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Morality of Lawyers' Movement

Adnan Manzoor   Nov 23, 2009   interacts: 7

In a parliamentary democracy those who are now championing the cause of democracy in this country are themselves non-democratic forces who are putting the popular

NRO Is Just a Name

Agha Amin   Nov 23, 2009   interacts: 20

The game is simple. The Pakistani army under Musharraf was not a Punjabi preserve. Thus the NRO and the Benazir return and even the Zardari

Why MQM Wants To Enter Punjab?

Nadia Khan   Nov 17, 2009   interacts: 65

A conversation with British journalist on politics of Karachi.

Pakistan People’s Party and Urban Pakistan: Reasons for Erosion of Support

Raza Habib   Nov 8, 2009   interacts: 56

With the media explosion, the middle class sentiment has been given a collective “voice” which has the potential to change the political landscape for better

Brutes and Beasts – Haqiqi

Ali Chishti   Oct 26, 2009   interacts: 12

Ever since the formation of the Haqiqi, Karachi and other urban regions of Sindh have been rocked by internecine clashes

On Reason, Freedom and Democracy

Muhammed Asadi   Oct 24, 2009   interacts: 76

In the absence of a self-educating, self-reflecting public and the resulting movements for social change, what we know as ‘democracy’

The Explosion

kashkin dabruski   Oct 22, 2009   interacts: 4

Every day I die,
Every day I born
Amidst all this terror and turmoil,
As the blissful peace shatters

False Consciousness and Foreign Policy

Sangeeta Mahapatra   Sep 27, 2009   interacts: 7

How do countries think? How do they react? We often delude ourselves when we claim to know the behavior of states. So we ascribe motives

Who are the Power Elite

Muhammed Asadi   Sep 27, 2009   interacts: 112

The Power Elite does not refer to people conspiring together in a coordinated way rather it is about the dominant

Gilgit-Baltistan : A Deprived and Subjugated Region

Jasbir Sarai   Sep 18, 2009   interacts: 20

The PPP led government of Pakistan has, through the enactment of the Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2009 of August 29, opened yet another Pandora’s Box in the

MQM, Mainstream Politics and AJK

Mazhar Iqbal   Sep 15, 2009   interacts: 2

After winning two seats in AJKLA the MQM has entered into wide-ranging politics of Pakistan. The AJK case could be a base for its political

Muttahida Qaumi Movement: The Lost Promise

Raza Habib   Sep 7, 2009   interacts: 20

There is a tendency in the media to brand MQM as a liberal party, frankly it is not. Yes it has secular credentials but it’s

The Innocent Image in a Mirror

MirAlam Said   Sep 1, 2009   interacts: 1

Where the looks turned to,
The happiness hid its face from;
And the blood and the soul,
With each tear came out;

An Open Letter to Mian Nawaz Sharif

Ali Chishti   Aug 30, 2009   interacts: 53

Khawaja revealed that Osama gave Nawaz just a minuscule of the Rs 500 million cash that he wanted, but more importantly, for the Pakistani, what

Shrinking Shadows

Maj Azhar   Aug 17, 2009   interacts: 11

One charmer turned politician is panicking for want of accomplices to his confusion. He is increasingly terrified of wilderness he has wrought himself into.

A Freedom Of Pain And Hope

Rashid Malik   Aug 14, 2009   interacts: 535

Sixty two years of suffering compounded by dismemberment and defeat, plagued by debilitating extremism and war speak for the courage of Pakistanis who still strive

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