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Hoodbhoy: Elections Won’t Change Much In Pakistan
Znet Article, May, 12 2013
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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All in all, Pakistan will have moved forward — but only by an inch
Hoodbhoy: On Elections, Extremism, and Science
Znet Article, May, 01 2013
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Interview on the upcoming general elections in Pakistan, the performance of the previous government, minority and sectarian issues, and secularism
Hoodbhoy: Banning a Textbook – The Punjab Government Panics
Znet Article, April, 09 2013
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The shameful retreat of the Punjab government before the forces of narrow-minded intolerance and prejudice augurs ill for the future
Hoodbhoy: Killing Without Passion, War Without Valour
Znet Article, March, 09 2013
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Let us de-glorify war and remove the military junk littering our roads and public squares
Hoodbhoy: The Bomb is Immoral
Znet Article, February, 21 2013
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A talk about the state of science in Pakistan and the growing threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity at large
Hoodbhoy: Whither Pakistan? A Five-Year Forecast
Znet Article, July, 01 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The clouds hanging over the future of Pakistan's state and society are getting darker
Hoodbhoy: Let Us Become — Proudly — Bayghairat
Znet Article, May, 11 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The more morally and intellectually bankrupt a leader, the louder he thunders about qaumi ghairat (national honour)
Hoodbhoy: Why Karachi Burns Again And Again
Znet Article, April, 10 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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What turned an idyllically clean and peaceful city of earlier decades — one that I grew up in and loved — into today’s hell-hole?
Hoodbhoy: Education: The PTI’s False Promises Won’t Help
Znet Article, February, 09 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Pakistan desperately needs education that produces socially responsible, thoughtful, and well-informed individuals
Hoodbhoy: The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
Znet Article, January, 24 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Once upon a time Iran was Pakistan’s close ally
Hoodbhoy: Iran’s Bomb and Pakistan
Znet Article, January, 17 2012
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Pakistan’s real dilemma comes not primarily because of America — with which it is now rapidly cutting off ties — but Saudi Arabia
Hoodbhoy: Deepening the Pakistan-India Divide
Znet Article, October, 28 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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As travel barriers become ever higher, their respective populations are becoming progressively more unfamiliar and estranged from the other
Chomsky: Decline of American Power, Part 2
Znet Article, October, 25 2011
Noam Chomsky
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Interview topics include the decline of American power, Arab Spring, rise of China, Islam-West relations, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Chomsky: Decline of American Power
Znet Article, October, 21 2011
Noam Chomsky
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Interview topics include decline of American power, Arab Spring, rise of China, Islam-West relations, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Hoodbhoy: Nuclear Electricity: A Fallen Dream?
Znet Article, October, 01 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A string of energy-starved developing countries have looked at nuclear power as the magic solution...until Fukushima
Hoodbhoy: What Next: A Sunni Bomb?
Znet Article, August, 09 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The Islamic Republic of Iran stands at the threshold to the bomb
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan after Osama
Znet Article, June, 10 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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For multiple reasons, bin Laden’s killing has become a bone stuck in the throat of Pakistan’s establishment
Hoodbhoy: Anniversary: What if Pakistan Did Not Have the Bomb?
Znet Article, May, 29 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The bomb it has helped bring Pakistan to its current grievously troubled situation and offers no way out
Hoodbhoy: The Curious Case of Osama bin Laden
Znet Article, May, 04 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Bin Laden’s death should be regarded as a transformational moment by Pakistan and its military
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan awaiting the clerical tsunami
Znet Article, January, 23 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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On January 4, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s largest province, was gunned down by his own security guard, Mumtaz Qadri.
Hoodbhoy: Drones: Theirs And Ours
Znet Article, November, 23 2010
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A drone – of the kind discussed here – is a programmed killing machine. By definition it is self-propelled, semi-autonomous, and capable of negotiating difficult local environments.
Hoodbhoy: Is The Check In The Mail?
Znet Article, December, 17 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Hear ye, Counterpunch readers! The victory of Native Orientalists - the ones which the late Edward Said had warned us about - is nearly complete in Pakistan.
Hoodbhoy: The Saudi-isation of Pakistan
Znet Article, November, 04 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A stern, unyielding version of Islam is replacing the kinder, gentler Islam of the Sufis in Pakistan.
Hoodbhoy: Imperialism and Islamism: a View from the Left
Znet Article, July, 13 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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It is both healthy and necessary for the Left to keep seeking new utopias and to re-imagine the outlines of a future classless society. But to pretend away the ugliness of the real world – or to think that all conflict today is class conflict â€...
Hoodbhoy: Whither Pakistan? A five-year forecast
Znet Article, June, 12 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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First, the bottom line: Pakistan will not break up; there will not be another military coup; the Taliban will not seize the presidency; Pakistan's nuclear weapons will not go astray; and the Islamic sharia will not become the law of the land.
Hoodbhoy: Towards Theocracy?
Znet Article, March, 15 2009
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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For 20 years or more, a few of us in Pakistan have been desperately sending out SOS messages, warning of terrible times to come. Nevertheless, none anticipated how quickly and accurately our dire predictions would come true. It is a small matter t...
Hoodbhoy: The Mumbai Massacre And Pakistan's New Nightmares
Znet Article, December, 13 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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In spite of vociferous demands by the Indian public, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government has withstood the pressure to conduct cross-border strikes into Pakistan. Correspondingly, in spite of the bitter criticism by Islamic parties, Pakista...
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan's Westward Drift
Znet Article, September, 08 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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For three decades, deep tectonic forces have been silently tearing Pakistan away from the Subcontinent and driving it towards the Arabian Peninsula. This continental drift is not geophysical but cultural, driven by a belief that Pakistan must exch...
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan's problems start at the top
Znet Article, April, 26 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf seized power in Pakistan eight years ago, claiming that the army had to step in to save the country from corrupt and incompetent politicians. Since then, he has run both the army and the government himself, with the connivanc...
Hoodbhoy: The War Of Drones
Znet Article, March, 09 2008
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Drones, machine and human, have drenched Pakistan with the blood of innocents. On the one side are US-made drones such as the MQ-1B General Dynamics Predator - a remote controlled, self-propelled, missile-bearing aerial system. On the other side a...
