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Desperate times, desperate measures, etc!European Union (EU), which is itself in shambles owing to various issues like the messy divorce of Britain from the Union, the refusal of various EU st

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Moving forward As the year 2018 ended, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), showed progress, which merits a review. CPEC is a major<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/03/update-on-cpec/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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A thorn in the side of the government Maar-e-Asteen means a snake which resides in the cuff and bites its very owner. This phrase comes to mind in the context of the Pashtun Tahaffuz<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/27/maar-e-asteen/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Nation should be careful The previous two governments had serious trust deficit issues with the military. The government of Asif Zardari had reportedly gone to extent of initiating conspiracies like the memo-gate<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/20/sowing-discord-in-civil-military-ties/" title="Read more" >...</a>

What awaits Pakistan?William Shakespeare, in his epic play Julius Caesar has a soothsayer declaim, “Beware the ides of March” warning Caesar to take heed that his life is in danger. The

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Army is well trained to carryout trials as part of Pakistan Army Act-1952 During the Second World War, when the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) was wreaking havoc over London with its incessant<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/06/are-military-courts-functional/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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And repercussions Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) has been witnessing a cataclysm of events since the ouster of People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Mehbooba Mufti’s, coalition government, which led to the imposition of governor<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/30/dissolution-of-iok-assembly/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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And India’s hollow claims of a progressive, liberal societyTerrorising migrant labourers from other states has become a common phenomenon in India. In late 60s, South Indian migrants were

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Writing on the wall The clock has turned a full circle in Afghanistan, with antagonists becoming allies and vice versa. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the US urged Muslims<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/15/vagaries-of-fate-in-afghanistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Boon or bane? Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China from November 01 to 05 is the topic of hot debate. The government spokesperson, the foreign as well as the finance ministers<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/08/pms-china-sojourn/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Cumhuriyet Bayramı, or Turkey’s Republic Day commemorates the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, replacing the Ottoman Sultanate. On this day, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the father of modern Turkey, declared that Turkey<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/01/turkeys-republic-day/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Pakistan should sit back Afghanistan non-party parliamentary elections were supposed to take place three years ago, delayed time and again by widening political schisms and worsening security. On October 20, 2018 voting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/25/afghan-elections-amidst-chaos-and-mayhem/" title="Read more" >...</a>