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“We must have a revolution of the mindset and a latter-day Ataturk”

OP-ED by ARDESHIR COWASJEE: "..the deadly mixture of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Gen Yahya Khan threw away East Pakistan through a lust for power coupled by incompetence and insensitivity.." Full Story

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Washington Pushes Pakistan To The Brink

Under heavy pressure from the Obama administration, Pakistan is now waging all-out war in South Waziristan. Since last Saturday, 28,000 Pakistani troops, supported by F-16 fighter Full Story

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‘Pakistan has slipped into a civil war’

OPINION BY ZAFAR HILALY: Pakistan will need both valour and strategy to win this war. (But) at the moment the government seems to have little to offer but its own confusion. Full Story

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Only 15 percent Pakistanis support Kerry-Lugar Bill: Gallup Pakistan

Only 15 percent of Pakistanis support accepting the US aid package, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey released on Wednesday Full Story

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India vs Pakistan MNA/MP Salaries & Perks

An MNA gets anywhere from Rs120,000 to Rs200,000 per month as basic salary while a MP in India receives only Rs 16,000 per month as basic salary. Full Story

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Pakistan Joins the American Raj

BY ERIC MARGOLIS: The US-led war in Afghanistan has now poured over into Pakistan, bringing that strategic nation of 167 million close to all-out civil war. Full Story

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Suicide attack in Iran: What are the links to Pakistan?

Of all the many players in the region, al Qaeda probably has the most to gain from the fall-out of the attack in Iran. Full Story

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It’s no way to fight a war

OPINION by CASEY JONES: Foreign Policy magazine has estimated that more than 600 innocent Pakistani citizens have been sent to their death by drones in recent years. Full Story

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Pakistan: A society gone warped

What sort of a society are we in which we allow women to go through this humiliation day after day? Full Story

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Zardari’s plans ahoy!

The acid test of our president will be on the number of zeroes written on the cheque he receives from FoDP (Friends of Democratic Pakistan)! Full Story

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Kerry-Lugar Bill

Pakistani officials, diplomats and spokespersons do not consider the otherwise mind-boggling conditions included in the just passed Kerry-Lugar aid bill in the US Senate as of any serious significance Full Story

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Musharraf: “My View of the World”

Former President Gen (R) Pervez Musharraf spoke to the students at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, on Taliban, Talibanization, Al Qaeda, and how to counter them. Full Story

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  • LATE EDITION with Asma Shirazi: Nov 3
    November 4, 2009 | 4:20 am

    Discussion on Nov 3 2007 emergency and situation as it stands on Nov 3 2009 (2 yrs later). Guests: Hamid Mir (Analyst), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi (PML-N), Sumsam Bukhari (PPP) and Hamayun Akhtar Khan (PML-Q)

  • OFF THE RECORD with Kashif Abbasi: Nov 3
    November 4, 2009 | 3:41 am

    Is withdrawal of NRO from parliament proof of system’s strength or it showed its weakness? Did the system work or it failed? Guests: Kh Md Asif (PML-N), Haider Abbas Rizvi (MQM), Farzana Raja (PPP)

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    November 4, 2009 | 3:24 am

    Discussion on Musharraf’s Nov 3 2007 emergency and lessons learnt from it. Guests: Justice (R) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, Afzal Sindhu and Justice (R) Wajihuddin Ahmed

  • AAJ KAMRAN KHAN KAY SAATH on Geo: Nov 3
    November 4, 2009 | 3:13 am

    NRO not tabled in Parliament; Afectees may have to get bails. Guests: Munir A Malik, Prof. Hasan Askari Rizvi (Analyst), Senator Ishaq Dar (PML-N) and Senator S M Zafar (PML-Q)

  • KAL TAK with Javed Choudhry: Nov 3
    November 4, 2009 | 3:02 am

    PPP decides not to table NRO in Parliament and its implications. Guests: Mian M. Nawaz Sharif (PML-N), Nabeel Ahmed Gabol (PPP), Justice (R) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, Ayaz Mir (PML-N)

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    November 4, 2009 | 12:07 am

    Fallout from withdrawal of NRO from Parliament and future of President Zardari, Rehman Malik, others. Guests: Sen Tariq Azeem (PML-Q), Akram Sheikh (Advocate SC) and Javed Hashmi (PML-N)

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