Farrukh Khan Pitafi’s Official Website

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Coalition politics is one of the most difficult of products of democracy. To win over and and take a huge number of differing parties along is quite an onerous task. While in most cases the coalitions that are formed prove welcome news [...]

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The establishment seems unnerved by the prospects of a UN probe into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. If you see clearly the blackmail and the red tapism has already begun. Unfortunately the most effective lever used is the [...]

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I am not someone who does not believe in second chances. In fact, I am such a believer that I am bitterly opposed to the idea of capital punishment. If that punishment is scrapped it would only mean that [...]

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A lot has been made of the “deadlock” between the PML-N and the PPP. As Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif came out today for a press chat it was learnt that even this impression was misplaced. NS even [...]

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Today the Supreme Court of Pakistan is expected to rule on something only too crucial. It is being said that the verdict on the issue of graduation as the necessary qualification for the legislators will be announced at 4 PM (Pakistan Standard [...]

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Love is in the air. Or as Reg Presley had titled his song performed by The Troggs and later by Wet Wet Wet, ‘Love is All Around’. The other day I read in Musharraf’s section of [...]

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As the Olympic torch was brought in public in Islamabad I was wondering how many of the participants know of the Mount Olympus, the Olympian gods, Hercules’ mythical contributions to the origins of the game. [...]

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Owing to my readers’ growing demand I am launching my review blog. The main purpose of launching this separate blog, albeit hosted on the same server, is to create a permanent niche for the review material I generate apart from the politico-social content [...]

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I believe now that Musharraf has failed in the basic foreign policy test set forth by the Western democracies in recognizing Israel as a state, he is bound to try and charm China. Indeed in his first [...]

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“Dear Mr Pitafi, let me tender my reverential accolade on an exegesis and an obiter dictum that is so congruous with the weight of history and political realities. The article’s entelechy and [...]