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Mr. Zardari Loses His Cool: The “Shut Up” Video

Posted on January 31, 2010
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Adil Najam
This video of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari losing his cool during a speech and angrily shouting “Shut Up” to someone in the audience has been making the rounds.

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Indus Day and Pakistan’s Depleting Water Resources

Posted on January 28, 2010
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Owais Mughal
Pakistan is in drought. Rivers are flowing with 30% less water than what they normally do in January. For a country whose econnomy depends on agriculture and irrigation water, drought couldn’t have come at a worst time.

The photo above shows dry bed of river Indus on March 14, 2009 downstream of Kotri barrage at [...]

Karachi Bleeds Again: Will Sanity Prevail?

Posted on January 11, 2010
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Adil Najam
Civil society activists in Karachi had welcomed the new year in style: with rallies for peace. This was not an act of naivety. It was an act of hope. More than that it was an act of defiance. Defiance against the reality of violence that has become our daily fate. As Karachi spirals, again, [...]

ATP Poll: Share Your Predictions for 2010

Posted on December 31, 2009
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Adil Najam
Following our tradition from last year, and despite the rather spotty record, we once again ask our readers to predict what might have transpired between now and when the last day of 2010 rolls around. We give here a bunch of possibilities, which of these - multiple answers are OK - do you think [...]

Making Sense of Pakistan in 2009

Posted on December 28, 2009
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Adil Najam
Around this time last year we had two ATP Polls to ponder on what 2009 had in store for Pakistan.
The first poll asked readers to identify the events from 2008 that they believed would have the greatest impact on Pakistan’s 2009. The second poll asked them to identify the predictions for 2009 that were [...]

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