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Just when the two chief ministers of Punjab were, recently, exchanging pleasantries in Ludhiana, a grievous attempt was being made at stealing Basant. In Karachi, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari…
Just when the two chief ministers of Punjab were, recently, exchanging pleasantries in Ludhiana, a grievous attempt was being made at stealing Basant. In Karachi, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari…
Pakistan did not enter a world of globalised capital flows on the heels of an economic crisis. India had its balance of payments crisis in 1991, Bolivia and Poland were…
The election of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister by the National Assembly last Wednesday, followed by his oath-taking at the presidency, marked the culmination of the process of democratic political…
The election of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister by the National Assembly last Wednesday, followed by his oath-taking at the presidency, marked the culmination of the process of democratic political…
So most of us got it wrong...I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit…
So most of us got it wrong...I certainly did, expecting an Imran Khan surge that did not come. Just a fortnight before the voting the received wisdom on most pundit…
Since his return to Pakistan on a mission to ‘save’ the country, Musharraf has been uncharacteristically subdued. For good reason. The public response to his homecoming has been one of…
A discerning disaggregation of the phenomenon of militancy among the groups that have, over decades, taken root in central and southern Punjab makes for an important study. This is especially…
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, on his first overseas trip after a bruising confirmation hearing, arrived in Afghanistan probably hoping to hear some words of praise for the “blood and…
Irrespective of who won the February 8 elections fair and square and who eventually was blessed with the ‘healing touch’ after the results mysteriously paused in the wee hours of…