opinion
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Democracy on a leash
Babar Sattar
There is no polite way of saying this: democracy and its institutions are on a very short leash. With Sadiq Sanjrani elected chairman of the Senate, the gamekeeper has made known to all and sundry...
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Falling exports
Yusuf H Shirazi
At the time of Independence, there was no manufacturing industry in Pakistan. However, soon thereafter Pakistan realised the importance of industrial and manufacturing units, and several such units...
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The future of government
Dr Sania Nishtar
Governments in countries such as Pakistan – with exploding and rapidly urbanising populations – face increasing challenges to deliver ‘good government’. In the context of scarce resources...
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Renewing Russophobia
Murtaza Shibli
Sergei Skripal, a former British-Russian double agent, and his daughter Yulia’s alleged poisoning by a nerve agent has been used to foment a new escalation against Russia amid an already increased...
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Breaking the ice
Robert C Koehler
Perhaps the best political news of the Trump era has been the emergence of sanctuary cities – city governments valuing the presence of immigrants and standing for the protection of their right to...
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The 16th year
Medea Benjamin
Of the countries where the US and its allies have been waging war since 2001, Iraq is the only one where epidemiologists have actually conducted comprehensive mortality studies based on the best...