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PPP’s hour of reckoning

OFTEN described as an accidental leader, Asif Ali Zardari is undoubtedly one of the shrewdest political figures in the country. Past master in the art...

29.11.2023 200

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Can Pakistan get BRICS membership?

https://arab.news/zb4vk Pakistan has formally requested to join the BRICS group, an important grouping of developing countries. Apparently the...

27.11.2023 100

Arab News Pakistan

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Elections or selection?

‘THE more the things change, the more they stay the same.’ That truism can be applied to Pakistan’s power politics. The same old game that we...

22.11.2023 200

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Shameful capitulation

THERE had never been many expectations from the Arab countries to stand up in support of the Palestinian people living under occupation. After all,...

15.11.2023 200

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Pakistan’s forced expulsion of Afghan migrants has brought bilateral relations to breaking point

https://arab.news/vxmfw The relations between Islamabad and the Taliban regime in Kabul have hit a new low following Pakistan’s decision to expel...

12.11.2023 100

Arab News Pakistan

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Forced expulsion

THE arbitrariness of our policymaking process has been very evident in our latest decision to expel hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants. For...

08.11.2023 200

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The Arab inaction

WITH the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, public opinion around the world is turning against the Israeli invasion. While...

01.11.2023 200

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In Pakistan, is the election already compromised?

https://arab.news/r3n74 Last month Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the former federal home minister was taken away by men in plain clothes from his residence....

30.10.2023 50

Arab News Pakistan

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A ‘New Deal’ for Pakistan?

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered Americans the New Deal, a series of programmes, public work projects and financial reforms to pull...

30.10.2023 200

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Trying for a fourth term

CALL it a game of chess, or musical chairs. It has long been played on the country’s political stage. The pawn is interchangeable, and so is the...

25.10.2023 200

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Western media and the war

THE brazen one-sided account of the conflict justifying Israeli aggression against Palestinians living in the occupied Gaza Strip has exposed the...

18.10.2023 300

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Pakistan needs to take a clearer position on Israeli aggression

https://arab.news/b38ga Israel’s declaration of war on Gaza will have far-reaching implications for the Middle East and beyond. There is no sign...

16.10.2023 100

Arab News Pakistan

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Israel’s new war

“Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. LIVING...

11.10.2023 300

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A surge in terrorist attacks

THE bloodbath in Mastung last week was yet another grim reminder of the relentless rise of militant violence that is threatening national security....

04.10.2023 200

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Elite capture is the main reason for Pakistan’s failing 

https://arab.news/gwqmj The dire warning by the World Bank that Pakistan is on the edge of a precipice with the country facing its worst and longest...

02.10.2023 80

Arab News Pakistan

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Beyond their mandate

HE is an interim prime minister with a difference. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s actions have appeared to go beyond his limited role as a non-partisan...

27.09.2023 200

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Great expectations

CHIEF JUSTICE Qazi Faez Isa has made his mark on his very first day in office by ordering the live-streaming of the full court hearing petitions...

20.09.2023 200

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Will Nawaz Sharif succeed in his bid for Pakistan’s prime minister again?

https://arab.news/jzent Many had written off Nawaz Sharif after he was unceremoniously removed from the office by the country’s highest court some...

17.09.2023 40

Arab News Pakistan

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The TTP’s new battleground

IT was the most audacious cross-border incursion by the TTP. Reportedly, hundreds of heavily armed militants stormed Pakistani security posts in...

13.09.2023 300

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A state of illusions

WE are living in a world of illusions. While the country is fast hurtling towards an economic meltdown, we are told that our bad days are over, with...

06.09.2023 300

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Pakistan’s electricity bill protests: More shocks to an ailing economy

https://arab.news/bk957 The outburst of nationwide protests over excessive electricity bill amounts have brought to the surface the anguish of the...

04.09.2023 60

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The gathering storm

INFLATED electricity bills in the country have triggered an eruption of public indignation that had been simmering for long. Discontent over the...

30.08.2023 300

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Presidential indiscretion

CURIOUSLY, it was through X (formerly Twitter) that President Arif Alvi chose to deny that he had assented to the bills amending the Official Secrets...

23.08.2023 300

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Rising sectarianism is the biggest threat to Pakistan’s stability

https://arab.news/8vswx What happened in Punjab’s Jaranwala district last week was a grim reminder of rising extremism tearing apart Pakistani...

21.08.2023 100

Arab News Pakistan

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The caretaker project

THE long suspense over the appointment of the interim prime minister finally ended with the nomination of a dark horse. The choice took even members...

16.08.2023 300

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The interim solution

IT is yet another episode of ‘from power to prison’, a tragicomedy long played on Pakistan’s political stage. The plot is predictable: yet...

09.08.2023 200

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The arrest of Imran Khan has just deepened Pakistan’s political crisis

https://arab.news/rk8vh The arrest of Imran Khan has deepened Pakistan’s political crisis, lengthening the shadow of doubt over the credibility of...

07.08.2023 70

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Why Pakistan is failing

WHAT the former FBR chief revealed in a TV interview last week only reinforces the perception of a failing oligarchic state. It provides an insight...

02.08.2023 750

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Caretaker conundrum

WITH less than three weeks left for the expiry of the current National Assembly’s term, the debate over the upcoming caretaker administration is...

26.07.2023 200

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Keeping Imran Khan out will make Pakistan’s electoral process entirely dubious

https://arab.news/ybgev The shadow of uncertainty over elections in Pakistan is finally withering. The prime minister has made it clear that his...

22.07.2023 60

Arab News Pakistan

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The cross-border challenge

LAST week’s coordinated assault on an army garrison in Zhob was yet another grim reminder of the growing terrorist threat emanating from...

19.07.2023 300

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Worsening poll uncertainty

IT seems that the ruling coalition has still not made up its mind about the election date, even though only four weeks are left for the current term...

12.07.2023 200

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The SCO can be a regional force, but member countries must resolve disputes bilaterally

https://arab.news/yfhbv The virtual summit meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) hosted by India last week ended on a bitter note with...

09.07.2023 100

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Dynastic rule and democracy

THE meeting between the chiefs and scions of the two most powerful political dynasties in Dubai last week, where a consensus was reportedly reached on...

05.07.2023 300

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The lessons of May 9

THE writing on the wall has been there for some time and the military spokesman just spelled it out the other day. The noose is tightening around...

28.06.2023 100

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With no IMF deal Pakistan is struggling to prevent default

https://arab.news/58jqs In a last-ditch attempt to revive the IMF deal, the finance minister has made drastic changes in the budget. The adjustment...

26.06.2023 30

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Cracks in the coalition

THEY have been strange bedfellows from the outset. It was a marriage of convenience that brought the PML-N and PPP together. They joined hands against...

21.06.2023 200

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The Dar disaster

WHILE boasting that the country has not defaulted, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar revealed that the government was negotiating the restructuring of...

14.06.2023 200

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Pakistan needs a charter of economy to move forward

https://arab.news/9wkuq The slide seems unstoppable. The finance minister’s balancing act in the budget has failed to end anxiety in the country...

10.06.2023 80

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Democratic transition?

JUST about nine weeks are left for the current term of the National Assembly to end. The Lower House of parliament will stand dissolved on Aug 13,...

07.06.2023 200

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Game of political engineering

THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in droves; many of them had occupied...

31.05.2023 100

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Game of political engineering

THEY all appeared to be reading from the same script as they renounced their affiliation with the PTI. They left in droves; many of them had occupied...

31.05.2023 100

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Is it the end of the road for Imran Khan? 

https://arab.news/5t36w The limits of populism are very much evident by the crumbling of the party led by former prime minister Imran Khan in the...

29.05.2023 60

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Khan’s moment of truth

WHAT is happening now is not unfamiliar to Pakistan’s treacherous power politics. The signs of rupture are evident in its ranks as the PTI faces a...

24.05.2023 200

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