opinion
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Owning Mashal Khan
Beena Sarwar
The mob murder of a student at a public university campus in Mardan on April 13, 2017 hit home through videos and photos of the gruesome act. In the ensuing outrage, many are calling for the...
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Psychopathology of violence
Aziz Ali Dad
There is gainsaying the fact that religious militant groups in Pakistan have turned the country into a sanguinary place – with common citizens as fodder. The question is: are militants aliens...
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Murder most foul
Abdul Basit
Mashal Khan, a mass communication student at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan, was murdered in cold blood over allegations of blasphemy by a 500-strong mob of university students. This is a dark...
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A different democracy
Atta-ur-Rahman
On July 10, 1947, a little more than a month before the birth of Pakistan,...
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Past, present and future
Faizan Khan
The journey from the days of terrorism to an era of economic development was not easy. Pakistan not only survived but is among the top growing economies as highlighted by PricewaterhouseCoopers in...
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Trumps’ policies
Patrick Cockburn
There was something comical about the outrage expressed by self-declared experts at Trump’s new departures. Anti-Trump forces interpreted any contact, however fleeting, between any Russian and...