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Quraysh Khattak

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Delayed Local Polls, Weakened ECP: Pakistan’s Crisis Of Devolution

Delayed Local Polls, Weakened ECP: Pakistan’s Crisis Of Devolution

A fundamental tenet of democratic theory dictates that sovereignty resides in the citizenry and that public authority must flow from the bottom up...

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Quraysh Khattak

Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s Political Paradox: Opposition Vs Parliamentary Principles

Mahmood Khan Achakzai’s Political Paradox: Opposition Vs Parliamentary Principles

“Evil influence is like a nicotine patch; you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.” E.A. Bucchianeri wrote these words in his novel...

05.10.2026 20

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Quraysh Khattak

Pakistan’s Federal Governance Deficit

Pakistan’s Federal Governance Deficit

Proponents of administrative decentralization routinely attribute state failures to provincial incompetence, yet federal governance reveals an equally...

03.10.2026 30

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Quraysh Khattak

The Immense Female Talent Pakistan Keeps Losing

Cruella de Vil is hardly the character anyone would cite as a source of wisdom. The flamboyant villain of 101 Dalmatians, obsessed with fur and...

25.09.2026 40

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Quraysh Khattak

When The Safety Valves Fail

A retired civil servant, educated at the London School of Economics and Harvard University, recently posted a brief observation on X that carries...

21.09.2026 30

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Quraysh Khattak

Rights On Paper, Missing In Practice

What is the state for? What does it owe its citizens, and what rights can citizens claim against it? These questions have occupied political...

20.09.2026 30

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Quraysh Khattak

The Illusion Of Ethnic Borders: Why Pashtuns Need Rights, Not Redrawn Maps

In an age defined by migration, urbanization, economic interdependence and increasingly fluid social identities, the relationship between ethnicity...

20.08.2026 30

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Quraysh Khattak

Malakand’s Law And Order Crisis: Why The Levies Must Be Replaced With Police

13.01.2026 60

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Quraysh Khattak