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True to its cause of serving the interests of rotten Pakistani capitalism, the current PML (N) regime has unleashed aggressive neoliberal policies—making the rich even richer and the oppressed imperilled to a fierce socioeconomic onslaught—with... 
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Democratize Pakistan’s Youth « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
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The sickening murder of at least 132 innocent students at the Army Public School and College in Peshawar on Tuesday is a bleak reminder of…
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Pakistan will not succumb to the brutality and inhumanity of the Islamic State.
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The last few decades have seen the question of the environment pushed to the forefront on a world scale. The ‘green parties’ in Europe and donor-funded NGOs in the developing world have championed this ‘agenda’ predominantly.
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This is the structure of participatory democracy proposed by Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri.
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Without such popular support for a radical restructuring of state and society from below, insurrections will remain conspiracies at worst and coup d’états at best. In either case, the revolutionary objectives will not be met.
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From
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New York, August 25, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all sides to respect the role of journalists and media workers covering an anti-government demonstration in Pakistan.
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The word “revolution” has been derived from the Latin word revolutio, meaning “a turnaround”, is a fundamental change in power or organisational structure that takes place in a relatively short period of time. The Greek philosopher Aristotle, in Politics Book V, explains that there are two types of political revolution: the first is a complete change from one constitution to another constitution and the second is modifications leading to reforms, which in plain words means reforming the existing constitution into a more precise political system. Early scholarly debates and analysis of events in European history from the psychological perceptive and more modern, advanced scholarly debates have considered political science, economic science and social science as well. Over a period of 300 years, scholarly debates have simplified the complexity related to revolution.
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A government deluding itself that it is democratic just because it won an election to come to power. An opposition deluding itself that by importing a march dressed as revolution from abroad, democracy is on its way to make a nest in Pakistan.
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Last week I parted on the statement that while a secular revolution is not possible in Pakistan, neither is a religious revolution since “this country is [also] devoid of a genuine Islamic intellectual tradition”. My editor, Najam Sethi, has decided to hold me to that. “The next article should explain why you think that an Islamic ‘revolution’ or ‘insurrection’ would also necessarily require an Islamic ‘intellectual’ tradition or input which is not available here,” he wrote me. So here goes.
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During a recent political seminar, a leader of the Palestinian Left, whom I respect, spoke about the political, social and economic challenges facing the Palestinian people. In concluding his presentation, he stressed the need to protect the Palestinian national rights, strengthen popular resistance, address poverty and unemployment, support marginalised groups and promote economic and social development - including, of course, freedom of women and support for the private sector.
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During the question hour in the National assembly, in a written reply to a question submitted by MNA Lal Chand, the finance minister Ishaq Dar told the house that “from July 2013 to February 2014 the government waived Rs. 320.8 billion to the business class in tax exemptions.” This was actioned in a country whose major social indicators – tax as percentage of GDP, education spending as a percentage of GDP and healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP – are the lowest in the world.
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Some human rights activists in Pakistan have welcomed proposed federal government policies and provincial legislation aimed at improving conditions for the country's home-based workers.
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LSE’s Emrys Schoemaker argues that the spread of mobile internet in Pakistan is likely to drive social change rather than economic growth. Pakistan’s Supreme Court in September ordered the governm...
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December 1, marks the tenth death anniversary of the late Hamza Alavi. My reflections for this piece will chiefly consist of my memories of my lone meeting with him in the last years of his life, before reflecting a bit on how that meeting changed me both professionally and politically, and concluding with the relevance of his work for our own times, chiefly Pakistan.
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The conference aims to provide a platform for the youth to share innovative ideas for a political, economic and social revolution. Young entrepreneurs were invited to share their ideas and experiences.
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Unlike Malala Yousafzai, Nabila Rehman did not receive a welcoming greeting in Washington DC.
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