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Delhi-Kabul axis The two capitals support terrorist strikes against Pakistan. Published 17 Aug, 2026 04:29am
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NON-FICTION: HOW PAKISTAN GOT TO WHERE IT IS A collection of articles focuses on constitutional deviations by a combination of powerful military and bureaucratic forces that Published 28 Sep, 2025 07:30am
NON-FICTION: A SAD PICTURE OF THE JUDICIARY An autobiographical take on the author’s 44-year experience in the judiciary presents a no-holds-barred view of the rot at the... Published 13 Jul, 2025 10:02am
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The accord hoax If the PA and Hamas are kept out of Palestine, who else is going to manage Gaza? Published 08 Apr, 2025 08:27am
NON-FICTION: RECORDING FOR POSTERITY While sometimes dated, journalist Zahid Hussain’s collection of 39 interviews with people who mattered at the time, provides... Published 23 Feb, 2025 09:42am
Of Arab League The Jewish soldiers in the Allied armies did what was obvious. Published 21 Feb, 2025 07:02am
Self-indictment To what extent should Pakistan be blamed for its poor financial situation? Published 20 Jan, 2025 06:20am
Trump & US democracy The authoritarian streak in him arouses doubts about his commitment to democracy. Updated 03 Jan, 2025 01:56pm
ESSAY: WARS AND WORDS In a ninth installment of ‘Evergreens’ from his bookshelf, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi remembers books about wars that defined the Published 15 Dec, 2024 09:23am
Genocide in Gaza Rivers of civilian blood do not stir Israel’s conscience. Published 07 Oct, 2024 07:29am
Baloch quagmire The BLA is not working without armed support from foreign powers. Published 21 Sep, 2024 07:07am
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NON-FICTION: A BUREAUCRAT WRITES BACK The memoirs of Salman Faruqui, regarded often as one of Pakistan’s ‘super-bureaucrats’ till his retirement, shed light on many... Published 04 Aug, 2024 09:16am
