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[14 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | ]
Home Truths: Wikileaks and Pakistan

As a detailed picture of how the world is run emerges from the WikiLeaks cache, the main players in the embarrassing revelations cry “foul” and go after the whistleblower Julian Assange.

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[4 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]
Editor’s Note: December 2010

Why are we so surprised when the Americans want to micromanage our domestic politics?

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[10 Jun 2010 | 16 Comments | ]
Religious Leaders Imply Ahmedis not Victims

First they condemned the attacks. Then they said the attacks on Ahmedis were a conspiracy to repeal the laws against them and challenge the finality of the Prophethood.

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[26 Mar 2010 | Comments Off | ]
At Any Cost

Sheikh Rashid believes that massive rigging by the PML-N contributed to his defeat in the Rawalpindi by-elections.

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[25 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]
Decision Time

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

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[18 Feb 2010 | Comments Off | ]
The Perennial Loser

No surprises that President Asif Zardari has conceded defeat once again, allowing Iftikhar Chaudhry to appoint the judges he wants.

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[1 Feb 2010 | One Comment | ]
Nawaz Sharif’s Agenda

Bloomberg News is reporting that Nawaz Sharif has decided not to contest by-elections for the National Assembly.

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[20 Jan 2010 | Comments Off | and ]
The A to Z of Pakistani Politics

A lighthearted look at politics in Pakistan.

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[25 Dec 2009 | Comments Off | ]
Reduced to Size

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

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[16 Dec 2009 | Comments Off | ]
The NRO, the Media and a Need for Reform

We all knew the Supreme Court would strike down the NRO and yet we left our televisions on for five hours waiting for the inevitable announcement.