opinion
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Five million in five years
Dr Miftah Ismail
With much fanfare – albeit with austerity too – Prime Minister Imran Khan announced his intention of building five million new homes in Pakistan. I say ‘austerity’ here because his plan...
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Water and peace
Amjad Masood
The new government revealed the broad layout of its policies through the PM’s victory speech and inaugural address. It provided a clear focus to combat climate change and strengthen the...
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The tower cranes
Nadeem Ul Haque
About 17 years ago, I lamented the sorry state of our cities in a series of articles in local newspapers with the title, ‘Where are the tower cranes?’As usual nothing happened. Governments...
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Shades of governance
Atta-ur-Rahman
I have been advocating a technocratic system of governance for many years. Such a system can exist under both a presidential and parliamentary systems of democracy and there are many successful...
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An education commission
Mian Salimuddin
Created in 2002, the HEC assigned itself the role of a facilitator for institutes of higher learning. From day one, it thus abdicated from the leadership function and settled for a secondary role of...
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An unequal world
Sam Pizzigati
Two meticulously sourced – and deeply disturbing – warnings about our shared global future have appeared over the past week. One has terrified much of the world. The other hasn’t, not yet at...
