opinion
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Will Fata be lost to history again?
Syed Ali Zafar
In the 1800s, the area previously known as Fata was strategically nestled between Afghanistan and the British Empire. These were the days of the Great Game – a chess match between the British and...
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Miles more to go
Abdul Sattar
The recent order of Karachi Police Chief Amir Shaikh, asking cops not to harass couples is worth appreciating. Moral policing has already done much damage to society since the time of dictator Gen...
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A never-ending ordeal
Rabia Mehmood
As the world awaits the Supreme Court’s verdict on Aasia Bibi’s unjust conviction and death sentence in a blasphemy case, hardliners have started agitating both online and offline, increasing...
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Negotiating the IMF programme
Waqar Masood Khan
After a considerable delay, the government has finally decided to approach the IMF. A Fund mission will soon be visiting Pakistan for negotiations. It is much easier to agree on a programme but far...
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The cricket metaphor
M Zeb Khan
Imran Khan, our much-celebrated PM, draws heavily on cricket as a metaphor to share his views about the way he conducts himself in politics and his vision for how he will put the country back on...
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Trump’s debt burden
Robert Freeman
The almost 1,400 point, two day drop in the Dow was the market putting its money where its mouth is on Trump’s economic and trade policies. .Just as Trump was gifted $400+ million dollars from his...