opinion
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The twain shall meet
Aijaz Zaka Syed
“The current dynamic agitating Europe is Islam,” writes Akbar S Ahmed in his new book, ‘Journey Into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity’, of which he has kindly sent me an advance...
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Partners in necessity
Hussain H Zaidi
Nawaz Sharif’s recent opprobrious remarks against the judiciary invoking the doctrine of necessity from time to time to validate extra-constitutional actions are understandable. However, the...
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Who represents whom?
Khalid Bhatti
The PPP is a strange political party. It has the ability to hugely disappoint or surprise one. If Bilawal Bhutto can take a bold stance against using religion as a political slogan and exploiting...
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Persons, systems and situations
Mir Adnan Aziz
An oxymoron is defined as a figure of speech wherein seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. British writer Thomas Gibbons characterised it as “sense in the masquerade of folly”. In...
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Positive politics
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
Maligning politics and politicians has unfortunately, become a fashion in our country. Every kind of negativity is linked with politicians. The most common perceptions about politics are that it is...
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Trump declares solar war
Robert Hunziker
In November 2017 war-torn Syria became the last country, other than the U.S., to sign Paris ’15 the worldwide effort to curb global warming. In the eyes of the world, America must be as mad as a...