Raoof Hasan

Raoof Hasan

The writer is a political analyst and the Executive Director of the Regional Peace Institute. He can be reached at: [email protected]; Twitter: @RaoofHasan.

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Whither Rimsha!

A terror-afflicted country that offers little by way of hope Lest some of us may have forgotten, Rimsha Masih is the name of the 14-year old down-syndrome-afflicted Christian girl who was wrongly<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/11/25/whither-rimsha/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 25, 2012
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Mala fide

The one liability has become a mountain of crisesThe drift of things ever since the PPP-led government took over had always pointed in one direction: disaster, unmitigated disaster. The ones who d

Jan 13, 2012
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State within a state

With escape routes blocked, how comes the end?The prime minister’s outbursts of December 22 have dashed any prospects that may still have lingered with regard to the government and the military

Dec 23, 2011
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Out in the open

The government and the military stand apart When the president left the country amid wild speculation regarding the state of his physical and mental health, there was not as much as a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/16/out-in-the-open/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 16, 2011
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Make way for the Khan

Imran managed to do what all his political adversaries feared the most: he got together an incredible array of people in a rare show of strength and grassroots popularity under the shadow<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/04/make-way-for-the-khan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 4, 2011
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Institutional collapse

The incessantly unfolding disclosures about the demeaning activities of senior members of the political hierarchy provide a credible reiteration of widely-held perceptions. The conduct of the executive branch of the government has<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/22/institutional-collapse/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 22, 2011
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Moral low point

It is distressing to see the claimants of moral high ground in politics falling to a low ebb when it comes to either saving their fiefdoms, or occupying offices of profit and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/10/moral-low-point/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jun 10, 2011
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The Davis fiasco

The Raymond Davis fiasco is plastered all over. Every newspaper, every television channel, drawing room gossips, tea shop conversations, road-side predictions all converge on the possible fate of Ray

Feb 11, 2011