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		<title>The belief in change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmad Rafay Alam The Economic Survey 2009-2010 is available and online for all to access. It paints a startling picture of this Islamic Republic and presents ground realities that cannot be ignored. And if one cares to compare what it says with the recent budget, the mismatch between what people need and what the government <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/10664/the-belief-in-change/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting the environment-Ahmad Rafay Alam</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few days before the World Environment Day, the Punjab government has announced a scheme to grant the land reserved as forests and protected by law for agricultural purposes. With less than 5 per cent of Pakistan&#8217;s surface having forest cover, this new initiative is like a slap in the face of the environmentally <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/10623/protecting-the-environment-ahmad-rafay-alam/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A terrible beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmad Rafay Alam With the completion of the latest package of the Lahore Ring Road, you can traverse the northern parts of the city and get from the airport to Ravi Road in fifteen minutes. All is changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born. I took the road from the airport last week and <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/10590/a-terrible-beauty/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The right to the city- Ahmad Rafay Alam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last August, an unlikely but highly motivated group of artists, musicians and social activists in the German city of Hamburg occupied the city&#8217;s Gangeviertel buildings. They were protesting the city&#8217;s attempt to woo a &#8220;creative class&#8221; to spur urban development. In October, they published their manifesto, Not in Our Name, whose opening lines immediately betray <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/10165/the-right-to-the-city-ahmad-rafay-alam/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New thinking on public parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmad Rafay Alam The Supreme Court and the High Courts have always been the protectors of parks and green spaces. Recently, the Supreme Court had a wholesale shopping market in Karachi agree to relocate after finding that the land it occupied was originally meant for public space. The Supreme Court is also hearing cases regarding <a href='http://www.opfblog.com/10105/new-thinking-on-public-parks/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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