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Binned Laden and the geopolitical saga
May 3rd, 2011. ‘Hypocrisy is the tribute that virtue pays to vice’ said the Duc de la Rochefoucauld in 1678. Now, 333 years on, that maxim echoes loudly with...
Do you want to be watched?
The new rules under the IT Act are an assault on our freedom Privacy is a necessary but not sufficient condition for security. A bank safe is safe only because the...
Regarding IT rules
The government has recently announced a series of four Rules under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended in 2008). These pertain to safeguard of sensitive...
Hunting down Geronimo
The Abbottabad raid and its implications Now, there can be very little doubt over whether the Pakistani military leadership, Generals Ashfaq Kayani and Shuja Pasha...
More arrows in the quiver
India needs to create a range of options against Pakistan. In a spectacular operation deep inside Pakistani territory, described by Robert Gates, the US defence...
Unreal diplomacy at the UN
The vote on Libya New York suffered a tediously long winter this year, but for a few weeks in March there was an unusual sense of spring-like renewal at the United...
Why Germany abstained
A vote to move beyond trans-Atlantic unity While NATO attacks on Libyan forces continue intermittently, another debate rages alongside. This one concerns why Germany...
Why India matters in Afghanistan
Development assistance at a decisive moment In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death, voices in Washington are becoming increasingly critical of America’s military...
Pakistan must come clean
Handing over the Taliban leadership should be the next step. The daring covert American operation that assassinated Osama Bin Laden under the nose of Pakistan’s...
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Pakistan’s demographic genie SHAHID JAVED BURKI, former finance minister of Pakistan reviews the trends in Pakistan’s demographics and population policies in...
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