opinion
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Let’s celebrate, countrymen
Syed Talat Hussain
Countrymen, patriots and the rest of Pakistanis! Time and tide have brought on your doorstep two joyous bundles of news after a very long time. It is unfortunate that some good-for-nothing carpers,...
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Religious politics after NA-120
Zaigham Khan
The house and the last resting place of Syed Maududi, the founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami , is located in Ichra, an area of Lahore that falls in the National Assembly constituency NA-122. Going by...
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An unending war on women
Mushtaq Rajpar
Not a day passes in the country, Sindh in particular, when deadly violence against women goes unreported. For decades, we have witnessed an unending war against women of all ages, yet our response...
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Random thoughts: The Rohingya massacre
Dr A Q Khan
For the past few weeks, we have been seeing and hearing about the horrific persecution of Muslims in the Arakan district of Myanmar . Fanatic Buddhist monks and regular troops have burnt huts,...
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A sincere leadership
Waqas Younas
Here’s a thought experiment: How would you teach a person who is blind since birth what an elephant looks like? The size of an elephant makes it harder for the blind person to visualise the...
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Racial politics
Basav Sen
As I watched coverage of Harvey’s flood damage in Houston, Irma’s wreckage in the Caribbean, the devastating record monsoons in South Asia, and the fresh nightmares of Hurricane Maria, I...