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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90df2ff3e38.jpg" alt="Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony?"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div> <!-- box/title --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391402" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391402/can-the-three-pillars-of-the-state-coexist-in-harmony" class="story__link">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony?</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">One yearns for the good old days when courts avoided passing judgement on cases of an overtly political nature. </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--mustread col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391403/elections-2018-there-are-parallels-to-be-drawn-between-now-and-2013" class="story__link">Elections 2018: There are parallels to be drawn between now and 2013</a></h2> <!-- box/byline --><div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "></span> </div></article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;"> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1390408" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1390408/pakistan-deserves-international-support-not-a-place-on-the-fatf-grey-list"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a8fe54a8fd0f.jpg" alt="Pakistan deserves international support, not a place on the FATF grey-list"/></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/title py:0 --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1390408" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1390408/pakistan-deserves-international-support-not-a-place-on-the-fatf-grey-list" class="story__link">Pakistan deserves international support, not a place on the FATF grey-list</a></h2> <!-- box/byline --><div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6751/taimur-malik">Taimur Malik</a></span> </div></article> <!-- - - - 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bed6bd969.jpg" alt="Judicial overreach"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div> <!-- box/title --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391388" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach" class="story__link">Judicial overreach</a></h2> <!-- box/excerpt --> <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony? </div> </article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;"> <!-- - - - article - - - 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1277/a-g-noorani">A.G. Noorani</a></span> </div></article> <!-- - - - /article - - - --> </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;"> <!-- - - - article - - - --> <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391386" data-layout="story"> <!-- box/image --> <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be0659f1e.jpg?r=719563700" alt="Back to the future"/></a></div> </figure> <!-- box/title py:0 --> <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391386" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future" class="story__link">Back to the future</a></h2> <!-- box/byline --><div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224061437/https://www.dawn.com/authors/112/abbas-nasir">Abbas Nasir</a></span> </div></article> <!-- - 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