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TFT CURRENT ISSUE | May 11-17, 2012 - Vol. XXIV, No. 13

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	Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari takes centre stage in Naudero By Tariq Bashir As has become an established norm, Asif Zardari and his comrades delivered their twice yearly... read more
	All hail my sectarian God By Kiran Nazish In Pakistan a mosque is not the house of God, but the house of a sectarian God. Although Muslim... read more
	Make Gilgit-Baltistan the fifth province of Pakistan By DrZaeem Zia The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have always been unequivocalin defending their association with... read more
	Wages of death By Mahmood Adeel The Harry Walker Agency represents prestigious world leaders including former American President... read more
	Is parliament supreme? By Anees Iqbal Amidst contempt proceedings against the prime minister, the government continues to ridicule and... read more

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Audio Archive

Zulqarnain's Audio Archive

		Artiste: Ustads Amanat Ali Khan and Fateh Ali Khan Track: Punjabi 'Qadar Na Jani *read more*

		Artiste: Ustads Salamat Ali Khan and Nazakat Ali Khan Track: Raga Pahadi 'Saiyyan Bina Ghar' *read more*

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Editorial

Running crises by Najam Sethi Two running crises that could have blown up in the face of the Zardari regime this month have likely been diluted for the moment. The first is the PPP government's political standoff with the Supreme Court over the question of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's conviction for contempt of court and possible disqualification as a member of parliament.... *read more*

News & Analysis

Analysis Is there life after Osama? by Khaled Ahmed Politicians are keen to push two buttons to win elections - one anti-US and the other pro-Taliban. The Army too has been persuaded to change its cooperative posture with the US... *read more*	Insight One year later by Wajahat S Khan Wajahat S Khan re-constructs the various narratives and counter-narratives, from Day 0 to now, of the spin machine, histrionics and just plain facts that grows and growls despite the elimination of the target of history's most expensive manhunt over a year ago... *read more*

Report The future of Al Qaeda by Ali K Chishti Although they are not as powerful as they used to be, Al Qaeda is not going away any time soon... *read more*	Comment Embarrassment and patriotism by Imtiaz Gul Why are we upset over allegations that Al Qaeda's new chief may be present in Pakistan?... *read more*

Comment Obama's priorities by Saeed Naqvi Obama wants to be seen as the president who brought the troops back. But the troops will not be brought back... *read more*

Features

Scene

The White Tiger

You won't believe what Fayes T Kantawala saw in Lahore's DHA the other day...... read more

Travel

From the holy mountain

Rina Saeed Khan climbs up to the Buddhist monastery of Taktsang, one of the holiest places in the remote Himalayan country of Bhutan, which is regarded as one of the "happiest" places on earth... read more

Heritage

Prehistoric Rock Art of Islamabad

by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro

It is generally believed that Islamabad is a modern city that was built some 50 years ago and therefore doesn't have a history to boast of. But the prehistoric past of Islamabad is still in its... read more

Heritage

The last stand

The romantic religion of poet Ghulab Das and his lover Piro Preman sprang up in 19th Punjab and acquired thousands of followers but was disrupted by the Partition. Now it has lost its most sacred space to encroachment and greed. Haroon Khalid reports... read more

Literature

Who's afraid of Saadat Hasan Manto?

The Union of India is eager to embrace the great writer, whose 100th birthday falls on this week, as one of its own. But how would Manto have looked at India had he stayed on? By Garga Chatterjee... read more

Literature

Was Manto a progressive?

Rakhshanda Jalil scrutinizes the unclassifiable prose writer's stormy relationship with the poles of Indian literature ... read more

Photo Archive

Rock-cut Buddhist images, Swat valley (1896)

by British Library collection

Photograph of Buddhist images taken by Alexander E Caddy in 1896. The two figures in the photograph are cut directly into a rock face. The ancient kingdoms of Udyana (Swat) and Gandhara... read more

Reality bites

Ravi M. Khanna is full of admiration for Aamir Khan, whose radical new TV show is staring India's taboos in the face ... read more


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