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Adnan Falak

Adnan Falak

The writer is a freelance columnist and has worked as a broadcast journalist. Email: adnanfalak@gmail.com

Political insanity

By: Adnan Falak | May 07, 2013

A sojourn, at a dusty roadside tea stall, in a small town of south Punjab, offered me an interesting opportunity to gauge local opinion about the upcoming elections. It has become a norm that ...

The great provincial game

By: Adnan Falak | February 25, 2013

There is a Latin saying: “When you bargain with a fox, beware of tricks.” When it comes to playing vulpine gimmicks and pulling off political stunts, no one does it better than Mr Asif ...

Democracy in peril

By: Adnan Falak | January 28, 2013

On 15 April 1814, in a letter to his friend, second President of the United States, John Adams wrote, “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There ...

Hell on earth

By: Adnan Falak | October 09, 2012

On March 17, 2011, a government sanctioned jirga was convened at Datta Khel, a small town in North Waziristan, attended by some 40 tribal elders, including 35 officially appointed maliks. The ...

Fixing Fata - the British way!

By: Adnan Falak | September 22, 2012

One year after military operation in South Waziristan, we are nowhere near the desired peace, the militancy is still raging, the situation in adjoining tribal agencies have deteriorated, and the writ ...

Wheat subsidy: a blessing or a curse?

By: Adnan Falak | July 12, 2012

Wheat is an important staple crop, essential for food security and economic viability of many nations around the world. In the form of bread, it lies at the core of our social and economic activity. ...

What ails Balochistan?

By: Adnan Falak | June 01, 2012

If someone has to witness the strangest paradox in Pakistan, no province is better suited for this observation than Balochistan. According to the Geological Survey of Pakistan, out of the 50 minerals ...

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