Pakistan 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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Opinion
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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Cultural monsters and child molesters in Gilgit-Baltistan
By Aziz Ali Dad When a society and its values become weaker, it denies existence of maladies
Read MoreGB status: Provisional province mantra — facts and fallacies
By Anayat Baig A new mantra of “provisional constitutional provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan is being floated by the ‘Naya Pakistan‘
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The trouble with our honour
Mudabbir Ali Some say it is a year-old video. Be that as it may, the video came under spotlight of
Read MoreTruth and the media
Aziz Ali Dad ‘If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed but if you read the newspaper, you’re mis-informed.’—Mark Twain Asia
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Erasing girl students
ON Monday, the KP government announced a ban on any male parliamentarian or officer entering, or being invited as chief
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