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If a Muslim can head India’s Intelligence Bureau, can a Hindu ever be DG ISI?
Salman Khurshid, Altamas Kabir, Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Syed Asif Ibrahim. The Khan brothers, Imran Hashmi, Saif Ali Khan, the Pathan brothers, Sania Mirza. (The roll call...
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President Obama’s inauguration and messages of unity
The 44th President of the United States was publicly sworn in to his second term on Monday, January 21, 2013. It was the second time, in as many days. Because the constitution demands an official...
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Why the UN fails humanity in Kashmir
Kashmir is an open-air cemetery sprinkled with corpses of hopes and dreams, ambition and laughter, on which government officials shovel piles of “investigations” to hide the truth of long-standing...
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Welcoming our next prime minister: Mian Nawaz Sharif
The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) alongside Gallup released a thorough report on March 4 on public opinion in the run up to the spring elections. By all...
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You voted and you won!
Dear Pakistan, When you walked into the polling booth, you didn’t vote for an individual party or a candidate; you voted for Pakistan. Congratulations on winning! This was one of the bloodiest...
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Budget2013: Research and Development in Pakistan
The initial prognosis of the recent budget by pundits is positive, with the phrase “business-friendly” or some other variant prefacing their every breath. While that’s an italicised development from...
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Negotiating with the Afghan Taliban is a good idea
Recent news of the Taliban opening an office to facilitate negotiations captured headlines across the world. First, Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai reacted with indignity to the decision made by...
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