opinion
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Contrasting journeys, metaphors for nations
Mosharraf Zaidi
Two remarkable political appointments, many worlds apart, were made within the span of a few hours of each other last week. In the United Kingdom, a member of parliament by the name of Rory Stewart...
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Is the IMF the cure?
Abdul Sattar
The pundits of global finance capital and their stooges in Pakistan have once again come up with the idea of prostrating in front of the idols of capitalism, which is sure to play havoc with the...
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An equal education
Zohair Zaidi
Education, as we know, is the single most critical path to socioeconomic mobility. In instrumental terms, a robust education system is not just a pathway for greater socioeconomic mobility at an...
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Economic reforms-Part-XLX
Waqar Masood Khan
What would be the contours of a framework that would enable the establishment of a Treasury Single Account . To begin with, let us point out that those entities which depend on their funds from the...
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The bottomless pit
M Zeb Khan
Pakistan’s debt burden, which is almost breaking its back, is the outcome of poor economic management and bad politics. Reversing the trend is as difficult, if not impossible, as pushing back a...
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Another war
Eric Margolis
Sure. Let’s invade Venezuela. Another jolly little war. It’s full of commies and has a sea of oil. The only thing those Cuban-loving Venezuelans lack are weapons of mass destruction.This week,...