Drone Strikes: A challenging puzzle
The United States and Pakistan are immensely dependent on each other. The former’s long-term global strategic objectives and in short-term the troops withdrawal from Afghanistan make the latter a very important country in Washington’s foreign and Strategic policies. Simultaneously, the regional geos
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Foreign policy revision: Where to start?
There is a huge agenda awaiting the new government to start working on and bring about some change in the hitherto unimaginative and self-destructive policies the country has been following in pursuit of some hypothetical glory that may never come its way. After the change of government a lot has be
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Sharif’s Five “E-Challenges”
Balochistan represents a microcosm of Pakistan’s politics of expedience. For decades, expedience ruled the roost and thus ruined the socio-political fabric of that unfortunate province, practically hostage to Nawabs, Mirs and Sardars, who have alternated government positions among themselves, mostly
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Karzai’s subversive initiatives
Pakistan’s neighbors have restlessly been engaged in squeezing its strategic independence in regional strategic environment. Recently, when entire nation was seriously involved in the historical elections during the April and May 2013, Kabul and New Delhi were endeavoring to boost their strategic pa
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Pak role significant in post-2014 Afghanistan
The history of Afghanistan presents an interesting number of events which reformed the country's identity. Though the country has been afflicted by war, battles and political instability which have ripped the country apart, it has come a long way and established itself as one of the most politically
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Understanding THE PHENOMENON OF TALIBAN
Whenever we talk about fundamentalism, fanaticism, militancy, extremism or terrorism, a small group of guerrilla fighters comes into our minds, whom we call ‘ Taliban’, which means students in Arabic language. These guerrillas threatened the whole international community sitting in the mountains of
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Future of Bhutto’s party hangs in balance
Pakistan People’s Party has had good experience of being in opposition than in government. From Bhutto to Zardari, bad governance has been PPP’s Achilles heel. Z.A Bhutto was obsessed with maximizing his power. But he derived his authority from people. Ironically, he relied on his much feared Federa
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Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project: The first test of PML (N) government
Pakistanis went to elections on May 11 amidst great challenges, violence and promises. They came back home after giving a convincing mandate to PML (N) to form a stable government in the center. They handed over provinces to different parties which they thought could solve their problems in a more e
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Elections 2013: A new day has dawned
Thank God, elections have finally been held. The country has at long last succeeded in crossing a threshold that seemed unlikely even days and hours before the polling started on May 11 – its first democratic transition in 65 years. More pleasing are the results. Proving most of the pre-poll analyse
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2013 General Elections: Optimistic and Pessimistic conclusions
The peaceful conduct of 2013 general elections on May 11, 2013, accentuates that democratic political culture is gradually maturing in the Pakistani polity. The voters turn out on the Election Day manifests common man faith in the democratic political system. It also highlights that gradually partic
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DRONE STRIKES AND SOVEREIGNITY
U.S. drones strikes in Pakistan are an estimated 140 times since 2004, with 44 strikes last year. Property and homes have been destroyed and unknown hundreds, maybe thousands, have been killed or injured. It raises a lot of questions in our minds. Is there any humanitarian law for them? Are they not
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11th May: The D-day and after
The Election Day, at long last, seems to be around the corner. The nation reached here after literally crossing the rivers of blood. These rivers contained in it blood drops of four and eight-year old children too. But the resolve to cross the democratic bridge in a democratic way was so strong that
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