dec 2009 | 9 Comments | ]
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.

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[20 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]
The Transparency Tangle

The PPPs criticism of Transparency International’s annual corruption report is without merit.

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[3 Jan 2009 | Comments Off | ]
The Saudi-isation of Pakistan

Fearful of taking on the powerful religious forces, every incumbent government has refused to take a position on the curriculum and thus quietly allowed young minds to be moulded by fanatics. What may happen a generation later has always been a secondary issue for a government challenged on so many fronts.