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A second coming
Cyril Almeida reviews the politics and the rule of Pakistan Peoples Party as the government's completes five year of its tenure
In hindsight, it is clear as day, viginti/viginti.
Once the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had won the most number of seats in the 2008 general…
One-stop shop for all ills
One thing Justice Chaudhry is not lacking in is courage, although there are excesses sometimes.
moreThe daughter of the nation
The point the Taliban wanted to make by killing her had backfired. Malala had defied them a second time.
moreA textbook case
In Pakistan, school textbooks have been criticised for attempting to militarise students by glorifying war and martyrdom.
moreLooking in all directions
The PMLN’strack record shows that it has little appetite for any restructuring of the existing federal system.
moreState of intelligence
Baloch separatists are now so visible and strong that now they can force any town to close down whenever they want.
moreMob rule
To many, mob violence appears to be a ‘rural’ phenomenon, mostly involving ‘illiterate rustics’.
moreDemocracy
Many political analysts agree to the extent that the SC verdict has “invented” a new mechanism to oust a government.
moreThou shalt not judge
In between the accusations of impropriety against Iftikhar and the fall of outgoing prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the judges also scrutinise the role and ethics of the media and review, reject and bin a ruling by the Speaker of the National Assembly.
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