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Sinking the PPP
THERE could not have been anything as distressing a sight as watching the Titanic, its hull ruptured by an iceberg, sink slowly into the Atlantic…
THERE could not have been anything as distressing a sight as watching the Titanic, its hull ruptured by an iceberg, sink slowly into the Atlantic…
The issue is governance
AS the dust of electoral controversy settles down the focus of the national debate should now be not only on what needs to be done…
AS the dust of electoral controversy settles down the focus of the national debate should now be not only on what needs to be done…
No numbers game
SOME perplexing challenges await the incoming government. It’ll need every ounce of patience, every penny’s worth of wisdom scrapped from past experience to tackle things.…
SOME perplexing challenges await the incoming government. It’ll need every ounce of patience, every penny’s worth of wisdom scrapped from past experience to tackle things.…
If Malala were an Indian
SO what are we going to tell Malala Yousafzai? How shall we break the news to her? The elections in Pakistan are over. It was…
SO what are we going to tell Malala Yousafzai? How shall we break the news to her? The elections in Pakistan are over. It was…
Lessons of May 11
ELECTION 2013 has proved to be an enigma. We are a people in a hurry and immediately after the polling took place on May 11…
ELECTION 2013 has proved to be an enigma. We are a people in a hurry and immediately after the polling took place on May 11…
The obstacles ahead
IT would be naïve on the part of the new government as it formulates its policy towards Afghanistan, not to recognise that there is a…
IT would be naïve on the part of the new government as it formulates its policy towards Afghanistan, not to recognise that there is a…
The cult of personality
ARE people, or more specifically the voting public, attracted to leaders or to their ideas? In the aftermath of Pakistan’s tumultuous election season, the answer…
ARE people, or more specifically the voting public, attracted to leaders or to their ideas? In the aftermath of Pakistan’s tumultuous election season, the answer…
Turning point
ON the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to India this week, his aides revealed that he would be requesting assistance “with military needs…
ON the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s visit to India this week, his aides revealed that he would be requesting assistance “with military needs…
Other Voices
Conserving gasPRIME Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated on several occasions how important it is not to waste the country’s precious … limited…
Editorial
What voters want: Election results
AN election is primarily about numbers — the seats won and lost and the votes…
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AN election is primarily about numbers — the seats won and lost and the votes…
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A welcome ban: CNG and large vehicles
THE caretaker government’s decision to place a ban on the use of subsidised CNG in…
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THE caretaker government’s decision to place a ban on the use of subsidised CNG in…
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System in freefall: Flawed EPI programme
IF there were any doubt left about the shambles the country’s Expanded Programme for Immunisation…
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IF there were any doubt left about the shambles the country’s Expanded Programme for Immunisation…
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