Editorial: Nuclear fables
An article published in the latest issue of The New Yorker has created quite a buzz in Pakistan. The subject of the article by Seymour Hersh is extremely sensitive, i.e. Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. According to Mr Hersh, the Obama administration is negotiating with the Pakistan government to help secure... 
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analysis: The question of tolerance —Rasul Bakhsh Rais
We need to build tolerance by reforming the education system. A public education system that functions and has quality and public trust will go a long way toward cultivating young persons in modern values of respecting diversity and an opposite point of view
It is hard to contest the growing...
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development: The farm size debate —Syed Mohammad Ali
It is not only Pakistan but almost all of South Asia, where an asymmetry between small and large farmers can be noted in the political as well as the economic sphere. It should therefore not be surprising that policy distortions or market imperfections can create a bias towards large farms
There...
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PURPLE PATCH: Recollections —Richard Steele
There are those among mankind, who can enjoy no relish of their being, except the world is made acquainted with all that relates to them, and think every thing lost that passes unobserved; but others find a solid delight in stealing by the crowd, and modelling their life after such a manner, as is...
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OPINION: A line in the sand —Uri Avnery
In Jerusalem, there is still hope that Abbas’ announcement is merely a ploy, that it would be enough to throw him some crumbs in order to change his mind. It seems that they do not really know the man. His self-respect will not allow him to go back, unless Obama awards him a serious political achievement
Mahmoud...
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