Adil Najam The cowardly suicide attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad which has led at least eight people dead is not just an attack on a foreign embassy in Pakistan, it is an attack on Pakistan. There is and there can be no excuse for this dastardly action, and to make excuses is to […]

Tyranny of Democracy

Posted on May 29, 2008
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Deeda-i-Beena The public pronouncements made thus far by the Chief Justice Iftikhar have emphasised two themes viz. Supremacy of the Constitution and, the Rule of Law. He has left his own restoration and that of the superior judiciary to his minions, Aitzaz and Nawaz to pursue. Together his two themes represent the foundation and the […]

The Politics of Kalabagh Dam and Pakhtunkhwa

Posted on May 29, 2008
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Owais Mughal Kalabagh Dam, which has been a dead project for all practical purposes, got a stir yesterday when Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said that the project has now been shelved for ever. On the same day, another interesting development happened about NWFP where it was decided to change the […]

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