opinion
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Bureaucracy in turmoil
Hussain H Zaidi
The manner in which politicians and civil servants in Punjab have protested against NAB’s decision to arrest a senior government functionary reeks of the tailspin into which our bureaucracy has...
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The protest of the Pashtun
Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen
Our journey began in pitch darkness. I came of age at a time when my family and our entire community, the Mehsud tribe, was forced to leave our South Waziristan homeland during a massive military...
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Sima Qian: China’s first great historian
Mubarak Ali
Before the unification of China, it territories were divided into a number of large and small states. The ruling dynasties of these states were conscious of their history and appointed record...
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Unravelling Hindutva
Murtaza Shibli
Late last month, Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat raised an alarm about the rapid rise of a Muslim political party in Assam – the All India United Democratic Front .According to Gen Rawat,...
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When boundaries are broken
Hassan Niazi
On December 12, 2000, the leadership of the American republic was decided for the next four years by five unelected individuals wearing robes.‘Bush v Gore’ would prove to be an intellectual...
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Sustainable future
Indira Naidoo
When I sat in a darkened theatre in 2008 watching Al Gore deliver his now famous slide show on climate change, the enormity of the challenge we were facing hit me. And then I got hungry. Very...