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By Umer Sultan “Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan declared the government of Pakistan a slave of the US and added that the ongoing terrorism in the country would continue until Washington stopped meddling in the internal affairs of Islamabad.” -PTI Imran Khan said the above quote in a press conference after the twin suicide [...]

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By New Pakistan I finally got around to reading the new report by Mr Matt Waldman from London School of Economics. I could barely get through it without groaning. This is the quality of work coming out of LSE? Very disappointing. It seems like Mr Waldman is perhaps out to make a name for himself [...]

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By Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud Growing civilian casualties severely jeopardise coalition efforts to muster support in the country. They push the common Afghan to join the Taliban in their fight against the coalition forces. This has tremendously helped the Taliban grow stronger

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Daily Times Editorial As the stipulated date for phased exit of US forces from Afghanistan draws closer, there is a corresponding increase in the frenzy of all players to secure their respective turf in post-withdrawal Afghanistan. It is in this context that the recent publication of a controversial report by the London School of Economics, [...]

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Various parts of Karachi were put on flames by unknown people, and so far officially 32 people have passed away. No Police Force, No Rangers and no other Government security agency was there to stop the destruction in the immediate aftermath of the suicide bombing.

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By M. Shahid Alam, originally written on 9 October 2007. In Pakistan today we encounter a paradox crying for an explanation; it is a paradox, moreover, whose exploration can bring some clarity to the predicament of the Islamicate today. In January 2002, when President George Bush defined his near-term agenda for waging wars, he fixed his [...]

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This extract clearly shows that, for the interpretation and application of even a religious directive pertaining to the state affairs, it is consultation that should be the procedure…

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Pakistan must fight Islamic extremism by improving education and eradicating illiteracy. “It is the best defense against the forces of ignorance and the only answer to the challenges…

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Yesterday, May 27, a suicide van full with explosives attacked the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Police offices. The blast left 27 killed and about 326 injured in a failed attempt to blast the ISI building. The attack was claimed by a group calling “Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab” in a statement on a militant website as reported [...]

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