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Pakistan’s ‘seven Deadly Sins’

Pakistan’s ‘seven deadly sins’

In the October 22, 1925 issue of his weekly publication, Young India, Mahatma Gandhi warned: “Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, science without humanity, knowledge without character, business without ethics,…

Armageddon Can Wait

Armageddon can wait

Brack Obama’s recent confession that his country did not so far have a strategy as far as the so-called Islamic State (IS) is concerned has been pilloried as a gaffe.…

Come Fix Me A Revolution

Come fix me a revolution

Storm clouds gather on the political horizon as I write this. With bated breath the nation awaits the political extravaganza promised by the government, the PTI and our own Mad…

A Story Of Two Prime Ministers

A story of two prime ministers

Mian Nawaz Sharif, a protege of the military dictator General Ziaul Haq, is a unique person in his own right. On June 5 he will be completing the first year…

Ruin Upon Ruin, Rout On Rout

Ruin upon ruin, rout on rout

Javed Jabbar is an unfailing optimist and campaigner for an idea of Pakistan that to him can surely be realised.He never gives up on the country’s ability to rise and…

Being A National Security State

Being a national security state

If you’re going to be a national security state, you have to do it better. You have to be scary, but scary to the point of reverence, not scary to…

How The US Made Its Putin Problem Worse

How the US made its Putin problem worse

In September 2001, as the US reeled from the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Vladimir Putin supported Washington's imminent invasion of Afghanistan in ways that…

Democracy Still In Its Infancy

Democracy still in its infancy

The Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif's statement on Monday, a little over five months after he was appointed, that "Pakistan army upholds the sanctity of all institutions and…

Constitutional Islam

Constitutional Islam

THE basic criticism of the Pakistani Taliban militants is that the 1973 Constitution, with its laws and courts, is not an Islamic constitutional system. The response by the non-militant Islamist…