Full Text of Balochistan ‘Package’: Is it Enough?

Posted on November 24, 2009
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Adil Najam In a special joint session of the National Assembly and the Senate, the government today unveiled its promised “Baluchistan conciliation package” (synopsis of provisions and full text, below). This marks a small but important step forward in what one certainly hopes is a trend towards full integration of all Pakistanis into Pakistan. The […]

Islamia College Peshawar: Modeled after Aligarh or Deoband?

Posted on November 23, 2009
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Aziz Akhmad Islamia College Peshawar, or ICP for short, is one hundred years old. That is, if you count from the year the idea of the college first sprouted in the minds of its founders, in 1909. The work on the building started in 1912 and, within a short period of time, the main college […]

The Politics of NRO: Beneficiaries List Released

Posted on November 22, 2009
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