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Editorial
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Bangladesh model
by Najam Sethi
As expected, the Supreme Court has sent PM Yousaf Raza Gillani packing. As expected, too, the decision has been hailed and decried by the opposition and government respectively. But independent...
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News & Analysis
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Comment
Disaster averted?
by Imtiaz Gul
Despite reservations, the PPP has accepted the Supreme Court's verdict that Yousaf Raza Gilani is no more prime minister; for now, the threat of direct confrontation or military intervention is over...
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Analysis
Fallout from Arsalangate
by Khaled Ahmed
The PPP government was already in the dock for corruption. Arsalangate dragged some other entities into it: the army, the media, and the chief justice...
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Insight
Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice
by Waris Husain
If the allegations against the chief justice's son are a conspiracy to malign Pakistan's Supreme Court, the judges must carefully consider how their actions in dealing with this threat will be perceived...
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Opinion
Great responsibility
by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Instead of suo motu action on the allegations against Arsalan Iftikhar, the chief justice should have opted for suo sponte recusal from his son's legal matters...
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In Memoriam
PPP loses a true warrior
by Shahzad Raza
Fauzia Wahab was a resolute fighter in her personal and political life; she faced formidable challenges, and she went down fighting...
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Comment
Morality and justice in Pakistan
by Umair Javed
Viewed in the light of the middle class culture, religious references and moral proclamations in judgments by the Supreme Court contribute to its popularity...
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Insight
Troubled waters
by Ramaswamy R Iyer
During a recent India-Pakistan Track II Dialogue held in Islamabad, a number of issues relating to water came up for discussion. This article will try to put those matters in proper perspective...
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Tribute
Mehdi Hassan will be missed, in Pakistan and in India
by Saeed Naqvi
In 1947, he migrated to Pakistan leaving his thatch roofed house in Rajasthan. But then, on the wings of his art, he transcended all boundaries...
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Features
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Scene
Allegedly
Fayes T Kantawala has heard some rumors about corruption... ...
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History
The martyrs of Maraka
Haroon Khalid goes in search of a graveyard not far from Lahore, and hears the spooky story still told about it...
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Society
The village fool
Two thirds of Pakistanis still live in rural areas. Their ways of life - from outdoor toilets to ingeniously devised calendars - may seem strange to city dwellers, but in fact reflect the villagers' simplicity and goodness of spirit, says Nazar Abbas...
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Tribute
Nostalgic notes from a glorious past
Saba Eitezaz attends Radio Pakistan's moving tribute to singer Zubaida Khanum...
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review
Remembrance of things past
Kiran Nazish is moved by Musharraf Ali Farooqui's persuasive new novel about the declining fortunes of a wrestler and courtesan...
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Review
Not one for the hipsters
Coke Studio's third episode is heralding the dawn of a new musical cycle, says Safieh Shah...
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Travel
Rio the Beautiful
Imtiaz Gul visits the city once famous for three S's - surf, sun and sex - and can't help being reminded of Pakistan...
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Culture
Play it once more
The Grand Opera Gala seduces Karachi-ites with a refreshing performance. Review by Noor Jehan Mecklai...
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Photo Archive
Khyber chiefs with Captain Tucker in Jamrood Fort (1878)
by British Library collection
Photograph of Afghan chiefs and a British Political Officer posed at Jamrud fort at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, taken by John Burke in 1878. Burke, the most intrepid of the photographers...
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