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Jockeying for power
Political engineering is the name of the
game. There is news of two parallel developments that will shape the
nature of politics in the run-up to the next election and possibly after
it. The first is a strategic decision by the PMLQ and PPP to join hands
as coalition partners in Islamabad this month and electoral allies next
year; the second is a strategic decision by the military to cobble an
electoral alliance comprising..... read more |
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Taking on the Americans
Khaled Ahmed
On both counts, the drones and spies, Pakistan doesn't have a position which will resonate with international opinion. It is possible that even the Chinese may be sceptical about jihadi organisations Pakistan is nurturing under its skirt
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The balancing act
Imtiaz Gul
The US-Pakistan working relationship is not a strategic alliance but a need-based arrangement. The challenge is to reconcile two divergent geo-strategies
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After Libya, give me
BBC radio anyday
Saeed Naqvi
Credibility of the radio has been surrendered by its TV avatar in the Middle East
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Are drone strikes legal?
Yasser Latif Hamdani
The case for and against attacks on insurgent targets by remotely-operated predators
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The enigma of US aid
Safiya Aftab
US economic assistance may be helping towards fulfilling some strategic objectives for both Pakistan and the US, but it is probably not going to make a dent in the development sector in the long term
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Whose drone is it anyway?
Ali K
Chishti
Predator
attacks have become key part of US strategy against insurgents in
Pakistan's Tribal Areas. Pakistan's response has been full of
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Arithmetic on the frontier
M Ali
Although politics in Pakistan revolve around death tolls coming from
the inaccessible tribal areas, drone attacks are not likely to stop
because they are effective
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Dangerous games
Aparna Pande
Pakistan seeks American help against a possible India-Afghan pincer movement, but its game of chicken might backfire
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Picture perfect punishments
Khizra Munir
Don't believe the things they tell you on those sparkly morning shows,
says Khizra Munir
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Here comes the Punjab Mail!
Dr Omer Adil
In this TFT exclusive,
Dr Omer Adil tells the incredible story of a little girl from Kasur who arrived in 1930s Calcutta and there began her conquest of India's burgeoning film and music scene
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The truth is out there
Leon Menezes
is surrounded by
conspiracy theories
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food
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Are you being served?
Mohsin Siddiqui
visits
a new restaurant in Karachi and is stimulated in unexpected ways
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Hi society
Bina Shah
reviews a new novel about Karachi's 'It crowd'
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For the people, buy the people?
Catriona Luke's
Westerners can't get
a hold of the Indo-Pak subcontinent,
in Catriona Luke's opinion
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The Convert – Part I
Deborah Baker
In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Deborah Baker follows the letters of Margaret Marcus, a Jewish girl from 1950s New York who converted to Islam, became Mawlana Mawdudi's protégé and moved into his house in 1960s Lahore
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heritage
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Forget me not
Noor Jehan Mecklai
is moved by a photographer's tribute to the endangered Kalash people of Pakistan |
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Zoraak Zagr’s collection Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo 1917-1989
Abid Hussain
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