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Shahab Usto

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A hard state?

Misconceived state policies have pushed the country into an abyss.

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Fiddling with the federation

The people of Sindh are restive for many legitimate reasons.

06.03.2025 100

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Judiciary — an apologia

There is a strong view that the judiciary is responsible for the tragic fate that has befallen it.

12.02.2025 80

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Legitimacy and order

POLITICAL legitimacy and order are the distinguishing features of modern democracy. Legitimacy provides legal and moral foundations, and order...

04.01.2025 7

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Judiciary’s debacle

ON the International Day of Democracy in September, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extolled the virtues of democracy, calling it the “cornerstone of...

14.11.2024 10

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Course correction

THE government seems to have developed a firm belief in the efficacy of a ‘military solution’ to every malaise that afflicts state and society. No...

13.09.2024 30

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