opinion
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Why we need a free press
Dr Naazir Mahmood
On May 3 , World Press Freedom Day is observed internationally. It was first proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993; so it has been over 25 years that journalists and writers around...
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The media’s code of silence on Kashmir
Aijaz Zaka Syed
The Indian media boasts an illustrious history. Born during the freedom struggle against the British colonial rule, it quickly mastered the rules of the game, working around the stiff curbs and...
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What freedom?
Khalid Bhatti
The world celebrates press freedom day every year on May 3. Reports by different international organisations, like Freedom House and Reporters without Borders, have been pointing out in recent years...
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The age of ineptness
Shahzad Chaudhry
The opposition led by the Sharif brothers is effectively pacified given their specific challenges, personal and legal, as indeed their absence from the political scene even as they claim centrality...
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Belt and road
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
I was in Beijing recently, where the Chinese government had organized the second session of the Belt and Road Forum. It was attended by prominent leaders from around the world, think-tank...
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Failed coup
Dave Lindorff
The imperialist neocons infesting the Trump administration, and the president himself, may think they can invent their own reality through propaganda, as Bush’s “brain” Karl Rove used to claim...