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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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Reporters Notebook | PTI Street Protests | Elections 2013

By Hira Nabi
May 2013

Hira Nabi |  A visit to PTI protests in a Lahore constituency, where allegations of rigging has brought upper class Pakistanis to the streets.
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The Rules of the Game

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
May 2013

اردو | How did the middle class enter a patronage system made for the aristocracy?
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