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Jun 25 2008

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan - World’s 5th Public Intellectual

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Barrister Aitzaz Ahsen has been recognized by the Foreign Policy Journal as the world’s fifth best public intellectual. Here is the link: The World’s Top 20 Public Intellectuals. Read it yourself.
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May 28 2008

Is Osama bin Laden dead? - What Benazir had to say on Osama’s death

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Maybe it is nothing but a slip of tongue on the part of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto but her interview with David Frost is important in many aspects. While sifting through YouTube I came [...]

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May 15 2008

Salmaan Taseer - New Punjab Governor - A Welcome Development

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News has just arrived that Salmaan Taseer has been nominated for Punjab’s gubernatorial gadee. While it is still unconfirmed, contrary to many sentimental types, I consider it a welcome development. Primarily because it shows that the role [...]

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May 14 2008

Advertising in Pakistan - What happened to good old aesthetics?

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For quite sometime I have been using a metaphor to highlight the lack of proper policy orientation in our country. In several of my columns I have brought to the fore the example of a Lollywood choreographer [...]

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Apr 21 2008

Graduation and the public office

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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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Mar 20 2008

Zardari gives interview to one of Pakistan’s finest journalists

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One of Pakistan’s best journalists Aamer Ahmed Khan went to interview Asif Ali Zardari. The resulting interview is a must read. Since it was done for the BBC I am carrying it with due attribution. However [...]

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