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برگر اور چرغے کے مابین دال روٹی کہاں ہے؟ | دانش مصطفیٰ

By دانش مصطفٰے
May 2013

٢٠١٣ کے عام انتخابات نے بہت سوں کو سوچنے پر مجبور کر دیا ہے کہ واقعی پاکستانی عوام نے ووٹ ڈالے اور کیوں؟


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Something to Crow About? | Daanish Mustafa’s Blog

By Daanish Mustafa
May 2013

Mr. Nawaz Sharif is preparing to be the 3rd time Prime Minister of Pakistan around the time of the anniversary of our nuclear tests in 1997. But is that really something to crow about?
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A Look at Pre-Election Theories from the Comfort of Hindsight, or What Were We Thinking? | Bushra Zaidi’s Blog | Elections 2013

By Bushra Zaidi
May 2013

This has been an election for testing theories. The biggest surprise, let’s face it: the Pakistan People’s Party lost. Badly.
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Between Burger and Chargha, Whither Daal Roti? | Daanish Mustafa’s Blog | Elections 2013

By Daanish Mustafa
May 2013

The elections underline the urgency for the left to devise new idioms and articulate new ideas. Chargha and Burger might be hip for the bourgeoisie, but there is nothing better for the soul of the polity than daal roti for all.
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Urbanization and Political Change in Pakistan | Daanish Mustafa

By Daanish Mustafa
May 2013

Meeting old friends in the Pakistani diaspora, one is struck by their angst and curiosity about Pakistan
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The Line Between Good and Evil | Daanish Mustafa

By Daanish Mustafa
Apr 2013

We need to contest the ownership of the term 'terrorism' by the world’s elites. I propose a different definition.
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Cirque du Democracy | Bushra Zaidi

By Bushra Zaidi
Apr 2013

The great guiding myth of all debate in Pakistan is that politics is bad for this country.
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