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Failure of Afghan Policy
IT is often argued that Pakistan lacks a clear and independent Afghan policy. What the establishment has historically pursued on the Afghan front has largely been…
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With The Waqf Bill, The State Brings A Legal Bulldozer to Minority Rights
It sidesteps constitutional guarantees to sanction state intervention into the religious affairs of a community, barely concealing the intent to dispossess. For generations, waqf properties have…
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Countering Insurgency
THE growing intensity of the Baloch insurgency has led to a debate on how to tackle it. Security institutions vow to address it with force, and…
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Missing Local Government
Article 140A of the Constitution of Pakistan categorically requires each province to establish a local government system and devolve political, administrative and financial authority to elected…
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Sri Lanka: National People’s Power and The Path Back to Democracy
Sri Lanka has a tradition of strong and independent civil society organisations and of professional (and organisational) autonomy within many branches of the state apparatus. By…
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Can A Ceasefire End Settler Colonial Genocide?
The ceasefire deal clinched on Wednesday may end the latest episode of mass slaughter in Gaza, but it won’t halt the structural genocide of Palestinians. The…
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India Must Atone for Bangladesh’s Lost Decade
India’s support for Hasina regime strangled Bangladesh’s democratic aspirations but it’s not too late to repent and rebuild trust In the annals of South Asia’s political…
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International Assistance to Afghanistan Needs to Adapt to The ‘New Normal’
As we approach the third anniversary of the change of leadership in Afghanistan, it is high time for donors to move from a reactive strategy to…
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Of The people
THE people of Pakistan waited long enough for this election, part of which should have happened early last year — in KP and Punjab — and…
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Maldives Walks A Diplomatic Tightrope with India
On 4 January, three officials from Maldives’ Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Information and Arts criticised India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to India’s smallest union territory,…
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More of the Same?
IS the general election this time any different from previous ones? Or is it more of the same? There are several significant similarities with past polls.…
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With Ram Temple Consecration, How BJP has Undone Nehru, Ambedkar’s Legacy — and Damaged The Constitution
The very republic is mandated by the Constitution to separate itself from religion. People’s faith has been weaponised by the RSS-BJP combine in pursuit of a…