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Stretching The Truth

Stretching the truth

Besides the recent dastardly attacks on policemen and Rangers in Karachi, the TTP brutally beheaded 23 Frontier Corps men who had been in its custody in Afghanistan. Why are we…

Privatisation Or The Sale Of The Century?

Privatisation or the sale of the century?

The regressive fiscal measures taken by the PML-N government in its first nine months in power make it abundantly clear that PM Sharif’s ‘most experienced’ team has no interest in…

Zombie Idea

Zombie idea

THE government has announced a privatisation plan to sell off state-owned entities including ones that have `blue chip` status in the Karachi Stock Exchange. The argument given is that such…

Being Human In Bollywood

Being human in Bollywood

Alia Bhatt is barely out of her teens and is just one-film-old in Bollywood parlance. The star was recently in the news with bigwigs such as superstar Salman Khan and…

An Eventful Year

An eventful year

Pakistan is an eventful country but some years are more eventful than others. The year 2013 was one such year. In this one calendar year, heads of all state institutions,…

The Anti-nuclear Lobby

The anti-nuclear lobby

Last November, Nawaz Sharif performed the ground-breaking ceremony of Pakistan’s largest nuclear power project, Kanupp-II and Kanupp-III. China will provide the two reactors, as well as a concessional loan of…

Spectre Of Targeted Killings

Spectre of targeted killings

Two-Year-OLD Zala, cradled in her uncle’s arms and chewing gum, was completely unaware that she was participating in the funeral procession of her father. She had no idea of the…

Learning To Live With Inflation

Learning to live with inflation

We have not been able to get the better of inflation. It is generalised and above comfort level. This is a huge challenge, unless we can learn to live with…