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The Enemy Within

The enemy within

Handery Masih, the Balochistan provincial assembly member who was shot dead last Saturday, and his assassin,Ghulam Mohiuddin, of the Balochistan Levies,roughly represent the forces that are locked in a deadly…

The Battle Of Armageddon

The battle of Armageddon

The nineteenth century reformer, Jamal ad-Din Afghani (1838-1897), wrote, “Every Muslim is sick, and his only remedy is the Quran.” But to some writers in the west, notably the Irish…

Exploring Extremism

Exploring extremism

INCREASING intolerance and the growing incidence of violent behaviour in Pakistani society require a review of the conventional understanding of extremism in Pakistan. Apart from the process of social transformation…

Handling Modi’s India

Handling Modi’s India

The most immediate and natural question for any Pakistani to ask at this moment is: what does a BJP government mean for Pakistan? A study of the BJP’s election manifesto,…

The Central Actor

The central actor

Our political structure has seldom appeared more brittle. Political parties are at each other’s throats just as the religious groups always were; and now the provincial assemblies too seem at…

Forgotten Rights

Forgotten rights

Enforced disappearances. Sectarian killings. Attacks on minorities. Honour killings. The list of gross human rights abuses in Pakistan is long and painful. As one incident of horror overtakes another, there…

Ignorance Is Fatal

Ignorance is fatal

The Pakistan Army has been ordered “to assist in providing security to polio vaccinators in the country”. This is a welcome development, because it will save lives, yet it is…

The Pemra Mess

The Pemra mess

The regulation of TV and radio channels is a subject of direct relevance to all citizens. Electronic media have been allowed to become an informative but distortive, often incoherent determinant…

Opening Minds

Opening minds

WAS it a conscious politico-bureaucratic nuance or simplistic understanding? KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak recently said something about education that repudiates research of the last half a century in the…