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9/11 & conspiracy theories

Ishtiaq Ahmed · Jun 23, 2012

Terrorism as a tool to challenge a state or some social and political order has deep historical roots in the politics of the world but from the late 19 th century onwards it become attractive as an ideology to both extreme right and left wing political forces. …

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The Babri masjid-Ram janambhoomi controversy

Ishtiaq Ahmed · Apr 22, 2012

From 1853 onwards, the site has been marred by bitter dispute, first when the British administration fenced the site in 1859, separating the worship places of the Muslims and Hindus, to the placing of idols inside the mosque in 1949 and to the clamour for owne …

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The balance of power in Pakistan

Ishtiaq Ahmed · Mar 22, 2012

At present US support is on the side of the PPP-led government. Can that ensure a balance of power in Pakistan? In the last few weeks politics in Pakistan has exhibited volatility that could have ended with an explosion. Either the military would have carried …

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The Lahore effect

Ishtiaq Ahmed · Nov 29, 2011

These Lahore boys, all of them in their late 70s or early 80s, reminisce a Lahore of a bygone era, when it was prided as the most communally harmonious city of northern India I am a long-time resident in Sweden where I have been living since September 1973. Wh …

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The Talibanization of Pakistan: threat abated!

Ishtiaq Ahmed · Jul 24, 2011

In some statements by the power elite, the threat from the Taliban was described as more serious than that posed by India. Frightened citizens began to discuss the Taliban scourge in their private circles I t is a political adage that the modern state is a jur …

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