opinion
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Why the US won’t take the bait
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered the Taliban to join the peace process in a bid to save the country. Earlier this month – just weeks after causing carnage and bloodshed in Kabul – the...
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The survival of extremism
Ghazi Salahuddin
So much is happening in the political arena at this time that any detour into another territory would seem unwarranted. The Senate elections this weekend had a star billing. There was a lot of...
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Festival fever
Dr Naazir Mahmood
If you attend literature festivals in both Karachi and Lahore, you can notice a few differences between them. First, the Karachi Literature Festival is much more cosmopolitan. You will find young...
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Capital suggestion: Alarm bells
Dr Farrukh Saleem
Current account deficit: our current account deficit surged by a whopping 48 percent to an unmanageable $9 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year. The SBP’s foreign exchange...
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The right to labour rights
Irshad Ahmad
The protection of the rights of the workers appears to have become more than a challenge for our country, particularly after the 18th Amendment was passed whereby the subject of labour was devolved...