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An Eerie Silence: Pakistan’s Missing People

Relatives of missing persons have set up camp outside the Parliament House in Islamabad. But will the government help them?

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[16 Apr 2012 | One Comment | Fahd Husain]
ISI on the Backfoot?

The role of the ISI, post Memogate and Mehrangate, may have come under increasing scrutiny, but its institutional power still remains unchallenged.

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[29 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Imtiaz Gul]
Pakistan’s Triumvirate: The Government, the Judiciary and the Army

The Memogate and the NRO cases marked the height of the triangular battle between the PPP, the Supreme Court and the GHQ.

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[25 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Fahd Husain]
How Mansoor Ijaz Nearly Brought Down the Government

The verdict on the Memogate scandal is yet to be given but the government and judiciary, among many others, have a lot to answer for.

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[10 Dec 2011 | Comments Off | Aman Azhar]
Memogate: What Happened Behind Closed Doors

The Memogate inferno is cutting a path towards the Presidency. The outcome of the conflagration will dictate the course of domestic politics.

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[3 Dec 2011 | Comments Off | Amna R. Ali]
Veena Malik: Pakistan’s Next Top Spy?

When the brave Veena Malik stood up to the morality brigade in Pakistan earlier this year and faced a conservative backlash, she was crowned a hero by many. Will she have more defenders this time?

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[28 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | Maheen Irfan Ghani]
A Timeline to the Memogate Scandal

It’s a bizarre and incredible scandal that is unlikely to fizzle anytime soon. Here are the major events that have led to the resignation of Husain Haqqani and put all eyes on President Zardari.

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[23 Nov 2011 | Comments Off | Aman Azhar]
Are Frosty Pakistan-US Relations Thawing?

Secretary Hillary Clinton’s team attempts to salvage their ruptured relationship with the Pakistani establishment.

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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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[20 Oct 2011 | Comments Off | Rahimullah Yusufzai]
Double Games People Play

With Pakistan, the US and Afghanistan pointing accusatory fingers at each other as the US withdrawal from Afghanistan nears, how will ‘The Great Game’ in the Af-Pak region end?