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The PM’s Three Wishes

The PM’s three wishes

Mian Nawaz Sharif, prime minister for an unprecedented third term, has three areas of special interest on the domestic front: energy, infrastructure and dealing with the problem of terrorism. He…

An Elitist Pakistan

An elitist Pakistan

The sufferings of Pakistani poor and less privileged classes will not end unless elitist structures are dismantled and the society is restructured on the principles of equity, fairness and justice…

View Point: The Coup In Egypt

View Point: The coup in Egypt

We in Pakistan are all too familiar with what has happened in Egypt: military ousting an elected government and putting its leader in prison. It looks a bit different though.…

Finance Act 2013: Apathy Of Parliament

Finance Act 2013: Apathy of Parliament

The adoption of Finance Bill 2013 on 27 June 2013, with a number of amendments proposed on 24 June 2013, was a disgrace for the National Assembly. There was no…

Whither The State?

Whither the state?

“We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous. Asking us to lay down arms is a joke”, said TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud in December 2012. He further stated…

The Deep State

The deep state

JUDGES, prosecutors, investigators, witnesses, lawyers: no one is safe in a criminal justice system pitted against militants and their patrons in the deep state of Pakistan. The judges` detention case…

Cricket And Politics

Cricket and politics

Cricket commands creed-like devotion in Pakistan and cricketers frequent the list of national heroes, though they can be turned into villains in no time in case they don’t measure up…

Party Vs Government

Party vs government

In India the established principles of the parliamentary system governing the relationship between the ruling party and its government in power have been subjected to great stress. A recent clash…

Fighting Sectarian Terrorism

Fighting sectarian terrorism

The PML-N finally faces the moment of truth for nurturing the banned sectarian terrorist outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. In Monday's parliamentary debate on Shia massacres in Quetta and Karachi, all fingers were…

A Game Of Russian Roulette

A game of Russian roulette

We need to keep careful score as this election campaign moves on. The question that is emerging is not just that of who will win the poll, but of how…