Mosharraf Zaidi wrote a column for The News until December 2011. This website archives his articles and essays.

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PTI and the thaana

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=76155&Cat=9 Far too many have characterised the PTI rally at Minar-e-Pakistan as Imran Khan’s moment. But a more accurate description would be to classify the event in Lahore as PTI’s moment. Some of the most deserved criticism of his political efforts have been about the quality and depth of his team, and the actual layers [...]

Recent Articles

Finding space for linear reason
October 11, 2011
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Dealing with ‘non-linear reason’
October 4, 2011
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Flying into Lyari for Eid
September 6, 2011
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The unthinking Pakistani society
August 27, 2011
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Progress in a messy democracy
August 16, 2011
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Punjab, Karachi and decentralisation
August 9, 2011
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The quintessential ‘un-city’
August 2, 2011
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Telling Pakistan’s story
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The Gilani and Sharif Show
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GHQ and dangerous binaries
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