The costs of discrimination: How equal rights can boost economic growth
New research suggests that a more equal society is a more productive one IT IS OFTEN said that rapid social
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Praetorian penury: Pakistan’s army is to blame for the poverty of the country’s 208m citizens
IT HAS FOR so long been a country of such unmet potential that the scale of Pakistan’s dereliction towards its
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120 days on, Port Qasim dock workers continue protest
Over 1,000, workers hold protest rally in Karachi to press their demands; Workers union threatens to shift the protest camp
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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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PTI operating 18 undeclared bank accounts: SBP report
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: A report submitted by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the Election Commission of Pakistan
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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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Indian MPs pass contentious citizenship bill that excludes Muslims
AFP India’s lower house passed on Tuesday legislation that will grant citizenship to members of certain religious minorities but not
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PM sacks heads of gas utilities over energy crisis
REUTERS Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday sacked the chiefs of Sui Natural Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui
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Setbacks for May as MPs debate Brexit deal before historic vote
AFP British MPs on Wednesday begin five days of debate ahead of a historic delayed vote on Prime Minister Theresa
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Afghan Taliban call off peace talks with US over ‘agenda differences’
Reuters PESHAWAR The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they had called off peace talks with US officials in Qatar this
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China invites UN observers to restive region of Xinjiang, but with ‘conditions’
AFP China said on Monday it would welcome UN officials to the restive western region of Xinjiang with the condition
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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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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
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Punjab, not army, owns Okara military farms, officials tell NCHR
For the first time, army has admitted that they do not own Okara Military Farms agriculture land. Farooq Tariq In
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