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WE the Punjabis have never excelled in the art of associating together to pursue the common good. A few relevant cases described below may be of interest. An unceasing

ACTIONS have consequences that catch up with us sooner or later. But this law of nature does not seem to apply equally to rulers. Presidents and prime ministers

AMBIGUOUS are words, phrases, or statements that are open to more than one interpretation. Ambivalence is a state of mind in which a person entertains at the same

POLITICIANS in Pakistan tend to flatter their audiences with the observation that they, the peo-ple, have waged a long struggle for democracy. Following the election held on Feb 18,

PERVEZ Musharraf resigned as president on Aug 18. The two Houses of parliament and the four provincial assemblies, acting as an electoral college, will elect a new president

WE have all heard of environmental degradation. The ozone layer of the earth’s upper atmosphere is becoming thinner and there is the danger that one day it may

ON July 26, 2008 a Cabinet Division notification announced that the Inter Services Intelligence Directorate had been taken out of the prime minister’s establishment and placed under the

SENATOR Khalid Mahmood (JUI-F) recently called upon Mr Nawaz Sharif (July 14) to stop raising “non-issues” such as the reinstatement of the deposed judges. Others have spoken

WHEN two or more persons make plans to commit a crime, they may be said to have hatched a conspiracy. Discussion of the project does not become a conspiracy

IT has been strangely quiet on the political front with no report of any significant development, except that the government may be toying with the idea of launching