opinion
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A new economic direction?
Hussain H Zaidi
Confident of winning the upcoming polls, the PTI has unveiled a roadmap for governance. In a word, the roadmap seeks to put in place a welfare state. It is an eye-popping promise, but, as always,...
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Neoliberalism and poverty
Amir Hussain
Poverty has been vaguely defined in development literature as an undesirable state of living with no indepth analysis of its real nature. If you read any social policy journal, an article on social...
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Welcoming Ramazan
Murtaza Shibli
This Ramazan came with a chilling welcome. Tweeting his greetings, a long-time Hindutva journalist and intellectual, Tarun Vijay, felicitated “only those who shun violence and wear Tiranga ”,...
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Europe’s Iran plan
Nasim Haider
The EU has promised Iran that it will remain committed to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action . The question is: how long can the EU withstand American pressure, even if it is serious in its...
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Digital surveillance
Hugh Handeyside
There’s no evidence that social media surveillance improves our security. Research contradicts the notion that reliable indicators exist to identify would-be terrorists or other security threats....
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The immigration debate
Jill Richardson
I don’t think I’m alone in believing there’s an intrinsic value to human life.That is, any human, no matter who they are or what they’re like, has worth simply because they’re human. On...