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Who's siding with Mehsud? |
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Raza Khan |
The military has intensified its operation in Waziristan lately. It is for the second time that the security forces are targeting the areas where Baitullah Mehsud and his followers have established their safe havens. The military analysts,
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Imperatives for altered perspectives |
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Tahira Mansoor |
Paskistani rulers and policymakers have wasted 62 years in highlighting the economic potential of the country. It is time now to work dedicatedly to exploit this potential, failing which may consign us to economic death.
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The manufacturing sector falls apart |
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Syeda Majeeda Aqeel |
The Pakistan Economic Survey states, "The manufacturing sector in the country still revolves around the traditional low value added industries, whose share in world trade is continuously declining."
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Taliban losses no sure gain for Pakistanis |
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Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah |
For the past month and a half, the Pakistani military has claimed success in retaking the Swat Valley from the Taliban, clawing back its own territory from insurgents who only a short time ago were extending their reach toward the heartland of the country.
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Multiplying the provinces |
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Raza Khan |
When we see the structure of the Pakistan federation, it is noteworthy that one of the four provinces is larger than the rest of the three together in terms of population. Therefore, there have been suggestions and recommendations from various quarters to divide the Punjab province into several parts and,
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Is the 'game' at an end? |
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Stephanie Nolen |
In intelligence and diplomatic circles, inside and outside Pakistan, they refer to it as "the game," bland shorthand for the decades-long dance the country's military and security establishment has carried on with militant Islamist forces.
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Pakistan and US unite in pursuit of Taliban leader |
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Jeremy Page |
At last Pakistan and the United States appear to be genuinely co-operating in the battle against the Taleban and al-Qaeda militants in the mountainous tribal areas along the porous border with Afghanistan.
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The truant
monsoon: Why India is worried |
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Madhur Singh |
The bad news for India is scrawled across the scorching sky. Not a speck of monsoon clouds has been spotted over much of north and northwestern India for weeks, and the meteorological office has confirmed fears that the country will get late and below-normal rains this year.
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Withdrawing US forces will encircle cities |
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Jane Arraf |
The commanding general in-charge of US forces in the north says American combat troops pulling out of Iraq's most volatile cities are being shifted to areas encircling the cities to try to stop what has proved to be a resilient al-Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent groups.
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| Economy |
Inflation: more than an economic problem |
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Syeda Majeeda Aqeel |
In its recently released third quarterly report for FY-2008-09, the SBP has quite appropriately, emphasized the importance of bringing down double-digit food inflation which has an adverse impact on low-income people.
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New contract farming to benefit growers
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Shahid Khalil |
Contract farming in a simple form has been in practice in Pakistan since long. However, the beneficiary in almost all cases has been the buyer and not the farmer, who is a small stakeholder. This is now changing.
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How to dent unemployment
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Mian Aqeeluddin |
The federal budget 2009-10 aims at increasing the employment level along with besides other economic plans. Other economic ills are a burgeoning trade deficit, an alarming rise in inflation, an increasing level of foreign debt, a slowdown in GDP growth, and a whole set of problems associated with a weak infrastructure.
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| Education |
College a privilege, not a rightt |
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Dan Kimber |
My friend Samanthe Kadar teaches geography at Cal State Northridge and Glendale Community College and receives a good number of graduates from the high schools in Glendale.
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ICC robs Pakistan of two-year T20 reign |
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Talha Tufail Bajwa |
The International Cricket Council (ICC)'s decision to stage the next Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies in April 2010, has marred Pakistan's celebrations. It means Pakistan will remain the Twenty20 world champion for only nine months.
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| Book Review |
Hitler’s Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe |
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Mark Mazower |
Hitler’s empire was the largest, most brutal and most ambitious reshaping of Europe in history. Inspired by the imperial legacy of those such as the British, the Third Reich cast its shadow from the Channel Islands to the Caucasus and ruled hundreds of millions. Yet,
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| Religion |
Azerbaijan: Muslim opposition to new Religion Law changes |
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Felix Corley |
One of the deputy chairmen of the Caucasian Muslim Board has recently said he opposes the proposed new changes to the Religion Law, due to be considered in the Milli Mejlis (parliament) in the coming weeks.
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| Women |
Women in Iran's protests: head scarves and rocks |
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Rebecca Santana |
For years, women's defiance in Iran came in carefully planned flashes of hair under their head scarves, brightly painted fingernails and trendy clothing that could be glimpsed under bulky coats and cloaks.
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Sony unveils new PSP |
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Sony Corp unveiled a smaller, lighter PlayStation handled game device called the PSP Go, in a race to catch rival Nintendo in an intensely competitive mobile games arena. Nintendo said it sold more than 15 million units of its blockbuster "Wii Fit" fitness game,
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| Showbiz |
The legacy of Michael Jackson |
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Martha Bayles |
What did the King of Pop bequeath to the world? Your answer will probably depend on your view of American pop music.
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| Art |
Winds of Islamism make artists shiver |
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Ayesha Nasir |
Farhan Khan, a drummer in a band, is taking a break from performing. This move was prompted by his mother, who worries that her son might become a target for the Islamic extremists gradually asserting their power.
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