Ishtiaq Ahmed
The writer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stockholm University; Honorary Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He can be reached at: billumian@gmail.com
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Can Pakistan Ever Become a Normal Country?
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. In the 76th year of Pakistan as a Muslim-majority state, confined since 1971 to the former West Pakistan when its eastern wing seceded to become...
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Hazara Hockey Player Who...
Former Pakistani hockey player Shahida Raza, who belonged to the persecuted Shia-Hazara community and died in a tragic migrant...
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Aurat March Participants Face...
Participants of the Aurat March that is held every year to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan were beaten...
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Indian, Pakistani Fishermen Continue...
If 99 Indian fishermen incarcerated in Pakistani prisons had been repatriated last month as agreed, Jagdish Mangal might still...
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Aurat March Activists Hold...
Lahore: Women rights activists and organisers of Aurat March Lahore on Friday held a protest demonstration against the abduction...
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PHC To Try Alleged...
An anti-terrorism court has transferred the trial of a juvenile arrested on charges of killing an Ahmadi man who...
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Man Kills Sister For...
A young woman was allegedly killed by her brother in the name of 'honour' in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority...
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