Nationalist strongmen are bent on controlling women’s bodies
From Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro to Hungary led by Viktor Orbán, women’s reproductive rights are being targeted Afua Hirsch When
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Opinion
Russia and Kazakhstan: What’s next?
Askar Nursha, a Kazakh political analyst, speaks about relations between Russia and Kazakhstan which were very warm from the very
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Relating Marx and Hegel in Hunza
Do we want recognition or should we focus on ending our growing social marginalization and economic inequality? Sultan Abbas Outsiders
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Imran Khan: For raising expectations and not meeting them
By Osama Siddique First, both choices are rather toxic — fans, often abusive, show blind, cult-like devotion to ‘demigod’ Imran
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Asma’s legacy
Editorial IT is exactly a year ago that one of the bravest daughters of Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, passed away suddenly
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Refusing to learn
THE brazen police-led harassment of academic and activist, Dr Ammar Jan, for his participation in a PTM-affiliated protest revealed once
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Pervez Hoodbhoy BANGLADESH is not some Scandinavian heaven. It is poor and overpopulated, undereducated and corrupt, frequented by natural catastrophes,
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Editorial Even as the investigation into the Sahiwal incident continues, the country has witnessed yet another example of not so
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Baba Jan’s appeal
Amir Hussain Languishing in Gahkuch jail in Gilgit-Baltistan, progressive political leader Baba Jan’s appeal to the prime minister of Pakistan
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MYSTERY continues to shroud the sudden death of professor and activist leader Arman Loni in Loralai on Saturday. Family and
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Interview: ‘Middle East, South Asia going through big change’
Qasim A. Moini VALI Reza Nasr is one of the most important voices in international relations today. Currently dean of
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Recognising Juan Guaidó risks a bloody civil war in Venezuela
Maduro’s rule has created a crisis but he still has millions of supporters. The country needs democratic dialogue, not sanctions
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What has happened in Venezuela is a coup. Trump’s denial is dangerous
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera Juan Guaidó has declared himself president. Now the US and rightwing regimes may seek an excuse to intervene
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Collapsing glaciers, invertebrates, and resilient mountains
Maria Dombrov Collapsing Glaciers in The Himalaya–Hindu Kush mountain ranges & the Tibetan Plateau From Nature: “Tibetan communities are dealing with the
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Sahiwal shooting: How a Pakistani boy exposed police for killing his family
Hours after he lost his parents and a sibling in a bloody shooting on Saturday, a nine-year-old Pakistani boy exposed
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