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Apropos: “‘Unfortunate incident’ in Bahawalnagar: Joint inquiry to be conducted: ISPR” Reference: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40298267/unfortunate-incident-in-bahawalnagar-joint-inquiry-to-be-conducted-ispr; https://www.independenturdu.com/node/165566 Bloody noses and solidarity may work fine in a game of boxing, they tend to go less well together in actual life. Although a statement from police on Musk’s X told spectators (sic) that an event in Bahawalnagar took place because…
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اگلے روز بھارت کے وزیرِ دفاع نے ’پیش گوئی‘ فرمائی کہ ان کا ملک پاکستان میں جا کے دہشت گردوں کو مارے گا۔ اِس پہ ہمارے دفترِ خارجہ کو امن کی یاد آگئی۔ چند ہفتے قبل بھی امن کی یاد آئی ہوتی تو اچھا تھا، لیکن تب افغانستان پہ حملہ کرنے کی جلدی تھی۔ تاکہ…
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Preface I have provided ‘definitions’ for the terms involved in another web log. Briefly, dual state is a term used by Professor Morgenthau to describe activities of American intelligence agencies; Dimorphism is a division between secular and religious institutions; Parallel Structures are fabricated by Fascist or other outside parties. The current work is indebted to…
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نوٹ: تین چیفس کے معنی مندرجہ ذیل مضمون، جو کہ ۵ فروری کو لکھا گیا، کے دوران چیف ایگزیکٹیو، چیف آف آرمی اسٹاف اور چیف جسٹس، پشاور ہائی کورٹ، کے ہیں؛ جبکہ بہرہ مند، سینٹر تنگی ہیں۔ اِس مضمون میں 2023 کے آخری ہفتوں اور 2024 عیسوی کے پہلے ۵ ہفتوں کی چند خبروں پہ…
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Apropos: https://www.brecorder.com/news/40281981/missing-persons-cases-sc-asks-probe-commission-to-file-report During the hearing, the Chief Justice of Pakistan told a plaintiff, whose husband is missing for about two decades, that I don’t see why this government or those in charge of various institutions would want to assume responsibility if someone else earlier had done something illegal. There is every reason that if they…
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By Moazzam Ali Qureshi Autumn 2023 Under Discussion: Hussain Nadim, Aid, Politics and the War of Narratives in the US-Pakistan Relations: A Case Study of Kerry Lugar Berman Act (Routledge Asian Studies Association of Australia: South Asian Series, 2023). With supplementary notes on and special thanks to Tilak Devasher, Pakistan at the Helm (HarperCollins Publishers…
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Best part of the knowledge / wisdom is that gained / accumulated without fighting for it (against another). It flows like a river – sometimes even accepting refuse. . Co-operation between two nations’ Military-Industrial complex may seem one-sided yet each state’s military gets its primary goal satisfied: dumping old hardware so as to continuously churn…
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Apropos: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1070841-wide-range-of-probe-actions-under-way-to-punish-may-9-attackers-planners (2023-hemera-136). The moment we dare to hang a flag sub-national with the National Flag, we are in the realm of Dual Standards. When I.S.I. [Directorate] zindabad chants had been heard on the streets, we were already ushered into the realm of Dual Standards. When we try civilians under Army Act, we commit our…
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You can see them navigating far-flung areas; sometimes wearing helmets and protective gear while bravely reporting on war (or wearing no masks and going unapologetically near to the scene the while ‘Minister of COVID-Propulsion’, Great Britain, is attempting to flee). Like military, news media can always draw upon long lists of martyrs, many belonging to…
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Inscription: Angela Markel A Note on the Text The idea was to write down a monograph of 600-words length but what you will be reading are several drafts. Together read, they are repetitious and better editing would have been a plus. At the same time, it was thought that certain points will not come across…