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Niaz Murtaza, Dawn.com
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Is Pakistan headed to the point of no return?
The bleak state of the economy and the political disarray in the country continue with no end in sight.
Niaz Murtaza, Dawn.com
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Opinion: The reasons why Pakistan turned out different from India and Bangladesh
A number of key prenatal and postnatal differences explain Pakistan’s varying path from its cultural twins.
Niaz Murtaza, Dawn.com
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Four factors that could destabilise both Pakistan and Afghanistan badly
The root cause underpinning the multidimensional malaise is the desire to impose meek regimes on both sides of the Durand Line.
Niaz Murtaza, Dawn.com
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Why Pakistan’s economy has stagnated, while Bangladesh and India have made rapid progress
Bad policies may be to blame more than corruption and dynastic politics.
Niaz Murtaza, Dawn.com
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Forget the ‘Beijing consensus’. Pakistan should stay on the path of the ‘SAARC consensus’
Some people in Pakistan want to ape China’s governance model because it ‘delivers fast progress with democracy at the bottom and meritocracy on top’.
Dr. Niaz Murtaza
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Despite its flaws, complete civilian rule is much better for Pakistan than military control
Ending the civil-military imbalance is the quickest and easiest step towards fixing the system.
Dr. Niaz Murtaza
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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