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Is America Still Safe for Democracy?
Why the United States Is in Danger of Backsliding
By Robert Mickey, Steven Levitsky, and Lucan Ahmad Way
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States—a man who has praised dictators, encouraged violence among supporters, threatened to...
SBP says Rs256b, Commission claims Rs87b loans waived off in 38 years
ISLAMABAD - The State Bank of Pakistan had informed the Supreme Court that Rs256 billion were waived off between 1971 and 2009, but the Justice (Retd) Syed Jamshed Ali Commission report says that Rs87 billion were written off...
ہم توہمیشہ سے اقبال کے ناقد رہے ہیں خاص طور اقبال کی تنقید برائے تنقید کی عادت کےایک ایسی عادت کے جو اقبال کی زبان و بیان پر کامل دسترس کی وجہ سے عوام میں بھی مقبول ہوتی چلی گئی- اقبال جو خود دوسروں سے نظریات ادھار مانگتے تھے- اور جن سے مانگتے تھے پھر انہی کو تنقید کی چکی میں بھی پیستے تھے...
دور کہیں افق پہ روشنی کی ایک کرن نظر آئی ہے
ایک کے بعد ایک جھٹکا لیکن قومی سیاسی جماعتوں نے جس بردباری، سیاسی پختگی اور سنجیدگی کا مظاہرہ کیا، وہ یقیناً لائق تحسین ہے
وزیراعظم نے جس طرح اپنی جماعت کے لوگوں کو عمران اور ریحام کے معاملے پر چپ سادھنے کا حکم دیا، اور جس طرح ان کے لوگوں نے،...
ابن صفی کے جمہوریت کے بارے میں خیالات
اگر آپ اسلامی نقطہ نظر سے پوچھیں تو اسلام میں جمہوریت جیسی کسی شے کی گنجایش نہیں. اسلام تو الله کی ڈکٹیٹرشپ کا نام ہے. جمہوریت میں دھارے کے ساتھ بہنا پڑتا ہے جبکے اسلام دھارے پر چڑھنے کو کہتے ہیں. اسلامی مملکت کے لئے صرف ایک ایماندار فرد کی حکومت کافی ہے کہ...
A German Organisation is looking for Human Rights and Democracy expert for Pakistan. The project is home based for 4 weeks and compensation is good.
I know I will find many siasat experts in this group that is why I am sharing it here.
I am new here and I don't know if I am allowed to share...
Introduction
After the first anniversary of the Arab spring in January 2012 much has changed in the Muslim
world and its shocks continue to reverberate across the world. Whilst the uprisings in the Muslim
world continue perceptions of the Muslim world both inside and outside the region...
He was sitting in his easy-chair in a very comfortable way, reading a book about the rise and fall of the states. It was almost midnight and it was complete silence except for the occasional sirens of patrolling vans or ambulances. The door opened up with a bang loud enough to draw his attention...
General Suharto stepped down about 15 years ago. Here's an excerpt of today's New York Times story on the Indonesian strongman's legacy:
"Mr. Suhartos spirit continues to loom over modern-day Indonesia. He brought the country back from the brink of political, social and economic calamity in...
Hmmmmm This is an interesting idea...
As the elections draw nearer, discussion on democracy is back in fashion. There are people who cant help praising the current system we have while others cant help criticizing every aspect of it. And then we have those people who just want to get rid of...
The most democratic of them all
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-169792-The-most-democratic-of-them-all
Mushfiq Ahmad
Saturday, April 06, 2013
From Print Edition
A few articles have been published on these pages recently lambasting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...