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Issues Of Obedience In International Law

Issues of obedience in international law

The analytical jurists like Austin had questioned the validity of the international law on the ground that the system lacked sovereign's command and as such its norms were not enforceable,…

Out Of The Closet

Out of the closet

Why are we so horror-struck at the latest rants of the Jamaat-i-Islami emir? Munawar Hasan has only articulated more openly what his party stood for all along. His remarks about…

The Chinese Experience

The Chinese experience

I recently led a delegation of the Regional Peace Institute (RPI) at an international conference on peace and disarmament in China. The theme was cooperation between China and South Asia.…

A New Blueprint

A new blueprint

It`s going to be a hectic and intense few weeks of European Union-Asia interaction. Top EU officials will hold a record-breaking number of meetings in November with leading policymakers in…

The Two Taliban

The two Taliban

Many Pakistanis are confused about the true nature of the Taliban and the Taliban movement. But some can clearly distinguish between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and see the former…

The Two Taliban

The two Taliban

MANY Pakistanis are confused about the true nature of the Taliban and the Taliban movement. But some can clearly distinguish between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and see the former…

Qatar`s World Cup: Building On Blood

Qatar`s World Cup: building on blood

STATES, particularly authoritarian ones, tend to shoot messengers bearing bad news. So it came as no surprise that Hussain Al Mulla, the Qatari deputy labour minister, threatened to sue the…

Our Energy Options

Our energy options

Buried in the 2,500 words of the Pakistan-US joint statement issued after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to the US last month is a sentence saying that the US president…

Rethinking Fata

Rethinking Fata

IN my last article (`Need of the hour in Fata`, Oct 1) on the subject, I argued that Fata needs a new system of governancebecause the pieces that held together…

A Different Childhood

A different childhood

A Colleague is worried that his elder son, in the third grade, spends too much time playing outside, playing games on the computer, watching television and reading books other than…