Aijaz Zaka Syed
In the run-up to what is now being viewed as Pakistan’s truly historic election, an old Pakistani reader of mine based in Saudi Arabia wrote in, twice, to ask: “Not a word on Pakistan’s elections so far! Why?”
Missives like these, most humbling ...
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M Saeed Khalid
Barely five minutes into an interview of Maryam Nawaz with Juggan Kazim on PTV last week, the programme had to be interrupted for a live transmission of Nawaz Sharif’s address to his party members gathered in Lahore.
This turned out to be more ...
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Zafar Hilaly
There has always been a side to Karzai’s character that seems to distance him from reality. For instance, some months ago, he announced his intention of joining the Taliban which exasperated his American mentors; subsequently he invited the Taliban ...
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Aasim Zafar Khan
Would it be fair to assume that we have, for some time now, been living in a police state? After all, restrictions on movement, expression and the presence of numerous intelligence institutions are all part and parcel of what constitutes a police ...
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Glen Ford
“The line between political beliefs and illegal action is eradicated, so that the ‘radicalised’ person or group is inherently deserving of liquidation.”
Like all advanced police states, the US national security regime has begun speaking its ...
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