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Khaled Ahmed
Khaled Ahmed was born in 1943 in Jallandhar during the siege of Stalingrad. He has been an opinion writer based in Pakistan for the past 40 years. Over his decades of experience, he has worked for The Pakistan Times, The Nation, The Frontier Post, The Friday Times and The Daily Times, three of which have been closed down either permanently or temporarily. He is now consulting editor at Newsweek Pakistan, based in Lahore. Ahmed graduated from Government College Lahore during the 1965 war with India with an MA (Honours) on the roll of honour, along with a diploma in German from Punjab University. In 1970, he received a diploma in Russian (Interpretation) from Moscow State University. In 2006, he wrote the book, Sectarian War: Sunni-Shia Conflict in Pakistan at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC.
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Things are panning out in favour of a US-Pak thaw. Time may also be right for India-Pak normalisation
Wed, Jul 24, 2019
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Children, women will have to bear the brunt of an Islamist revival in Kabul
Sat, Jul 20, 2019
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Modern societies are rejecting globalism for exclusionary categories.
Sat, Jul 13, 2019
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As Pakistan initiates 23 cases against him and his aides for terrorism financing, a look at the fraught context
Fri, Jul 05, 2019
India-Pak, a pivotal momentSubscriber Only
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India can start negotiating to inaugurate an era of peace that may transform South Asia, with India as its central power
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Pakistan’s First LadySubscriber Only
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A recent book frames the life and legacy of Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan.
Mon, Jun 24, 2019
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The role of religion in Pakistan cricket is disturbing.
Mon, Jun 17, 2019
We Got TrumpedSubscriber Only
June 08,2019 01:11:52 AM
US president has exploited the discord between nations to his country’s advantage.
Sat, Jun 08, 2019
The Ally’s NudgeSubscriber Only
June 01,2019 03:37:47 AM
Push from China could force Pakistan to operate as a normal state
Sat, Jun 01, 2019
It is time India and Pakistan address Kashmir, restore bilateral relationsSubscriber Only
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Now is the time for PM Modi to add another “victory” to his electoral triumph: Get Pakistan to allow bilateral free trade including cross-border investment. Of course Imran Khan will have to play ball by delaying the “peace talks” on Kashmir as “normalisation” with India proceeds.
Sat, May 25, 2019
Asia Bibi’s plight retrains the spotlight on Pakistan’s Blasphemy LawSubscriber Only
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This “black law” has made hundreds rot in jail. It seeks to punish with death individuals who insult the Holy Prophet in “word gesture or innuendo” — it typically targets the minorities in Pakistan.
Sat, May 18, 2019
Pak PM admitting to his country harbouring terrorists is a significant momentSubscriber Only
May 11,2019 00:21:55 AM
There was nothing wrong with Khan’s “confession”. That the Iranian Baloch terrorists organise themselves in Karachi’s underworld is globally known.
Sat, May 11, 2019
The Women who ruled: In patriarchal South Asia, women leaders have to act tough or risk being toppledSubscriber Only
May 04,2019 02:30:56 AM
Why do women rulers act tough? Suvorova has this diagnosis: “The male majority considered women to be inherently apolitical, passive, easily swayed, eager for compromise, incompetent, subject to the influence of their male entourage, and in a word, marionettes controlled by puppeteers present among advisors in the party hierarchy or cabinet.”
Sat, May 04, 2019
Wisdom From The FringeSubscriber Only
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In era of ideology and nationalism, reflections on what ails Pakistan.
Sat, Apr 27, 2019
Imran Khan wants peace and dialogue. Engaging Pakistan is in India’s interestSubscriber Only
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This year, for the first time, Pakistan has changed tack. It thought of normalisation of relations with India before frontloading Kashmir. There was the Kartarpur Corridor facilitating Sikhs in their devotional travels inside Pakistan.
Sat, Apr 20, 2019
When Travel Closes MindsSubscriber Only
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Pakistanis are returning from abroad radicalised, not anglicised as before.
Sat, Apr 13, 2019
Majoritarian madnessSubscriber Only
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Sat, Apr 06, 2019
No one tames TalibanSubscriber Only
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Pakistan has no influence, only cause to fear Taliban and its patron, al Qaeda
Sat, Mar 30, 2019
Once Pakistan’s pawn in Afghanistan, Mullah Baradar is now cast in role of interlocutorSubscriber Only
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Sat, Mar 23, 2019
The Persistent Ghost Of MantoSubscriber Only
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He described Partition’s ‘morning after’. Pakistan still doesn’t understand.
Sat, Mar 16, 2019
The looming threatSubscriber Only
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Sat, Mar 09, 2019
Talk, but not on KashmirSubscriber Only
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India-Pakistan dialogue should focus, instead, on reviving trade
Sat, Mar 02, 2019
How judicial activism has aggravated the backlog of cases in Pakistan’s courtsSubscriber Only
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Sat, Feb 23, 2019
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Sat, Feb 16, 2019
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How Western liberalism has failed South Asia.
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