Posts by Kunwar Idris
G.D. Memon: a life of hard work
From the Newspaper
MR G.D. Memon, who died in Karachi the other day, belonged to that, now all but extinct, tribe of finance...
December 9, 2011
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From the Newspaper
MR G.D. Memon, who died in Karachi the other day, belonged to that, now all but extinct, tribe of finance...
December 9, 2011
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An upright civil servant dies
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IN the death of Abdul Karim Lodhi on Tuesday in Karachi, the country has lost a committed and courageous...
November 10, 2011
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From the Newspaper
IN the death of Abdul Karim Lodhi on Tuesday in Karachi, the country has lost a committed and courageous...
November 10, 2011
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Jobs, plots and rivalry
By Kunwar Idris
ALL essays on the causes of violence in Karachi, and the measures taken to contain it, end on a disappointingly...
September 8, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
ALL essays on the causes of violence in Karachi, and the measures taken to contain it, end on a disappointingly...
September 8, 2011
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From one to sixteen
By Kunwar Idris
WHILE many amongst us still feel nostalgic about (West) Pakistan’s being one unit, PML-N leader Makhdoom...
August 16, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
WHILE many amongst us still feel nostalgic about (West) Pakistan’s being one unit, PML-N leader Makhdoom...
August 16, 2011
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Dinosaurs of politics
By Kunwar Idris
THE dinosaurs’ last hurrah was 65 million years ago after they ruled the earth for 200 million years....
August 6, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
THE dinosaurs’ last hurrah was 65 million years ago after they ruled the earth for 200 million years....
August 6, 2011
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Governance for all
By Kunwar Idris
PARTING company after sharing power — and the enormous benefits that flowed from it — for three years,...
July 19, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
PARTING company after sharing power — and the enormous benefits that flowed from it — for three years,...
July 19, 2011
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Unchanging agony
By Kunwar Idris
‘PAKISTAN struggles for survival’ was the headline of the lead story of America’s well-known magazine...
July 12, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
‘PAKISTAN struggles for survival’ was the headline of the lead story of America’s well-known magazine...
July 12, 2011
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Relations with India
By Kunwar Idris
AT a time when India is gathering laurels for its fast-growing economy and vibrant democracy and Pakistan...
June 27, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
AT a time when India is gathering laurels for its fast-growing economy and vibrant democracy and Pakistan...
June 27, 2011
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The debate on provinces
By Kunwar Idris
ASSERTIONS to the contrary notwithstanding, governance in Pakistan remains attuned to political symbolism...
June 5, 2011
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By Kunwar Idris
ASSERTIONS to the contrary notwithstanding, governance in Pakistan remains attuned to political symbolism...
June 5, 2011
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Polls can save the system
ONLY a day after the president of Pakistan signed the 19th Amendment which along with the 18th Amendment...
January 9, 2011
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ONLY a day after the president of Pakistan signed the 19th Amendment which along with the 18th Amendment...
January 9, 2011
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Political antics & governance
PAKISTAN`S parliamentarians and ideologists are both out to garner public laurels: the former for amending...
January 2, 2011
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PAKISTAN`S parliamentarians and ideologists are both out to garner public laurels: the former for amending...
January 2, 2011
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Rising graph of discontent
PAKISTAN`S large and liberal but politically passive, or unassertive, majority has always been hostage...
December 26, 2010
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PAKISTAN`S large and liberal but politically passive, or unassertive, majority has always been hostage...
December 26, 2010
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Partisan law ministers
THE law minister in a parliamentary government, though a politician and a party man, is expected to...
December 19, 2010
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THE law minister in a parliamentary government, though a politician and a party man, is expected to...
December 19, 2010
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Corruption and extravagance
PEOPLE here have long believed that Pakistan`s public policies are greatly influenced and sometimes...
December 12, 2010
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PEOPLE here have long believed that Pakistan`s public policies are greatly influenced and sometimes...
December 12, 2010
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From one to nine provinces
PERVEZ Musharraf`s reported suggestion to divide Pakistan into nine provinces is as thoughtless as was...
December 5, 2010
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PERVEZ Musharraf`s reported suggestion to divide Pakistan into nine provinces is as thoughtless as was...
December 5, 2010
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