Editorial: Coming change of policy in the US
The first TV debate in the US between the two presidential candidates on Saturday contained strong references to Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Pakistan, pointing to a change of policy if the Democrats win the closely contested election for the next president of the United States. The Republican candidate,... 
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analysis: Living with Indo-US deal —Tanvir Ahmad Khan
The public discussion of this monumental Indo-US accord in Pakistan was a fraction of the debate in India. Pakistan’s nuclear bureaucracy, be it in the Foreign Office or in the dedicated nuclear establishments, mostly opted for silence and discouraged open discussion
The bilateral meetings...
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opinion: The real war —Syed Mansoor Hussain
I can accept politics but I do have a problem with our supposedly free media. They spend hours covering those killed in US strikes across the Durand Line but they have no time for all those killed by suicide bombers
After the Marriott bombing, apologists for the bombers keep crawling out...
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Comment: Bribery and MPs —A G Noorani
Most countries treat corruption and bribery by MPs as a criminal offence triable by courts of law rather than a breach of privilege. More, within Parliament they have set up institutions run by outsiders to keep a watch on MPs’ ethics
Quaid-e-Azam’s unbroken record in India’s Central legislature...
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INSIGHT: Zardari’s day out —Ejaz Haider
The office of the president carries with it a dignity which must be preserved at all costs. And dignity is neither a function of pusillanimity nor of belligerence
First it was Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani who drew much laughter during his maiden official visit to the United States....
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view: The Palin non-factor —Chris Patten
If America wants change, why vote for a ticket that has embraced the very attitudes that gave the Bush years their character, and exemplifies some of the reasons for its unpopularity and failures, from partisan bigotry and the assault on reason and science to the “America First” dismissal of the...
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