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Marvi Memon

Marvi Memon

The writer is a former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

European “acquis diplomatique”

By: Marvi Memon | November 17, 2012

The question of “acquis diplomatique”, which is the realm of a collective European foreign policy making, and whether “there is a coherent European foreign and defence ...

China’s scientific outlook

By: Marvi Memon | November 16, 2012

China’s foreign policy under its new leadership will be defined by an age old, well thought out strategic vision. As a great believer of China’s “scientific outlook” vision, I ...

The cost of war

By: Marvi Memon | November 15, 2012

It is an obvious truth that it is cheaper to be at peace than at war. Yet, it is equally challenging how expensive it has become to achieve that peace in every part of the world. Pakistan is at war. ...

Pakistan’s fractured foreign responses

By: Marvi Memon | November 12, 2012

President Barack Obama has won the mandate to rule US and by proxy the world for another four years. We as the key ‘problem child’ of the world need to be clear on what we are faced with ...

Transition generation leaders

By: Marvi Memon | August 01, 2012

Ever since time immemorial, the thirst for maximisation of natural resources has led to the alteration of the world map. Empires have been made and broken. Countries have been born and split. But the ...

The American empire and Pakistan

By: Marvi Memon | July 25, 2012

What Lord Palmerston said at the height of the British Empire stands true for the American empire in the coming decade: “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our ...

Sindh cannot be divided ever

By: Marvi Memon | May 22, 2012

PML-N Quaid Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is the only leader of a national party, who has been categorical about how the PML-N considers division of Sindh equivalent to treason and how Pakistan's ...

Repeated attacks on HEC

By: Marvi Memon | April 11, 2012

The first attack which was launched against the Higher Education Commission was last year around the same time. The real reason the federal government put pressure on the HEC was to grab its funds ...

Asia’s Pakistan problem

By: Marvi Memon | March 22, 2012

 Marvi Memon As I stare at a graph tabulating Asia’s growth rates from 1700 to 2050, the return of Asian economic power is all evident. If all goes well for our continent, we could be ...

Proud to be with the PML-N

By: Marvi Memon | March 19, 2012

Human rights being upheld for all, protection for the discriminated, provinces being treated equally, rule of law, military-civil divide being clear, development for all, Constitution being upheld, ...

Real change in Pakistan?

By: Marvi Memon | January 19, 2012

Everyone has a turning point in their life. My political turning point came in March 2010, when after having stayed on a footpath for seven nights and seven days for the sake of merit for watercourse ...

The plan to fix Pakistan

By: Marvi Memon | November 03, 2011

Whilst the people of Pakistan suffer from food, electricity, gas, fuel shortages and the worst security and corruption environment in the country, most of the political parties are still busy ...

Youth charter

By: Marvi Memon | October 11, 2011

The youth is frustrated and disappointed with the old order. They have only seen older politicians looting the country, and thus limiting their chances of gainful employment. Most of our youth is ...

Looking for Pakistan

By: Marvi Memon | October 01, 2011

Marvi Memon As I travel in all our villages, I often try to answer the question as to what binds us together as a nation. The list of what divides is easily found because every old school of thought ...

The mess

By: Marvi Memon | September 30, 2011

Marvi Memon Pakistan is in a mess. Most of the common Pakistanis are suffering from this increasing mess for some time. It is my firm belief that none other than the small ruling elite of Pakistan is ...

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