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Democracy As A Security Imperative

I can pinpoint Benazir Bhutto’s rise as political leader in the wake of her 1986 historic welcome at Lahore Airport, as the time when I started...

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Umer Farooq

Understanding Factors Behind Australia Church Attack

The knife attack on a bishop delivering a sermon at a Church in Wakely (Fairfield), New South Wales, by a 16-year-old teenager has understandably...

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Syed Atiq Ul Hassan

Land Reform And Industrial Strategy: The Route Pakistan Rejected

Yousuf Nazar’s suggestion that the citizens of Pakistan submit to another decade of military rule will come across as a cruel joke to the millions...

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Tariq Ahsan

Economic Growth Is Driven By Women's Participation In The Workforce

The true spirit of development demands that women's participation in the labor force must remain healthy. Among many indicators of economic...

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Kumail Mehdi

Israel-Iran War And The Madness Unfolding In The Middle East

The Gaza war is now escalating to another flash point. Iran and Israel are now facing each other directly and more destructively. The strategic...

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Premanand Mishra

Feeling the Heat: South Asian Economic Development and Implications for Pakistan

On April 13, 2024, in an unprecedented and unusually long essay, the largest Urdu daily, 'Jang,' praised the Modi regime under the headline, 'Why...

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Sartaj Khan

Is House Of The Federation Becoming A House of Independents?

In public discourse, the notions of "supremacy of Parliament" and that "Parliament is supreme" are widely used by the political leadership,...

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Gohar Ali Iftikhar

The Iron Dome And Ironclad American Support

The myth of Israel’s invincibility, owing to its missile defense system known as the Iron Dome and American President Joe Biden’s 'ironclad'...

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

An Iran-Israel War Would Destabilize Already Fragile South Asia

The evolving geopolitical environment in the Middle East points towards the possibility of a wider conflict. What are the lessons for Pakistan’s...

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Umer Farooq

Iran says the Matter has Ended. Would Israel Agree?

I wrote yesterday that “I find more meat in the argument for patience [by Iran] than immediate retaliation…. That said, the histories of wars tell...

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Ejaz Haider

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