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Editorial

What Pakistan Is For

On the military, the political elite, and a state that has become an instrument of its owners.

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Jul 28, 2026
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The police post that was overrun in Ziarat on the night of July 6 was guarding a dam. Not a garrison, not a cantonment, not a nuclear facility. A dam. The Mangi Dam project has been under construction in the hills east of Quetta for years, and when it is finished it is supposed to pipe water into a provincial capital whose aquifer has been failing sin…

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