Editorial: President Karzai and Mullah Umar
What should one make of Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s appeal to the Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Umar that he should “return home” under guarantees of safety and “help bring peace to Afghanistan”? President Karzai says he has been “sending messages to the Saudi Arabian king requesting him, as a... 
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analysis: Working a multi-layered policy —Abbas Rashid
The grim struggle going on in Bajaur appears critical. To some degree this development of tribal lashkars being mobilised may be the result of the growing travails the tribes had to put up with as a result of the presence of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in their midst
The Marriott hotel bombing...
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COMMENT: Counterinsurgency revisited —Salman Tarik Kureshi
The false pseudo-nationalism that has the media and the middle classes mouthing senseless slogans needs to be combated politically and ideologically
President Zardari says that the western powers “understand” Pakistan’s difficult position on the issue of the Al Qaeda/Taliban-led militants....
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Comment: Restructuring the ISI — I —Shaukat Qadir
There is little doubt that the entire intelligence and security system in Pakistan needs revamping, but not the way the Americans want it
After a series of accusations against Pakistan’s premier intelligence organisation, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), we recently had another demand...
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analysis: Reverberating crises —Najmuddin A Shaikh
To restore confidence and to shore up Pakistan’s rapidly dwindling foreign exchange reserves, it is essential that large and long-term funding for Pakistan is announced by the Friends of Pakistan, especially the US
This week’s dominant news in the United States has been the failure of...
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opinion: Put out or be put away —Rafia Zakaria
In a complicated world, the misogyny of those like Maulana Ghafar has begun to parade itself as protecting against the leering ignominy of men. At the same time, the patriarchal reduction of women as objects of beauty meant for male consumption has also disguised itself as supposedly urbane progressivism
Maulana...
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