PTI erring ministers told to show respect for media professionals
ISLAMABAD – An English has reminded PTI ministers Faisal Vawda and Fayyazul Hassan Chohan they were in office because of
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Opinion
Why has Rahaf al-Qunun captured the world’s attention while Hakeem al-Araibi is left in jail?
The reasons are varied but likely include the age-old non-science of what makes news and what doesn’t Helen Davidson Australia,
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Politics: Empire’s racketeers
Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of
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Global justice: How to think about Empire
Boston Review speaks with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term ‘postcolonialism.’ In her second novel,
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Toward changing the language of creative writing classrooms
Praise, like criticism, can make us forget what art is for By Helen Betya Rubinstein I open the creative writing courses
Read MorePakistan in 2019: Recommendations for navigating change
To mark the New Year, we asked a group of senior and emerging thought leaders and policy practitioners to list
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Welfare state: Easier said than done
WILL the PTI’s model of a welfare state serve as a catalyst to laying the foundation of an egalitarian society
Read MoreTerrorism bogey
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been almost two decades since the ‘war on terror’ exploded into the public consciousness. Today,
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Zahid Ali The new man in town told Mullah Nasrudin, “I have come out there to make an honest living.”
Read MoreGood thieves vs bad thieves
Amir Hussain The notion of binary opposition has worked well in our politics and it continues to shape our political
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What is the morally appropriate language in which to think and write?
Arundhati Roy on the complex, shifting politics of language and translation in India By Arundhati Roy The following is Arundhati Roy’s W.
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The missing girls
A report in Dawn shed light on attitudes that still exist towards the female child through interviews with would-be mothers
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US-China antagonism
The world in 2019: The vexed politics of our times has obscured the view ahead. Many of those peering with
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Slowing economy and inequality force new priorities for Chinese rulers
Leaders of world’s second-largest economy face some of their most difficult policy decisions in years in 2019 Lily Kuo Beijing
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QAU’s land issue is PTI govt’s litmus test
Pervez Hoodbhoy PAKISTAN’S powerful political class has used all possible means, extreme violence included, to enhance its personal wealth and
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