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Afghan Assembly Stalemate

Afghan assembly stalemate

The failure of the newly elected Afghan Wolesi Jirga — the country’s national assembly — to elect a speaker of the house in more than seven rounds of voting indicates…

The Meaning Of Modi’s Victory

The meaning of Modi’s victory

With Narendra Milosevic Modi’s third consecutive victory, Gujarat has taken a big step backwards and India has suffered a political setback. The result will raise Modi’s ambition to play a…

Abdullah Haroon

Abdullah Haroon

Haji Abdullah Haroon, whose death anniversary falls on April 27, was by all accounts an extremely compelling personality. He was multifaceted, his role multidimensional. A businessman, a social worker, a…

Connecting The Dots

Connecting the dots

The terrible wound suffered by Jinnah`s Pakistan on Dec 16, 1971, has to a great extent now healed. Yet the question of the surrender of Pakistani forces on that day…

No time for mutiny

The symbol of an Anglican bishop is a crook (a hooked staff); and that of an archbishop is a double cross. Coincidentally, that’s what many of the English used to…

Dynastic politics

South Asia has been the most prone to dynastic politics. Ever wondered why 51 percent of all the poor in the world live in South Asia? Dynastic politics is “a succession of rulers from the same family or line”. In North Korea, Kim Jong-il took over the reins of power from his father Kim Il-sung.

Jaswant’s Book And Partition

Jaswant’s book and Partition

Jaswant Singh’s book “Jinnah India — Partition Independence” has elicited interesting reviews in Pakistan. They are interesting entirely because of how off the mark they are which shows how little…

The Balochistan Quagmire

The Balochistan quagmire

Sardar Akhtar Mengal believes his six point formula will bring about resolution of major issues in the province. However, equating his charter with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Six Points was deliberately…