Source: Press Trust of India
Islamabad, Oct 6 (PTI) Facing flak for President Asif Ali Zardari’s description of militants in Jammu and Kashmir as “terrorists”, the Pakistan government today said there was no change in its position and it was committed to the Kashmiri people’s right of self-determination.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman said there had been no […]

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Source: New York Times
For months, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have argued over whether Iraq was the right war to fight in 2003. On Friday night they delved for the first time into the problems one of them will face on Jan. 20: Whether America has to be ready to carry out military action […]

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Source: Daily Times
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The United States must recognise the analytical failures of its current Pakistan policy considering that President Pervez Musharraf’s rule fostered fundamentalism and it is only through democracy that Pakistan can be turned back towards moderation, according to an analysis published here.
Raj Purohit, a senior fellow at the Washington think tank, […]

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Source: [Emergency] Mailing List
By Yousuf Nazar
The new government’s economic managers may hold the key to its success or failure. Inflation, energy crisis, and stagnant exports would need immediate attention. There is a tendency to look at the economic issues in isolation from the politics but the economic policy would need heavy engagement from the new […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Kaiser Bengali is currently working for Collective for Social Science Research, a research company based in Karachi, economist Bengali has also served as the managing director Social Policy Development Centre between 2001-2004. Here he talks with TNS about a range of issues and gives his own economic blueprint which is closely tied up […]

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