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MJ Akbar is the editor-in-chief of The Sunday Guardian.

Silence of the vultures
18th May 2013
Silence of the vultures

The only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee was buying toilet paper at a

No country for confusion
11th May 2013
No country for confusion

The results of the Pakistan elections should be far less important than the fact that elections are taking place. There will always be theorists, who find comparisons between the past and present irre

Anwar is on song in Malaysia
4th May 2013
Anwar is on song in Malaysia

In Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's campaign is on song, sometimes literally so. He does tend to remind his massive rallies that it's "Now or Never". Even if everyone does not catch the all

The will and won’t of corruption
27th Apr 2013

A neuroscientist of Indian origin, V.S. Ramachandran, has noted that the human brain might get lost in variations of "free will", but can certainly be clear about a "free won't". Mr Ramachandran shoul

Birnam Wood is not moving, yet
20th Apr 2013
Birnam Wood is not moving, yet

Macbeth, Shakespeare's most self-destructive politician, was confident that he would never lose power until Birnam Wood began to move. Since it seemed highly unlikely that a whole forest would trot ac

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