opinion
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Boys will be boys
Harris Khalique
Side-effect The writer is a poet and author based in Islamabad. In Kabul, the temperature was not that low but the wind chill factor made it feel much colder than what we feel in Islamabad in this...
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The game is up…business is on
Nasim Zehra
The army chief dealt his hand and the game is up. True to his plain-speaking style and also conscious of his public image, the general was not going to let his position be dragged through chaotic...
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Everyone’s an expert now
S Akbar Zaidi
After his return from the World Cup last year, Misbah-ul-Haq severely criticised a number of former cricketers who are now commentators on television channels who, Misbah said, were so-called...
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Go get them
Azam Khalil
The recent attack on the Bacha Khan University, which left 21 innocent people dead, would have tripped the patience of any civilised country. However, our prime minister responded meekly when asked...
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The national insecurity plan
Madiha Tahir
NAP is neither a plan, nor particularly national. It excludes what ails most of the population, while ethnically and economically profiling and targeting the most vulnerable. Consider, first of...
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Anti-Isil drive
Sharif Nashashibi
There is a general consensus about the barbarity of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , and the threat it poses. Differences emerge, however, over who is doing most to counter this barbarity,...