opinion
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Is there a grand conspiracy?
Mosharraf Zaidi
For months now, Nawaz Sharif and his daughter have sought to convince the Pakistani voter, the international press and, in less obvious ways, the wider international community, that a grand...
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The anatomy of a Taliban ceasefire
Fahd Humayun
After months of regional stalemate, two events in June offer a potential roadmap for achieving a working peace.The first was the Taliban’s decision to accept Afghan President Ghani’s offer of an...
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No nutrition in sight
Dr Riffat Aysha Anis
As in other developing countries of the world, malnutrition remains a major public health problem in Pakistan. Malnutrition is poor nutrition caused by a deficiency or excess of nutrients in diet...
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Reworking relations
Ahmed Quraishi
Pakistan and the US won the Afghan conflict and the cold war in 1989 and 1991, respectively. But 27 years later, Islamabad and Washington are on the brink of losing the war in Afghanistan.Soldiers...
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The American nightmare
Paul Buchheit
Deniers like Nikki Haley refuse to admit that mass poverty exists in their prosperous nation. That would reflect poorly on their capitalist beliefs. But if the skeptics would look at the half of...
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Demonising children
Lewis Turner
In a June 18 press conference, Kirstjen Nielsen, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, was challenged on the problematic nature of the imagery released by her government. A Politico reporter asked...