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The Rise and fall of Qingqi Rickshaws and the Stumbling Transport System of Karachi

By Fatima Ahmed On August 5, 2015 the government banned the 50,000 so called Qingqi’s due to their illegal nature but this mode of transportation presented a ray of hope…

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Summits over substance

By Dean Cheng As Washington gears up for the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping, right on the heels of the Pontiff, there is a growing urgency for the United…

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Inside the MSF hospital in Kunduz

By Andrew Quilty In the muted light of a hazy afternoon, the compound was silent. The graying walls of the outer gates, streaked with vertical mud stains, were largely undamaged,…

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An opportunity for US – China cooperation?

By Michael Clarke Michael Auslin has called for a “new realism” in U.S. foreign policy toward China in these pages, one that “begins with an official acceptance that we are…

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How Churchill fought the Pashtuns in Pakistan

By Franz-Stefan Gady “Horrible and revolting”  that's how 22-year-old British cavalry officer turned war correspondent forThe Daily Telegraph and Pioneer newspapers, Winston Churchill, described in a dispatch what he saw…

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Taliban takeover in Afghanistan is a real possibility

Sometimes a single episode in a long drawn-out war helps to focus the mind. The so-called Tet Offensive in January 1968 was one such crucial turning point in the Vietnam…

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Accountability is not just for Sindh, others are also in

By Shaheen Sehbai The impression that the military cum rangers-led accountability is only focusing on Sindh, targeting the MQM and PPP, has been deliberately created as facts show that the…

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The consequences of Kunduz battle

By General (r) Mirza Aslam Baig Kunduz is a turning point of the conflict between the two opposing forces; the Americans and the Taliban. The Americans having failed to achieve…

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Pakistan initiative seeks to improve maternal-child care in rural areas

By Ashfaq Yusufzai “We are extremely happy over the government's initiative to give money to the pregnant women and enable them to seek proper treatment,” said Sharif Ahmed at a…

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Does the military still control Pakistan?

By Owen Bennett-Jones Some call it military rule by stealth. Others prefer to describe it as the generals and the politicians working harmoniously in the national interest. But however you…

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