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Ikram Sehgal

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The writer is a defence and security analyst, he is Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group, Patron-in-Chief Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) and the Vice Chairman Board of Management Quaid-e-Azam House Museum (Institute of Nation Building).

Breaking Election Promises

To obtain power politicians tend to make a lot of promises. Most of them can hardly be kept, in a feudal society populism is...

Frustrating the Rule of Law

Smashing more than half a dozen vehicles parked around the Minhaj ul Quran Secretariat on June 17 in Model Town Lahore under the rather...

Furthering “Democracy”?

Most politicians can be economical with the truth even at the best times. With Khursheed Shah shedding crocodile tears in the Joint Session of...

From the Editorial Desk (Sept-2014)

Dear Readers, No one can argue that many things are wrong in Pakistan but this is not unique to this country. One only has to...

Clear and Present Danger

A man starts yelling "fire, fire" in a movie theatre, the stampede towards the exits results in injuries (even deaths) among the cinemagoers. Restraining...

High Noon at Midnight

The Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri show, or as my friend Ejaz Haider puts it, the “Lucky Irani Circus”, finally made it to...

Political Compromise or Anarchy?

Historically progressive, Pakistan’s bourgeoisie has compromised with imperialism and feudal/tribal elements, with almost all political parties in Pakistan run like feudal estates. The basic...

Concept of National Security

The bankruptcy of our policies has put us under pressure internationally from disparate forces with vested interest. Domestically this only force-multiplies the effect of...
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