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3/16/2009
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PAKI-BASHING AS A POLICY
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ON THE ATTACK ON SRI LANKAN CRICKETERS IN LAHORE, 3 MARCH 2009
Y ...
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3/1/2009
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THE MILITANT MATRYOSHKAS -Part 1
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BOOK REVIEW OF ZAHID HUSSAIN'S 'FRONTLINE PAKISTAN: THE PATH TO CATAST ...
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3/1/2009
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THE MILITANT MATRYOSHKAS - Part 2
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And of course, there is the $ 50 million dollar question: Where is the ...
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3/1/2009
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LEAKING BORDERS
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ON PAKISTAN'S LEAKING BORDERS
Wasn’t it General H. Norman Sc ...
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2/16/2009
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YOUNG MINDS, OLD HATREDS
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ON SPEECH BY INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO YOUNG AITCHISONIANS
...
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2/1/2009
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THE BUSINESS OF WAR
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ON OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGES
It took the descendants of bla ...
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1/16/2009
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HUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE
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ON MUMBAI ATTACKS
Nationality should be a distinction, a badge ...
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1/3/2009
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UNHAPPY LAST YEAR
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ON THE OUTGOING 2008.
New Years should begin on any day other tha ...
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1/1/2009
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BREAK BREAD, NOT BONES
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ON INDO-PAK STAND-OFF FOLLOWING MUMBAI BLASTS
Those whom the ...
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12/20/2008
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IF THE SHOE FITS...
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ON THE SHOE HURLING AT BUSH IN BAGHDAD
If only President George ...
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12/6/2008
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CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF DREAD
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ON THE MUMBAI BOMBINGS
We are back in the doghouse yet again. ...
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12/1/2008
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WHEN GOD CREATED EDEN, HE MADE BORD ...
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ON INDO-PAK BORDER RESTRICTIONS
When God created the Garden of E ...
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11/22/2008
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NOT WOOD, NOT STONES, BUT MEN
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ON PUBLIC EXECUTION BY JUVENIILES
One can understand why film fo ...
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11/7/2008
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RELIVING OUR NIGHTMARES
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RELIVING OUR NIGHTMARES
We have been colonised by every power ...
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11/1/2008
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THE CHURNING OF THE COMMUNAL OCEAN
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ON INDIAN COMMUNALISM
Some wounds were never intended to heal. Th ...
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10/25/2008
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FRIENDS IN NEED
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ON REVERSION TO BORROWING FROM IMF
It reflected all the forlorn h ...
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10/15/2008
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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
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ON THE INDUS WATERS ISSUE
Satyajit Ray's film Shatranj ke khil ...
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10/11/2008
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THE ME-TOO SYNDROME
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ON DE-HYPHENATION FROM INDIA
Split from the same geographical ova ...
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9/27/2008
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NATIONAL SECURITY AND PRIVATE INSEC ...
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ON THE MARRIOTT HOTEL SUICIDE ATTACK
If there is safety in numbe ...
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9/13/2008
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THE PRESIDENTIAL PARALYMPICS
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ON THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008
Is the USA ready ...
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9/1/2008
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FRIENDS, PAKISTANIS, COUNTRYMEN
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ON PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S FINAL DEPARTURE
It would have been ...
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8/17/2008
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THE CHARISMATIC LEADER
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BOOK REVIEW ON DR S. HAYAT'S BOOK ON JINNAH
Certain leaders do n ...
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8/16/2008
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PROLONGED INDECISION
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ON MUSHARRAF'S PLANNED IMPEACHMENT
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (the ...
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8/2/2008
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A CHIEF JUSTICE DELAYED
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ON THE RESTORATION OF DISMISSED JUDGES
The philosopher-poet w ...
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7/19/2008
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THROUGH THE PRISM OF ART
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ON THE RELEVANCE OF ART TO CONTEMPORARY EVENTS
The recent intere ...
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7/5/2008
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THE COLOUR-BLIND RAINBOW
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ON MODERN SOUTH AFRICA
There is nowhere one can go in South Africa ...
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6/21/2008
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THE LEFTOVER BUDGET
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ON PAKISTAN'S 2008-9 BUDGET
Pakistan has more livestock than it d ...
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6/5/2008
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CLINGING TO MEMORIES.
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CLINGING TO MEMORIES
If there is anything sadder than a person cl ...
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5/22/2008
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THE REVOLVING DOOR CLUB
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[On Re-entry into the Commonwealth, Dawn, 22 May 2008]
The entra ...
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5/8/2008
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BELATED REVENGE
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ON POLITICALCONFRONTATION
A nation that does not produce its own p ...
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4/24/2008
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WHEN DEATH IS PREFERABLE
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ON POVERTY-DRIVEN SUICIDES No one can have a measure of the intensi ...
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1/23/2008
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THE MORNING AFTER
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ON THE OUTCOME OF GENERAL ELECTIONS, FEB 2008
Anyone who expects to ...
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1/15/2008
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IN THE LINE OF DUTY
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ON THE DEATH BY SUICIDE BOMBING OF 16 POLICEMEN OUTSIDE THE LAHORE HIG ...
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12/31/2007
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THE WHITE VEIL
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ON THE ASSASSINATION OF BENAZIR BHUTTO
She deserved better. For ...
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6/21/2007
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OUR OWN HITLER’S DIARIES
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ON AYUB KHAN'S DIARIES
It is impossible to be both a diarist and ...
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6/10/2007
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OVERDUE ANSWERS
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Book Review of MEMORIES & REFLECTIONS OF A PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT by Sulta ...
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4/5/2007
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THE MURDER OF CRICKET
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ON THE DEATH OF BOB WOOLMER, THE PAKISTAN CRICKET COACH
The ga ...
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1/28/2007
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THE CONCRETE MIRAGE
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ON DUBAI'S MIRACULOUS GROWTH
The traffic in Dubai nowadays moves ...
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12/30/2006
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SCRAPING THE SKY IN SHANGHAI
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ON A VISIT TO SHANGHAI
There was a time when every second person ...
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12/17/2006
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IN BEIJING, EAST IS NOW WEST
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ON CHINA'S REMARKABLE PROGRESS
How does one re-cycle a million o ...
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11/1/2006
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FEET OF CLAY (Part 1)
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ON PERVEZ MUSHARRAF'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY - IN THE LINE OF FIRE: A MEMOIR (2 ...
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11/1/2006
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FEET OF CLAY (Part 2)
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[Contd./ 1)
Simultaneously president and chief of army staff, Musha ...
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6/10/2006
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MURREE
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Foreword to Lala Rukh Shaukat's book MYSTIQUE OF MURREE (2006).
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3/24/2006
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WHEN ASSETS TURN INTO LIABILITIES
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ON POLITICAL FORTUNES AND SUDDEN REVERSALS
It is a given in Accou ...
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3/24/2006
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WHEN ASSETS TURN INTO LIABILITIES
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ON POLITICAL FORTUNES AND SUDDEN REVERSALS
It is a given in Accou ...
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3/14/2006
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RESTARTING THE CLOCK
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ON THE RAPPROCHEMENT BETWEEN BENAZIR BHUTTO AND NAWAZ SHARIF
It i ...
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3/9/2006
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READ BUSH'S LIPS
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ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S DEHYPHENATION OF INDIA FROM PAKISTAN
Visits ...
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3/3/2006
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MAKING CARTOONS OF OURSELVES
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ON THE DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY
There can be nothing more demea ...
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3/1/2006
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LE ROI MANQUE
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ON NAWAZ SHARIF'S RELEASE FROM EXILE IN SAUDI ARABIA
The story wa ...
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2/23/2006
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THE IGNOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE
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ON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDS
Since the Nobel prizes were first ...
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1/30/2006
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THE IRRITATING THORN OF DEMOCRACY
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ON INDIAN DEMOCRACY COMPARED TO PAKISTAN'S
THE THORN OF DEMOCRAC ...
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12/13/2005
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THE MULBERRY BUSH OF KASHMIR
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ON THE KASHMIR PROBLEM AND A SOLUTION
It was the sheer audacity o ...
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12/13/2005
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HIMALAYAN MISCALCULATIONS
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RE CHINA'S OBSERVER STAUS IN SAARC
Is there a heaven for dead pri ...
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12/8/2005
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THE ODD COUPLE
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ON PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF AND PRIME MINISTER SHAUKAT AZIZ !
No ...
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11/11/2005
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THE FAULTY BAROMETER
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ON THE SECP TASK FORCE TO ENQUIRE INTO THE KARACHI STOCK MARKET
I ...
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11/1/2005
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IT'S PAY-BACK TIME
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ON THE AID COMMITTED TO THE AZAD KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
Old s ...
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10/18/2005
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WHEN DEATH TOOK THE ROLL CALL
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ON THE AZAD KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE AND ITS AFTERMATH
Can there be any ...
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10/4/2005
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THE INOPERATIVE INTERVIEW
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ON MUSHARRAF'S INTERVEIW IN NEW YORK
Was is it just jetlag? Or c ...
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9/13/2005
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WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE
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ON MUSHARRAF'S VISIT OT THE U.S.
President Musharraf will be lea ...
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8/9/2005
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THE CHANGING FACE OF AMERICA
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ON AMERICA'S ETHNIC MIXTURE
The phrase 'Cablinasian' was coined b ...
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8/4/2005
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JHELUM
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Book Review of JHELUM: CITY OF VITASTA by Salman Rashid. (2005).
...
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7/26/2005
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THE REWARD OF SUFFERING
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ON ROBERT MCNAMARA'S MEMOIRS
It must have taken great courage - a ...
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7/22/2005
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EAVESDROPPING ON HISTORY
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ON THE DISCLOSURE OF MARK FELT AS 'DEEP THROAT'
President Richard ...
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5/27/2005
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RE-ENGINEERING HINDUTVA
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ON THE HINDUTVA PHENOMENON AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SUBCONTINENT ...
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5/8/2005
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UNDERSTANDING THE DALAI LAMA
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Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, is not simply a living Buddh ...
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5/6/2005
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WHERE IN AYODHYA IS THE QIBLAH?
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ON A VISIT TO THE BABRI MASJID SITE IN AYODHYA
Before the birth of ...
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4/28/2005
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HABEMUS PACEM
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ON THE PAPAL ELECTION AND THE KASHMIR PEACE PROCESS
Dead popes b ...
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12/18/2004
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THE PRISONER IN THE PALACE
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ON BUSH BEING KEPT IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO AVOID ANTI-US DEMONSTATORS ...
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11/30/2004
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THE GORDIAN KNOT
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ON MUSHARRAF'S PERCEPTION OF THE KASHMIR ISSUE
If only Alexander ...
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11/14/2004
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THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA
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ON THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND THE CONTORVERSIAL RESULT
T ...
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10/25/2004
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THE GUJRAL DOCTRINE REVISITED
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ON I. K. GUJRAL'S FOREIGN POLICY DOCTRINE REGARDING NEIGHBOURING COUNT ...
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10/19/2004
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THE TASTE OF GRASS
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ON THE DR QADEER KHAN EPISODE
History is growing old. It is losi ...
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10/4/2004
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A SUPER POWER VS THE SUPRA POWER
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ON THE U.S. CHALLENGE TO THE U.N.
One of the reasons for the fail ...
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9/20/2004
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NOT ENTIRELY IN COMMAND
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ON SHAUKAT AZIZ AS THE NEW PM
Pakistan is fortunate. For the firs ...
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7/11/2004
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FATHER FIXATIONS
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BOOK REVIEW on THE BOOK ON BUSH: How George W. Bush (mis)leads the Wor ...
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6/2/2004
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ABOVE AMBITION
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ON SONIA GANDHI'S REJECTION OF OFFICE
Thrice was the crown offere ...
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5/11/2004
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MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN
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ON U.S. ATROCITIES IN IRAQI PRISONS
The Allied Governments are fo ...
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3/26/2004
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TWO HALVES DID NOT MAKE A WHOLE:
P ...
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Paper for the CULTURE RESEARCH MATERIALS PROJECT, FLETCHER SCHOOL OF L ...
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3/26/2004
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THE SHIFTING QIBLAH: Islamisation u ...
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Paper for Conference on the Future of Secularism, sponsored by the Yal ...
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3/8/2004
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THE PROPHECY FULFILLED
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ON THE GROWTH OF HINDUTVA
Rivers personify the flow of time; the ...
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2/9/2004
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THE COST OF IGNORANCE
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ON PAKISTAN'S FAILURE IN TACKLING EDUCATION
In Pakistan, everyone ...
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1/14/2004
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HE STOOPED TO CONQUER
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AFTER VAJPAYEE'S VISIT TO ISLAMABAD
Mr Vajpayee will not visit Pa ...
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1/8/2004
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STANDING BY YOUR OPPONENTS
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On VAJPAYEE'S VISIT TO ISLAMABAD
President Pervez Musharraf has ...
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12/30/2003
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THE PRISONER IN THE PRESIDENCY
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MUSHARRAF'S INCARCERATION AS PRESIDENT
After yet another attempt ...
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11/1/2003
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ANSWERING THE CALL
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Book Review of Salman Rashid’s PRISONER ON A BUS: Travels through Paki ...
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10/11/2003
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CHICKEN GEORGE
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ON GEORGE W. BUSH'S DISAPPEARANCES DURING CRISES
No one who has r ...
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9/22/2003
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BULLDOZING TOWARDS PEACE
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ON THE MURDER OF RACHEL CORRIE BY AN ISRAELI BULLDOZER
In Nazi Ge ...
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8/7/2003
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CHOOSING ONE'S ENEMIES
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ON PAKISTAN'S FURTIVE CONTACTS WITH ISRAEL
‘One can choose one’s ...
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8/4/2003
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JUDGEMENT AT MOSUL
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ON THE KILLING OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S SONS AND GRANDSON AT MOSUL
T ...
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7/30/2003
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CONJOINED WITH KASHMIR
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ON PAKISTAN'S OBSESSION WITH KASHMIR
One would have to possess a ...
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7/15/2003
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THE ELASTIC TRUTH
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On UK'S JUSTIFICATIONS FOR INVADING IRAQ
Six British Prime Mini ...
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7/11/2003
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THE EMPTY CHAIR CLUB
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ON MUSHARRAF'SVULNERABILITY
Anyone in Pervez Musharraf’s position ...
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7/2/2003
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POVERTY IS NOT SIMPLY A LINE
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ON THE 2003 BUDGET
You either have to be very rich or very poor to ...
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6/23/2003
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RIGHTS OF ADMISSION RESERVED
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ON A SPEECH BY TARIQ ALI IN LAHORE
Certain types of message never ...
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6/5/2003
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ETHNICITY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
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ON THE INTERNATIONAL DIASPORA
It was during a presentation by the ...
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5/27/2003
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THE DIVIDING LINE
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ON PAK-INDO RELATIONS
Richard Nixon’s strength as a tactician wa ...
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5/12/2003
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THE RETURN BUS TICKET
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ON VAJPAYEE'S PEACE MOVES TOWARDS PAKISTAN
It was an unlikely backd ...
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3/17/2003
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THE DISUNITED NATIONS OF THE WORLD
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ON THE SECOND US INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ
Saddam Hussein is fortunate th ...
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11/2/2002
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THE IJTIMA AT RAIWIND
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ON THE IJTIMA ORGANISED BY THE TABLIGHI JAMAAT
I have never been to ...
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9/4/2002
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THE DEMI PRESIDENT, THE SEMI COAS
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ON MUSHARRAF REMAINING BOTH COAS AND PRESIDENT
The Indians have a ...
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8/1/2002
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LAHORE – WHERE FOOD IS KING (Part 1 ...
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UNPUBLISHED. Written for BELOVED CITY: Writings on Lahore, edited by B ...
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8/1/2002
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LAHORE – WHERE FOOD IS KING (Part 2 ...
|
Contd. from Part 1]
In the last decade or so, as if to demonstrate ...
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7/28/2002
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THE FAKIR FAMILY OF LAHORE (Part 1)
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Article written for the SGPC, 28 July 2002.
No family has had such ...
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7/28/2002
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THE FAKIR FAMILY OF LAHORE (Part 2)
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(Contd. from Part 1]
During the turbulent reigns of Maharaja Ranj ...
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7/23/2002
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THE MISSILE MAN
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ON A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM BECOMING INDIA'S PRESIDENT
With the formal el ...
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6/8/2002
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A VIOLENT PACIFISM
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ON PAK-INDO HOSTILITIES
History has no option but to repeat itsel ...
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5/11/2002
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THE REFERENDUM - TRIAL, AND ERROR
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ON MUSHARRAF'S REFERENDUM
It was said that the writer Agatha Christ ...
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4/3/2002
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PREFACE TO OMAR KHAN'S 'FROM KASHMI ...
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Throughout the history of human wars, the war-chronicler has found him ...
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2/22/2002
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RAHEEL AKBAR JAVED
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Introduction to Exhibition Brochure
The past and the future are co ...
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2/14/2002
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ELECTIONS: A REGRETTABLE NECESSITY
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ON THE 2002 GENERAL ELECTIONS
President Musharraf should not feel ...
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1/25/2002
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THE DEFENCES OF PEACE
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ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS BY INDIA AND PAKISTAN, 2002
Certain phr ...
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1/18/2002
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THE FATAL HEARTBEAT
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ON MUSHARRAF'S SUCCESSION OPTIONS
The Presidency of Pakistan and Ge ...
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1/7/2002
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THE TILT THAT FAILED
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ON INDO-PAK CONFRONTATION, 2002
Thirty years ago, the two wings of ...
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12/23/2001
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ANOTHER DEATH, ANOTHER MEAL
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ON THE IMPOTENCE OF THE UN
A number of innocent Pakistanis along ...
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10/19/2001
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A WAR OF INFINITE PATIENCE
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ON 9/11.
On 11 September 2001, I was in Washington, D.C.; Presiden ...
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7/24/2001
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DEATHLESS END
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ON THE ABORTIVE PAK-INDO TALKS AT AGRA, JULY 1991
It was during a p ...
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7/13/2001
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THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE
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BEFORE MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO AGRA, JULY 1991
There are moments in ...
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1/8/2001
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A COMPRESSION OF NATURE
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Review of Ijaz Ul Hassan's Art Exhibition, Lahore.
Published in LIB ...
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5/23/2000
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RARE MAPS OF PAKISTAN
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ARTICLE FOR LIBAS MAGAZINE
Ancient cartographers wanting to delinea ...
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3/29/2000
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AN AMERICAN REQUIEM
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ON CLINTON'S TV ADDRESS IN PAKISTAN
President Bill Clinton’s telev ...
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2/24/2000
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BASHIR MIRZA
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REQUIEM FOR BASHIR MIRZA
Very few of us actually knew Bashir Mir ...
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12/27/1999
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GIFTED AMATEURS
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ON THE ARMY TAKEOVER IN OCTOBER 1999
To born a Pakistani, as 4.25 ...
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8/3/1999
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A LEAP INTO THE LIGHT
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ON THE KASHMIR TALKS
It took Man a shorter time to reach the moon ...
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7/24/1999
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THE CHINESE FORTUNE COOKIE
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ON SINO-PAK RELATIONS
Who but the Chinese would have had the grit a ...
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7/21/1999
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A CHANGE OF CLOTHING
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ON MIAN NAWAZ SHARIF'S PM-SHIP
Mian M. Nawaz Sharif is the right ...
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7/12/1999
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CLIMBING DOWN FROM KARGIL
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ON PAKISTAN'S INTRUSION INTO KARGIL AND SUBSEQUENT WITHDRAWAL
It ...
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8/20/1998
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TAXATION OF BANKING
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ON THE PAKISTANI TAXATION SYSTEM
Wasn’t it the famous British humor ...
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7/24/1998
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A CLOSING DOWN SALE
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ON PAKISTAN'S PRIVATISATION EXPERIENCE
Privatisation-itis is a co ...
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7/15/1998
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MOTHER HUBBARD'S CUPBOARD
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ON THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY
Those familiar with the City o ...
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7/8/1998
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DALYLIGHT DACOITIES
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ON THE FREEZING OF FORIEGN CURRENCY ACCOUNTS BY THE STATE BANK
I ...
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6/29/1998
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WHEN POWER TURNS SOUR
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ON THE ENERGY CRISIS
The three government functionaries most clo ...
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6/27/1998
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THE REAR VIEW BUDGET
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ON THE EXPENSIVE M 2 MOTORWAY
The Ancient Romans built their road ...
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6/16/1998
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AN INDIGESTIBLE ANIMAL
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ON THE PREDICAMENT OF BEING AN INDIAN MUSLIM
If human beings can ...
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6/1/1998
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OUR RAIWIND RONNIE
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ON NAWAZ SHARIF The modern equivalent of the king/commoner exchange i ...
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5/29/1998
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POKHRAN HAS CHANGED THE FACE OF HIS ...
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ON THE INDIAN NUCLEAR TEST AT POKHRAN
'I have a vested interest in ...
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5/24/1998
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THE UNSINKABLE MR JINNAH
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ON THE FILM JINNAH
It had to happen, and it has. After fifty yea ...
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5/16/1998
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ANOTHER MILKY WAY
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ON PAKISTAN'S MILK POTENTIAL
One usually associates milk with mot ...
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4/28/1998
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BEGUM KISHWAR ABID HUSSAIN
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REQUIEM FOR BEGUM KISHWAR ABID HUSSAIN
How does one write an obitua ...
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4/21/1998
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ONLY THE DEAD ESCAPE THEIR DUES
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ON THE BANK DEFAULT SITUATION
In Pakistan, only the dead escape t ...
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2/19/1998
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEEDLE
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Book Review of COLOURS OF THE INDUS: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan ...
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2/1/1997
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A FLAWED INHERITANCE
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Book Review of J.N. Dixit's ANATOMY OF A FLAWED INHERITANCE (1995)
...
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4/28/1996
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BRICKBATS AND CRICKET BATS
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ON THE 1996 CRICKET WORLD CUP Where is that Waterford Crystal cup an ...
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12/31/1994
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FAQIR AZIZUDDIN (1780-1845)
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BIO ENTRY FOR ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SIKHISM
Published in THE ENCYCLOP ...
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12/9/1993
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THE BARK OF A PEN
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Book Review of Altaf Gauhar's book AYUB KHAN: PAKISTAN'S FIRST MILITAR ...
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11/25/1993
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WHEN FAMILIARITY BRED CONTEMPT
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Book Review of Stanley Wolpert's ZULFI BHUTTO OF PAKISTAN: HIS LIFE AN ...
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11/4/1993
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MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS
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ON THE MOVE TO DISINTER THE REMAINS OF THE LAST MUGHAL EMPEROR BAHADUR ...
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10/21/1993
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A COMMON LANGUAGE
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ON THE RIVALRY BETWEEN BENAZIR BHUTTO AND NAWAZ SHARIF
Sir Winston ...
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9/16/1993
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THE YELLOW TYGER
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ON THE 1993 GENERAL ELECTIONS
Certain poems have the durability ...
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9/9/1993
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A HIGHER CALLING?
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ON CARETAKER PM MOEEN QURESHI'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS
It was a n ...
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9/2/1993
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BANKERS IN DEFAULT
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ON THE CULPABILITY OF BANKERS
Some nations honour their citizen ...
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8/19/1993
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THE TEMPEST WITHIN
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ON MURTAZA BHUTTO'S OPPOSITION TO BENAZIR BHUTTO
There is to be an ...
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7/29/1993
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SHOUTING TO ONESELF
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ON PAKISTAN'S PRESS FREEDOM
Published in THE NATION 29 July 1993, ...
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7/22/1993
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POWER GOES THROUGH THE BARREL OF A ...
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ON THE MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN PRESIDENT GHULAM ISH ...
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7/15/1993
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THE NEW WARLORDS
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ON THE ADVICE BY COAS A. WAHEED KAKAR TO THE PM
The strength of th ...
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7/15/1993
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AN OVERDUE APOLOGIA
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A TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER COL WAHEEDUDDIN
As I left the graveyard late ...
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7/8/1993
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WHICH LIE CAME FIRST?
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ON THE CM WATTOO CASE IN PUNJAB HIGH COURT
In war, the first casu ...
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7/3/1993
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THE UNCONTROLLABLE SCREWDRIVERS
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ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
The nervousn ...
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7/1/1993
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WHILE WE STILL HAVE EYES LEFT TO WE ...
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ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
Those whom th ...
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6/24/1993
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NOUGHTS AND CROSSROADS
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ON THE NATIONAL BUDGET 1993-94
Glancing at the Federal Budget for ...
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6/18/1993
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PERSISTENT ECHOES
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ON THE PERSISTENCE OF AUTHORITARIANISM
Certain speeches read like ...
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6/17/1993
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THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT
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ON GOHAR AYUB'S KHAN'S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS
Hereditary prince ...
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6/12/1993
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THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS
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ON THE PROLIFERATION OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS
If the bread sandwi ...
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6/11/1993
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DANGEROUS ARTISTRY
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ON PRESIDENT GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN'S SELF-FORGIVENESS
Pakistanis as a ...
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5/31/1993
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STATURE, NOT HEIGHT
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ON THE SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT ON 26 MAY 1993, RESTORING PM NAWAZ SHAR ...
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5/23/1993
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THE GREAT WALLS OF PAKISTAN
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ON INSTINCTIVE ISOLATIONISM
The modern Japanese complete their ...
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5/13/1993
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THE POLITICS OF REVENGE
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ON THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 1993
Belief in reincarnation, perhaps t ...
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5/6/1993
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THE AGE OF INFALLIBILITY
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ON PRESIDENT GHULAM ISHAQ KHAN'S INTRANSIGENCE
Old men can be forgi ...
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3/1/1993
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A WIDENING VISION
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INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING EXHIBITION CATALOGUE FOR GHULAM MUSTAFA, 1993 ...
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2/18/1993
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THE SNOW-SLEIGH AT KOBE
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THE THIRD OF THREE ESSAYS ON JAPAN, FOLLOWING A VISIT IN 1991.
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2/11/1993
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THE WRONG CATALOGUE
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THE FIFTH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
As a qualified Chartered Account ...
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2/4/1993
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A JOB FOR LIFE
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ON HM QUEEN ELIZETH II
Royalty, like grains of arsenic, should ...
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1/28/1993
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BY THE YARD
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ON PROFESSOR SHAKIR ALI
‘To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may ...
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1/7/1993
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LAUNDERING THE BOOKS
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A FOURTH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
“May I speak to Mr. Blossom?” th ...
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1/2/1993
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SPIINING YARNS
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ON PAKISTAN’S TEXTILE INDUSTRY
The textile industry of Pakistan ...
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12/31/1992
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FAST-FORWARD INTO THE PAST
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THE SECOND OF THREE ESSAYS ON JAPAN, FOLLOWING A VISIT IN 1991.
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12/24/1992
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FALLEN IDEALS
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ON THE RECIPROCAL AFTERMATH FOLLOWING THE BABRI MASJID DESTRUCTION IN ...
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12/17/1992
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THE PROFESSIONAL CITIZEN
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ON PAKISTAN'S POLICE SERVICE
It had the deceptive brevity of a FIR ...
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12/10/1992
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SAVE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY
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ON PAKISTAN’S ONLY NOBLE LAUREATE DR ABDUS SALAM
If there is ...
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12/3/1992
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FATAL VISITATIONS
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ON VIP VISITS TO HOSPITALS
The visiting Angel of Death nowadays ...
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11/26/1992
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THE OFFWHITE LODGER
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THE THIRD AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
It is difficult not to pick up a ...
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11/19/1992
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UNEASY LIES THE VEIL
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ON BENAZIR BHUTTO'S MEETING WITH EDITORS, LAHORE, 15 NOV. 1992.
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11/12/1992
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MOBILE NOBILITIES
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ON ROYAL FORTITUDE
Royalty may be heckled, spat upon, have eggs ...
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11/5/1992
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THE ILLNESSES OF KINGS
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ON MODERN MEDICAL HABITS
One does not have to be a king to understa ...
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10/29/1992
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THE FIFTH PROVINCE
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ON ISLAMABAD'S ISOLATIONISM
Should we really take our national fl ...
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10/22/1992
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THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD?
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ON THE BATA GROUP
It requires character to draw attention to t ...
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10/15/1992
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SAME TO SAME
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ON THE INDO-PAK INTERCHANGEABILITY
We met in Paris of all place ...
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10/8/1992
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NOT ALL OF US ARE GREEN
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ON PAKISTAN'S MINORITIES
Should we really take our national flag ...
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10/1/1992
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BERKHAMSTED WAS THAT KIND OF SCHOOL
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A SECOND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
Liaquat Ali Khan once commented wry ...
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9/24/1992
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DID YOU GO TO AITCHISON OR SOMEWHER ...
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MY FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
“Boys in Lahore go to one of two sc ...
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9/17/1992
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FROM A HEAD, THROUGH A HEAD, TO A H ...
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ON DR KISSINGER’S SECRET VISIT TO CHINA, JULY 1971.
Just as whe ...
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9/10/1992
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DEATH IN PAKISTAN IS A GRAVE BUSINE ...
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ON FUNERARY PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN
Not many of us would have wished ...
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9/3/1992
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SEE YOU AT 13 O'CLOCK
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ON CHRONIC UNPUNCTUALITY
‘It was a bright cold day in April, and t ...
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8/27/1992
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A CHATTERING OF ACCOUNTANTS
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ON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANCY IN PAKISTAN
A bevy of girls, a drove o ...
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8/20/1992
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MAY I HAVE ANOTHER 3-UP PLEASE?
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ON A RETURN TRIP TO SWAT
You are familiar with the syndrome. You ...
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8/13/1992
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AN UNFORGIVABLE NATIONAL DEBT
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ON PAKISTANI POWS / CUPCS HELD AFTER THE 1971 WAR
It was 27 March ...
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8/6/1992
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THE WARM-WATER WAR
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ON PAKISTAN’S ROLE IN THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
Brigadier Mohammad ...
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7/30/1992
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A BOUQUET OF CARROTS
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THE FIRST OF THREE ESSAYS ON JAPAN, FOLLOWING A VISIT IN 1991.
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7/23/1992
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THE GULF BETWEEN THE GULF AND OURSE ...
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ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ARABIAN GULF STATES
A similar calamity h ...
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7/16/1992
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OUR DREAM HOUSE
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ON THE FOUNDATION OF ELECTION HOUSE
The foundation stone of our ...
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7/9/1992
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GENERAL ZIA-UL-HAQ - OUR CHIEF OF M ...
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A COMPARISON BETWEEN ZIA-UL-HAQ AND OLIVER CROMWELL
No leader in ...
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7/7/1992
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TIME TO GO?
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ON NAWAZ SHARIF'S WHISTLESTOP FOREIGN TRIPS
It is becoming diffic ...
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7/2/1992
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THE BLOOD OF MY BROTHER
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ON THE ATTITUDE OF PAKISTANIS TO EACH OTHER
Michael Jackson the si ...
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7/1/1992
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Interview with IJAZ UL HASSAN (Part ...
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Printed in LIBAS magazine, Vol.5, 1992.
Ijaz-ul-Hassan is withou ...
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7/1/1992
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Interview with IJAZ UL HASSAN (Part ...
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[Contd. from Part 1]
Q. You have been a painter, a political activi ...
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7/1/1992
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FAQIR AZIZUDDIN (1780-1845)
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Biographical entry in THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SIKHISM, Vol. I: A-D, (Publ ...
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6/30/1992
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THE FIFTH KING IN THE PACK
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ON THE RETURN OF EX-ROYALTIES TO THEIR FORMER KINGDOMS
Playing c ...
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6/25/1992
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THE ARMLESS QUEEN
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ON BENAZIR BHUTTO'S 40TH BIRTHDAY
She stands commanding the f ...
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6/23/1992
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THE CRESCENT AND THE STAR OF DAVID
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A COMPARISON BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PAKISTAN
It is time we recognized ...
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6/18/1992
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HAVE I MADE MY MEANING OBSCURE?
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ON THE PAK GOVT REPORT ON PRIVAITISATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY
A ...
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6/11/1992
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EX-EMPERORS ON THE FOOTPATH
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It is becoming increasingly common to encounter dislodged kings and ex ...
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6/4/1992
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PRIVATISATION - THE MORNING AFTER
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ON THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS
Re-reading an old diary makes one ...
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5/28/1992
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THE COSTLY JUGGERNAUT
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ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS 1992
Once again we have gone thr ...
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5/22/1992
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C. H. BARRY: A FOUNDING AITCHISONIA ...
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A requiem for Mr C.H. Barry, former Principal Aitchison College, Lahor ...
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1/17/1992
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ARMS AND THE MAN
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Review of book ISLAMIC ARMS AND ARMOUR OF MUSLIM INDIA by Dr. Syed Zaf ...
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7/1/1991
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REVIEW (part 1) OF IJAZ UL HASSAN'S ...
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Review of ‘Painting in Pakistan’ by Ijaz ul Hassan (1991). Printed in ...
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7/1/1991
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REVIEW (part 2) OF IJAZ UL HASSAN'S ...
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[Contd. from Part 1]
After an introductory chapter on the historical ...
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2/14/1991
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Riposte to Iqbal Jafree
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[In response to Iqbal Jafree's reconsideration of my review of Ijaz Ul ...
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2/1/1991
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Review of SHALIMAR GARDENS, LAHORE
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Review of SHALIMAR GARDENS, LAHORE: Landscape, Form and Meaning, by Sa ...
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1/31/1991
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Review of PAINTING IN PAKISTAN
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Review of PAINTING IN PAKISTAN by Ijaz Ul Hsssan(1990). Ijaz ul Has ...
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5/24/1990
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TWO OF EVERYTHING
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ON TWO EIDS
At first I thought my glasses might be playing tricks o ...
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7/1/1979
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Obituary for Dr W.G. Archer (Part 1 ...
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BUT ABSENCE ACHING
Published in ROOPA LEKHA, Vol. LI (1979-1980).
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7/1/1979
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Obituary for Dr W.G. Archer (Part 2 ...
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[Contd. from Part 1]
We spent the week-ends checking my catalogue d ...
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9/6/1978
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MY GREAT-AUNT & THE TREATY OF LAHOR ...
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Part 1
[Published in The Pakistan Times, Lahore]
My great-aunt ...
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9/6/1978
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MY GREAT-AUNT & THE TREATY OF LAHOR ...
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[Contd from Part 1]
Research Material
I must be honest and adm ...
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9/10/1977
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THE DEVI MAHATMYA IN PAHARI PAINTIN ...
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PAPER READ AT COLLOQUIUM ON PAHARI PAINTING, Los Angeles County Museum ...
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7/1/1977
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MINIATURE PAINTING
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Article entry in PAKISTAN: PAST & PRESENT, published by Stacey Interna ...
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5/29/1977
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Review of SADDOZAI AFGHANS OF MULTA ...
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Review of ZUBDAT AL-AKHBAR. A History of the Saddozai Afghans of Multa ...
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7/1/1974
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Review (Part 1) of INDIAN PAINTINGS ...
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Review of INDIAN PAINTINGS FROM THE PUNJAB HILLS: a survey and history ...
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7/1/1974
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Review (Part 2) of INDIAN PAINTINGS ...
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[Contd. from Part 1]
A complete bibliographical summary of al publi ...
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2/16/1974
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THE LION OF THE PUNJAB
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Review of COURT AND CAMP OF RUNJEET SING by W. G. Osborne (OUP reprin ...
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6/1/1973
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THE BASOHLI GITA GOVINDA SET OF 173 ...
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The miniature painter in India is a submerged creature; he survived be ...
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7/16/1971
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ON SALIM GHORI
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Catalogue intro for paintings exhibition by Salim Ghori, Karachi, 16 J ...
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3/31/1971
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OLD ROADS FOR NEW
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Inspired by KMC's determination to rename Karachi's roads. “Come alo ...
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3/14/1971
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FRIENDS, NOT MASTERS AND JOHNSON
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ON SEX THERAPISTS “Sex?” The pretty receptionist asked.
“What now ...
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11/1/1970
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TO THE STORE WITH SALT (Part 1)
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SPOOF ON SOCIETY COMMUNISTS “Is the People’s Proprietor in ?” I aske ...
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11/1/1970
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TO THE STORE WITH SALT (Part 2)
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[Contd from Part 1] She drained her cup of its contents of fragrant B ...
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10/1/1970
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Review of INDIAN PAINTING (Part 1)
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Review of INDIAN PAINTING: The Scene, Themes and Legends (1969) by Dr ...
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10/1/1970
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Review of INDIAN PAINTING (Part 2)
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[Contd. from Part 1]
It is quite likely that the central figures ...
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7/21/1968
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DOTS AND DYNASTIES
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A FRIVOLOUS SCHEME FOR COMPUTERISING SYEDS
“How soon does he wan ...
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2/1/1967
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ENCOUNTER WITH TOMORROW
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Published in BETTER HOMES EXHIBTION BROCHURE, organized by Farrukhnig ...
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