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Anyone interested in understanding power and politics of India just cannot ignore himOn the morning of September 1, in the “Hamid Mir Show” aired on the newly launched GNN TV channel, Barr

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How will history judge him?After playing a good long political innings, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a former prime minister of India, just failed to hit the century of his life by falling victim to

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Betrayal of the OtherOn this Independence anniversary, I am sharing the lament of a liberal Indian Muslim, who is opposed to the Partition of the Subcontinent because he believes that the Hind

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Will Imran Khan’s supplication be answered? The visit of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to the shrine of the thirteenth century sufi sage Baba Farid-ud-Din Ganj-i-Shakar at Pakpattan a few weeks ago<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/24/power-of-pakpattan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Chairman Bhutto had personalised the Party A theme repeatedly expressed by the leaders and supporters of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on July 5 ever year is the condemnation of General Zia<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/16/why-the-leftists-left-the-ppp/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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His persona was seductive and charismatic Millions of Muslims preferred to stay in India than move to Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 because they trusted what the Congress<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/04/taking-nehru-to-task/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Man for the agesAt some point, one wonders what life is all about. Explanations abound: scientific, religious, philosophic, racial and what not. Among these lay hidden is the wisdom of Jalalud

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Treasures of the subcontinentAway from the high drama of politics and power, explosion of real and fake news and the daily struggle to eke out living, humans need to refresh for the next day. And

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The dream of a socialist PakistanCelebration of birthdays of living and dead leaders is a norm in Pakistan, however, Karl Marx’s birthday, which was celebrated worldwide, passed unnoticed, h

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Lessons from the pastFor the past many years, Afghanistan has been going through a bloody civil war; an occupation by imperial America and has been a diplomatic battleground for powerful neigh

A disservice to history? Sanjay Leela Bhansali is known as a great filmmaker, however, after watching his recent film “Padmaavat”, I was disappointed because either he is intellectually dishonest or an “illiterate”<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/21/how-bhansali-distorted-alauddin-khaljis-character/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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A romance now in full bloomThe American romance with India started with the courtship of Jawaharlal Nehru; suffered estrangement in the Indira Gandhi years; witnessed relentless pursuit during the