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This is in connection with "Charge of the minus-one brigade" (November 20) by Ayaz Amir. The writer is right -- what difference does a week make in politics? But a week or two should not make a renowned and widely-read columnist like him change his own views. From a mercurial activist of the minus-o
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Operation Rah-e-Nijat |
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This is with reference to Umar Khalil's letter titled "Operation Rah-e-Nijat" (November 19) that said we should not have high expectations as for the military operation going on in South Waziristan. I think this statement is tantamount to underestimating the capabilities of our armed forces. It is p
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The TI report |
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Transparency International has said that corruption eats away Rs500 billion every year in Pakistan. It means that if Pakistan eradicates corruption, in just nine years it can pay off all its loans. And if the illegal money amounting to Rs1,165 billion, swept under the carpet through the NRO, is retu
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Islamia College at 100 |
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This refers to "Islamia College is 100 years old" by Aziz Akhmad (November 16). I was a student at the college in 1966 and agree with the writer that it was, in essence, a liberal arts college. We had a very active student union, Khyber Union, which was basically a debating society. There were no 'b
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In a fool's paradise |
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According to a report on November 17 President Zardari, during his address to the PPP's Central Executive Committee (CEC), chided and ridiculed his detractors by saying that his rivals "live in a fool's paradise". This assertive statement by the PPP co-chairperson will certainly not amuse the rest o
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Loss of credibility |
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People of Peshawar are paying with their lives for the follies of others everyday. Instead of all these conspiracy theories, the realistic approach should be to accept that we have a very acute crisis of credibility, which needs to be addressed urgently. We should not ignore the Transparency Interna
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