Thursday 23rd February 2012 | Rabi-ul-Awwal 30, 1433
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Economics of prejudice

MUGHAL emperor Aurangzeb and Maratha warrior Shivaji were arch foes, but why? Colonial historians followed by their Indian and Pakistani protégés have projected the rivalry as a religious one.

Spring may not come again

“YEMENIS prepare to vote Saleh out of office” was The Guardian’s slightly disconcerting headline over a news report about yesterday’s somewhat fake election in a country that has experienced one...

Today

The forgotten people

RECENTLY, a report titled Pakistan flood emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis was prepared by a collaborative group of over a dozen leading...

Today

The biggest crisis

THE people of Pakistan might not fail to escape grievous harm as a result of the various crises that the privileged actors are howling about,...

Today

Role of security establishment

WHAT is a human life worth in Pakistan? Guessing from the impunity with which the intelligence agencies engage in the alleged torture and extrajudicial...

Today

Russian heatwave revisited

THE extreme Russian heatwave of 2010 was made three times more likely because of man-made climate change, according to a study led by climate...

Yesterday

Nadia attends the KLF

ON the weekend of Feb 11-12, the Karachi Lite-rature Festival unveiled a treasure of intellectual delights for the third consecutive year to...

Yesterday

An unfulfilled mandate

“DOES the bar have a mandate?” was the question posed to me when I mentioned the title of this article to a colleague.

Editorial

Parliamentary review

Parliamentary review

NEARLY three months after Salala and a month after the Parliamentary Committee...

Appointment of judges

Appointment of judges

TWENTY-eight out of the sanctioned strength of 40 judges of the Sindh High...

Counter whitewash

Counter whitewash

COMMENTATOR’S curse — is that what they call this? Too strong an expression...

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Cleaning soccer

THAT 48 people involved in soccer scandals were sentenced to different prison terms last week not only points to the achievements...