opinion
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Europe’s refugee policies
Richard Hardgian
Last month a fire roared through the refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos, a few miles from the coast of Turkey. The immediate cause of the fire is unclear, but there were clashes between...
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Health of the nation
Ghazi Salahuddin
It is a matter of life and death. We have heard this fearsome expression a number of times during the past two weeks, after the Islamabad High Court suspended Nawaz Sharif’s sentence on medical...
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The principle of poverty alleviation
Amir Hussain
The adverse impact of poverty can only be realized at the household level with all its multidimensional manifestations, while its causes are rooted in the national and international processes of...
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The gap
Dr Farrukh Saleem
Our cabinet is up in the Moon; the other 210 million Pakistanis down below. Up in the Moon, tomatoes sell for Rs17 per kilogram. Down below, tomatoes sell for Rs320 per kilogram. Up in the Moon,...
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CPEC and Pakistan’s debt burden
Dr Talat Anwar
The CPEC mega project worth $62 billion is considered to be a game-changer for Pakistan. The progress of CPEC has, however, been affected in the wake of the economic crisis since 2018.There have...