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And Pakistan’s optionsThe diplomatic spat over the first drone attack of the year apparently on a refugee camp in Kurram agency epitomizes a sharp downturn in Pak-US relations. Ties between Wash

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A wake up callThe national outrage over the gruesome rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, Zainab Amin, in Kasur earlier in the week has not died down. The perpetrator of the heinous crime who

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Another NRO in the offing?Whether the year 2017 was ‘annus horribilis’ for Pakistan is a moot point. But certainly, for the disqualified for life ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif it was a terrib

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The Pakistani foreign office spokesperson has correctly pointed out the consistent failures of the Afghan government to meet internal challengesUsing threats and intimidation as an instrument for

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Or a self-fulfilling prophecyA miasma of foreboding has engulfed the nation just like the current winter fog. A noxious air of uncertainty fueled by squabbling politicians pervades our body politi

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And the demise of COD The so-called Charter of Democracy (COD) signed with much fanfare in London in 2006 by two exiled politicians, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, met its natural death<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/10/the-politics-of-expediency/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Extremism, bigotry and terrorismWhat is happening in Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s Pakistan is almost surreal. The past few weeks have seen religious zealots ruling the roost on the streets

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A resurgent power challenging the west The China that I saw last week is a far cry from the country that I had first visited with Prime Minister Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/26/another-sojourn-to-china/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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A shotgun marriage gone sour The MQM vote bank remained confined to urban Sindh. It only made half-hearted attempts to organise on a national level or appeal to the non-Muhajir vote&nbs

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And his pursuit of civilian supremacy Perhaps this is the new normal: weakened and emasculated civilian institutions ceding power to other instructions like the military and the judicia