Despite the reforms, it appears that old forms of colonial frontier governance will continue, at least, until the region’s proposed merger 5 years from now. By then, it is likely that FATA’s disaffected classes will have lost faith in the process.
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اردو | The logic of security, rather than welfare, has governed the approach of civilian and military officials towards the million people who have been displaced from North Waziristan by Operation Zarb-e-Azb--to tragic consequences.
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A primer on the operation.
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Exclusive | While the world celebrates Press Freedom Day this week, Pakistani journalist recounts being picked up by security forces in an ordeal he calls "torturous."
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eng | اگرچہ بنوں پر حکومت آئین پاکستان کی ہے لیکن پھر بھی پاکستانی ریاست کا اس سے سلوک زیادہ تر نو آبادیاتی ہی رہا ہے ۔ پاکستان کے اس حصے میں ابھی راج ختم نہیں ہوا۔
اردو | Two villages encircled by the capital’s naval complex fall outside the state’s security concerns. Reportage
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