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Published in: HomePlaying with people’s emotions'Every time the western media decides what to air, and who to call a terrorist, they generate a lot of debate in our...
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Published in: HomePolio wars: conspiracy and democracy in PakistanWhat better evidence that the country is a nest of terrorists than the murder of medics trying to wipe out a deadly...
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Published in: TransformationIs Australia going backwards on gender equality?I left Pakistan to live in a society that was supposedly free from bias and discrimination. What happened?
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Published in: HomeLearning the lessons: 11 years of drones in PakistanThe case of Pakistan, after a decade long drone war, shows how the appeal of drones as a “cost free” form of warfare...
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Published in: 50.50Sabeen Mahmud: “I stand up for what I believe in, but I can’t fight guns”Sabeen Mahmud alleviated intellectual poverty until the day she was murdered, 24 April 2015. In an interview with...
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Published in: 50.50When scarred female bodies demarcate the Indian subcontinent's polityThe Lightning Testimonies, an acclaimed feminist exhibition, comes to Assam, and its powerful images speak to the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Charlie Hebdo: the Prophet does not want to be avengedThose who hold Muslims accountable for these acts, or demand that they apologize for them, are delusional. Beyond...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s 21st amendment: national consensus or soft coup?The attack on the school in Peshawar in December shocked the world. In Pakistan, the upshot is a growing military...
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Published in: HomeUsing terrorism strategicallyIn the absence of effective political institutional input to set up mechanisms able to handle terrorism, Pakistan...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan school attack: years of inaction led to this atrocityThe Peshawar atrocity did not come out of a clear blue sky—the foreboding context an inert, corrupt state ambivalent...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s minority-rights challengeIn theory, Pakistan’s constitution upholds equality of all its citizens, regardless of religion. In theory.
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Published in: openSecurityBetween Scylla and Charybdis: life in Pakistan’s tribal frontierThe Federally Administered Tribal Areas touching Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan suffer a toxic mix of state and...
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Published in: HomeA sky full of dronesWestern enthusiasm for Malala Yousafzai overshadows the fact that western policies deny children in Pakistan their...
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Published in: HomePakistan’s paradox: the minority dilemmaThere is a central contradiction at the heart of the construction of Pakistan. A state that was created to protect a...
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Published in: openSecurityDrone strikes in Pakistan: laser or blunderbuss?Attacks by US drones have often been presented as forensic, yet only one in 25 victims in Pakistan were identifiably...
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Published in: openIndiaPakistan protests: underlying implications for IndiaAs the political turmoil in Pakistan continues to unfold, the underlying implications for India-Pakistan relations...
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Published in: 50.50Being Malala
Recipients of humanitarian awards often invite controversy. In Pakistan, religious and political identities are...
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Published in: HomePakistan’s democracy on the rocks
Just when many thought Pakistan was finally on the trajectory towards a functioning democratic system, unrest broke...
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Published in: openSecurityShadow of military looms large over Pakistan street protestsThe military is never far from politics in Pakistan—and it may be implicated in the latest political crisis, as...
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Published in: HomeUnanticipated consequences: Polio and the hunt for Bin LadenWe need to subject intelligence gathering to similar rules that regulate the conduct of war regarding medics and Red...
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