opinion
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Lessons from Kabul
Dr Naazir Mahmood
On January 29, another military base in Kabul came under attack, and over a dozen people were killed. Afghanistan’s military academy was not far from the site, and reportedly dozens of the...
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Is the pot being stirred?
Ghazi Salahuddin
In some ways, the violent deaths of a politically and socially prominent couple in Karachi, on Thursday, synchronised with the popular mood of alarm and anticipation. Its initial sense of mystery...
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Tales of pain: Kashmir and its storytellers
Murtaza Shibli
Mohammad Zahid in his collection of poems ‘The Pheromone Trail’ offers a brilliant insight into his world. Being a Kashmiri brought up amidst the region’s political strife and unending...
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Fake news
Dr Farrukh Saleem
Political communication has a new tool. The new tool is: fake news. The medium: conventional as well as the social media. The users of this new tool are: the government, the opposition and the...
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When deterrence fails
Dr Ehtasham Anwar
Ever since the murderer of seven-year-old Zainab was captured, there have been repeated calls from various sections of society to publicly hang him. The proponents of this method of punishment have...