opinion
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Fata: merger or provincial status?
Ayaz Wazir
The writer is a former ambassador. Whether to make Fata a province or merge it with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – these are the two options being debated at various forums in the tribal areas and...
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Lies, evasion, falsehood…the real crimes
Ayaz Amir
Islamabad diary Richard Nixon faced impeachment not for the Watergate break-in but for lying about it, and being caught in the lie. When the tapes revealed that he had fibbed and had tried to...
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Imperialism and indigenous education
Dr Shahid Siddiqui
In The Prison Notebooks, Gramsci builds his argument that hegemony can be attained through political or civil society. The political society uses a coercive approach through army, police and/or...
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The hot reality of cold start
Muhammad Umer
In 2002, the Indian armed forces massed 500,000 troops at Pakistan’s border in response to the deadly December 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian parliament, for which the Indians wrongfully...
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The tragedy at Rajanpur
Naeem Sadiq
The unfolding events at Rajanpur once again expose the gloomiest chapter of the tragedy of Pakistan. It is not only tragic because a bunch of ragtag bandits could repulse the police force of the...
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The one percent
Mel Gurtov
One of the many tools at the disposal of multinational corporations for maximising profits and undermining state sovereignty is moving operations to low-tax countries. Global companies do not...