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EDITORIAL: Retreat over NRO
After a high level meeting of the ruling alliance at the Presidency on Monday, the PPP government has decided not to bring the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to parliament for a vote. This is clearly a reversal but one which could have been avoided had the ruling party consulted... 
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COMMENT: The shackles of foreign aid — I —Munir Attaullah
I am a practical sort of fellow, who thinks of most matters largely in practical terms. What self-sufficiency and self-reliance buy is, essentially, a certain freedom of action
There has been a lot of talk recently, in the context of the American aid package, both by opposition politicians...
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WASHINGTON DIARY: Living in dreamland —Dr Manzur Ejaz
Bollywood, selling the capitalist fantasy, is reflective of the general mindset in India. The cinemagoers, not usually from the rich classes, are living in a dreamland even though their classes are constantly humiliated in these movies
Scores of Hollywood movies are plagiarised by Bollywood...
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PURPLE PATCH: Rudeness is democratic —Emile Faguet
If the worship of incompetence reverberates with a jarring note through our domestic morals, it has an effect hardly less harmful on the social relations of men in the wider theatre of public life. We often ask why politeness is out of date, and everyone replies with a smile: “This is democratic.” So...
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