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The Year of the broken Crescent

by UmairJ

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been in the news a lot this year. An increase in bombings, continued criticism from its best (or worst) friend America, and the disastrous floods that left over ten million people homeless are but a few issues that have gone unresolved. Though most of my previous posts this year [...]

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Pakistan’s problems exceed Wikileak

by UmairJ

Wikileaks did not do as much damage as was first speculated. Unlike the Iraq war logs and top-secret information leaked concerning the war in Afghanistan, these cables did not hold any information that could harm innocent civilians. Wikileaks did however tell us what we already knew about everyone – the Arab dictators do not like [...]

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International Community should help themselves by helping Pakistan

by UmairJ

What should the international community do to assist Pakistan?
That’s a mouthful. Really, it is, considering there are a number of significant problems that Pakistan is simultaneously dealing with.
My main premise for even writing on why the international community should assist Pakistan is a rebuttal to a recent article on the AFPak Channel. As an undergraduate [...]

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Killing in Karachi

by UmairJ

Pakistan is in dire need of assistance.
Not to protect its nuclear arsenal, the Army has that under control no matter what Newsweek may have you believe. The government needs some reorganization and someone to literally slap them in the face (I hope the Judiciary does this) and remind them that there is literally no civil [...]

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Judiciary Vendetta

by UmairJ

Pakistan has had many problems in a very short time since the reinstatement of democracy. The escalation of militancy, sectarian violence in Karachi, the devastating floods, constant drone attacks and the constant clashing between various governmental institutions has all negatively affected the country. The ongoing tussle between the Executive and the Judiciary, with the military [...]

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