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Pervez Hoodbhoy



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Why Pakistanis don't know and don't care

Shahbag Square — where's that? Abdul Kader Mullah — who's he?...

Talk to TTP but from a position of strength

Ironically, Pakistan Army also thinks of itself as the Army of divinity. Since the 1980s, the army's mission has been to protect the "ideological borders of Pakistan" together with the physical borders. It must cease posturing as the defender of ideological frontiers...

Why Karachi burns again and again

Orgies of blood-letting bring Karachi to a grinding halt from time to time. The first three months of the present year have seen 300 violent killings; the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan estimates the 2011 toll at 1,715, which averages to 33 per week. Whether prompted by the crash of a rashly-dr...



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