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Growing up, and acquiring new habits, takes time – by Ayaz Amir

Growing up, and acquiring new habits, takes time - by Ayaz Amir

In a milieu such as ours they are, like Caesar’s wife, under a double obligation to be above suspicion and not give cause to slanderous tongues to wag Full Story

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Aug 14 and the perpetually carping brigade

Aug 14 and the perpetually carping brigade

Ordinary people at the lower rungs of the social order may complain about their lot in life, but they refrain from magnifying their discontent Full Story

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Battle of the flyweights: PM vs president

Battle of the flyweights: PM vs president

This is the Junejo syndrome all over again: someone chosen for being his master's voice wanting to break out of his confines and take on the conductor's baton himself Full Story

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Hurtling towards another night of the long knives

Hurtling towards another night of the long knives

And while we appear not to be too good at coping with the future, we are forever fighting the battles of the past, excoriating dictators dead Full Story

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Punjab’s Peculiarities

Punjab’s Peculiarities

The holy fathers of the MMA (now mercifully defunct) had a chance to prove themselves when they gained Full Story

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What are our soldiers dying for?

What are our soldiers dying for?

That we did ourselves, our ruling generals -- from Zia to Musharraf -- all too willing instruments of American policy Full Story

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What’s Pakistan being taken for?

What’s Pakistan being taken for?

This is being dressed up as an act of unparalleled generosity, which is scarcely surprising given that those who give Full Story

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Changing the Way We Have Been

Changing the Way We Have Been

It is not easy living with an elephant as your neighbour. But the old notion of India being enemy number one has been overtaken by events.. Full Story

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Hope among the ruins

Hope among the ruins

If there was any Stalinist justice around...Tehsildar Shah Qadir and Girdawar Wahid Shah should be undergoing serious interrogation at a local equivalent of the KGB HQ... Full Story

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Handcuffed to History – and Geography

Handcuffed to History – and Geography

"The government makes peace with the Taleban in Swat... Yet out of the blue, Zardari declares war against the Sharifs..." Full Story

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Swat: doctrine of necessity (in its purest form)

Swat: doctrine of necessity (in its purest form)

Tired of all the killing, the people of Swat have welcomed this accord. Whether it survives or not.. Full Story

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Chance to Rewrite Script: Are We Up to It?

Chance to Rewrite Script: Are We Up to It?

We should not give up on Kashmir. (But)..the call to arms is no longer an option.. Full Story

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  • SAWAL YEH HAI with Dr. Danish: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 4:27 am

    Political and legal implications of NRO after its expiry on Nov 28. Guests: Nafisa Shah (PPP), Waseem Akhter (MQM), Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui (Former CJ of Pak) and Farogh Nasim (Former Sindh AG)

  • JAWAB DEYH witH Iftikhar Ahmed: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 4:07 am

    Iftekhar Ahmed interviews Ex-Punjab CM Ch. Pervaiz Elahi on NRO, Haris Steel Mills deal, PML-Q and relationship with Gen (R) Musharraf, Punjab Bank scandal, etc..

  • CAPITAL TALK with Hamid Mir: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 3:58 am

    List of NRO Beneficiaries. Guests: Ayaz Amir (PML-N), Waseem Akhtar (MQM), Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (AML), Jehangir Badar (PPP)..

  • MERAY MUTABIQ with Dr. Shahid Masood: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 3:43 am

    A MUST WATCH: Entire cabinet including PM Gilani should resign says Akram Shaikh (SC lawyer) and Imran Khan (PTI Chairman). Imran Khan also demands mid-term polls.

  • CHORAHA with Hassan Nisar: Nov 21
    November 22, 2009 | 11:15 am

    NRO corruption worth Rs 1 trillion 56 billion. TI report. Guests: Liaquat Baloch (Jamaat Islami), Imtiaz Alam (Journalist) and Attaullah Qasmi (Columnist)..

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