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POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Long March – A Long View
POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Long March – A Long View Analysis by Beena Sarwar Lawyers and police clash in Lahore - photo by Rahat Dar KARACHI, Mar 12 (IPS) – Barely a year after being elected, the Pakistan...
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Defending President Zardari
Let the democratic process continue…. A must-read: I.A. Rehman’s article in Dawn, Nov 12, 2009, ‘The Locus of power’ Extract: “All elected prime ministers, from Mr Bhutto to Mr Nawaz Sharif, tried...
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‘Making windows into men’s souls’
Benazir Bhutto on arrival in Karachi, Oct 2007. Photo: Beena Sarwar Slightly revised version of my column in Hardnews January issue, published in The News on Sunday, Jan 3, 2010, written on Dec 25 with...
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The murder of Mir Rustam Marri, champion of IDPs and human rights, Balochistan
Below, please read this recent editorial from Baloch Hal, inaccessible to readers in Pakistan since the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority blocked it in Nov 2010. We’re reproducing it here in the...
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Pakistan: What the Tuq is going on?
Cartoon- Sab kuch Live hai by K.B. Abro. Listen to his blog in his voice http://bit.ly/13USxnO Below, my take on what’s going on in Pakistan, written on Friday for the Sunday edition of The Telegraph,...
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Musharraf’s trial and Pakistan
Musharraf and the famous fist. Photo T. Mughal/EPA Below, my (un-populist) take on the Musharraf treason trial, in an opinion piece published in International Business Times, London, Jan 23, 2014. N.B....
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Musharraf or Zia… A dictator is a dictator
One-man rule is disastrous in the long term. Image courtesy: Tamil UnrealTimes My opinion piece published in The News op-ed, and for Hard News, India Former Pakistan army chief Pervez Musharraf ousted...
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Pakistan’s media wars – my article for Himal Southasian
Himal Southasian, a publication I’m proud to have been associated with since its inception in 1996, has a new issue on the media. My piece Pakistan’s media wars (below) and Mass media and the Modi...
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India and Pakistan must unite to fight terror…
A student in Chennai prays for those killed in Peshawar. Schools across India held a two-minute silence on Wednesday. Photo: R. Senthil Kumar/ PTI My op-ed in The Indian Express today, Dec 18, 2014…...
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