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Can Pakistan Ever Become a Normal Country?
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Trial By Firing Squad: Prosecuting Civilians in...
Pakistan has been a State Party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) since 23 June 2010. Unfortunately, however, even in...
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Dismantling Of PTI And Lessons Unlearned
Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen, NLC, etc.) and insatiable greed...
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Imran Khan Got Relief But Gwadar’s Hidayatur...
Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan's arrest "illegal" on the grounds that he was detained from within the Islamabad High...
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Make Human Dignity The Foundation Of Policymaking
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. My vision of Pakistan...
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What Ails Pakistan’s Tax System?
This article is part of a series titled “Is There A Way Forward For Pakistan?”. Read more about the series here. Pakistan once again finds...
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Democratizing Pakistan: It’s Not Just About Holding...
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If Pakistan’s Ruling Elite Does Not Change...
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‘Reimagining’ a Pakistan for Women
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Pakistan: Is there A Way Forward?
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How The 1973 Dislodging Of Elected Govt...
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To ‘Reimagine Pakistan’, Abandon The Two-Nation Theory...
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Why The Baloch People Can Never Trust...
The world knows Balochistan as the 44 per cent land mass of Pakistan, but most do not know that becoming part of Pakistan was...
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Pakistan Army’s Claim Of ‘Neutrality’ Is A...
The Pakistan military denies its involvement in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and genocide, but it has very little credibility to begin with. Even if...
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No, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ Has Not Been...
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5 Books Every Young Pakistani Should Read...
The Tahaffuz-e-Buneyad-e-Islam bill recently passed by the Punjab Assembly gives unprecedented powers to the provincial government to censor or ban books by barring any...
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