opinion
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Banking on the ballot
Kamila Hyat
With the country now set to hold its first-ever election held in the hot, steamy month of July — on the 25th — political activity will soon be at an all-time high.We can expect tussles within...
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Correcting inadequate structures and policy voids
Shireen M Mazari
Pakistan gets placed on the Financial Action Task Force Grey List. The US threatens Pakistan on multiple counts but we remain silent. India increases its cross-LoC and Working Boundary attacks, but...
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Nuclear mainstreaming
Yasir Hussain
The Western academic community agrees that, had India not detonated its nuclear devices, it would have been almost impossible for Pakistan to go nuclear.This week, on May 28, 2018, Pakistan marked...
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Shifts in development
Dr Murad Ali
I attended the 6th Biennial High-level Meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum , which took place at the UN Headquarters in New York between May 21 and May 22.The DCF is the principal platform...
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To the people of Punjab
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif
Today, I look back at my abruptly terminated first term as your chief minister in 1997-1999, followed by over one year in various prisons across Pakistan, until I was ‘forced’ against my will to...
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Trade deficit
Dean Baker
A trade deficit reduces demand in the economy. It means that some of our spending is creating demand in Europe or Mexico, rather than in the United States. Other things equal that means less demand...