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Mar 03 2008

Wait for my column on Balochistan government formation (originally posted on Saturday, March 01, 2008)

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My column on Balochistan government titled Who should form govt in Balochistan, has been delayed. It will now appear on Monday. However plz note that I do not believe that [...]

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Mar 03 2008

PBS FRONTLINE/World’s excellent report on Talbanization in Pakistan and my comments on it (posted originally posted on Friday, February 29, 2008)

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Today I received an email from Manal Ahmad on behalf of American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)’s Frontline/world and Christian Science Monitor. The mail invited [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Column: Let us fight for digital democracy now (originally posted on Thursday, February 28, 2008)

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Breathing space | February 28, 2008

The internet that we use today is nothing new. Decades ago the Yanks had it in their military operations under the name of ‘Arpanet’. The [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Welcome back Hamid Mir, Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas - You didn’t think you were alone, did you? (originally posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008)

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Geo Television has brought back Hamid Mir in its program Capital Talk. This certainly marks the change of heart at PEMRA. [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Healing touch - the way war on terror should be fought! (originally posted on Tuesday, February 26, 2008)

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There is a lot of talk going on regarding the fate of the war on terror expecially after the change of the tide in Pakistani politics. Most of [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Pakistani general’s assassination in a terror attack shows how Musharraf and terrorists are connected (posted originally on Monday, February 25, 2008)

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A powerful bomb hit today the car of the Surgeon General of Pakistan, the senior most post of the Army Medical Corps (AMC), killing him [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Profile of the Pakistani general killed in terror attack

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Here is the profile of the assassinated Pakistani general. I will update it if I get any important information.
A graduate of King Edwards Medical College, Lahore, Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Ahmad Baig joined Army Medical Corp in [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Some very fine foreign articles on Pakistani elections: Thank you very much (posted originally on Saturday, February 23, 2008)

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Before the elections I kept on reminding my readers that the people of Pakistan especially the lawyers and the journalists were writing an altogether new chapter [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Sunday column: Crime of the media (originally posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008)

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In the last book of the Narnia series, there is a very instructive episode where everyone resisting the onslaught of an invading power is thrown to die in a small hut, which [...]

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Mar 03 2008

Musharraf’s inquisition: Reason why Youtube was blocked in Pakistan (posted originally Saturday, February 23, 2008)

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It is being claimed by the telecommunication authorities in Pakistan that youtube was blocked for featuring allegedly blasphemous documentaries. While this move if triggered by this motive is as foolish [...]

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