opinion
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Beyond Modi’s victory
Abdul Sattar
The stunning landslide victory of the BJP may have created a ripple of excitement among the ultra-Hindu nationalists all over India but it seems to have shattered the hopes of those who consider...
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The peg and the hole
Mosharraf Zaidi
In the last six weeks alone, press reports indicate that at least a dozen Pakistani soldiers have been martyred in North Waziristan. Another fifteen have been injured.The war that Pakistan has won...
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Mukhtaran, the survivor
Neha Gauhar
On a sunny winter afternoon, I found myself comfortably sitting on a charpoy, sipping chai on the roof of a small red-bricked house surrounded by golden wheat fields in southern Punjab. My host was...
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An onerous programme?
Waqar Masood Khan
It is curious to observe different responses from economists regarding the efficacy of the IMF programme in retrieving the dwindling fortune of the country’s economy. While some have welcomed the...
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A crumbling wall
Dror Ladin
From the beginning of his campaign for president, Donald Trump claimed that he was going to build a wall along the southern border. Friday night, for the first time, a federal judge made clear to...
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Leaving home
Michael Galant
Immigration is perhaps the defining political issue of the Trump era. The political left, right, and center, each offer their own vision for the proper treatment of those who arrive on American...