opinion
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Literature, politics, and resistance: Part - VI
Dr Naazir Mahmood
As mentioned in the previous part of this series, Afzal Tauseef was an indomitable fighter for democracy in Pakistan. She was born in 1936 in East Punjab and in 1947, most of her family members were...
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Tackling economic woes
Abdul Sattar
The recent statement of Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing augurs well for the debilitating economy of the country. The envoy while talking to the media recently in Quetta said that China is...
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Embracing diversity?
Adnan Rafiq
The inauguration of the Kartarpur Corridor and the government’s announcement of plans to restore 400 Hindu temples across the country has received enormous attention in the media.While most...
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Gaza's children
Majed Abusalama
In the last few days, as Israel intensified its military operation on Gaza, all I could think of was my one-year-old niece Ela'a, who is living with other members of my family in a refugee camp...
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Hygiene for all
Naeem Sadiq
Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi can embarrassingly claim to have built, for its estimated 20 million people, only 124 public toilets in the last 72 years. Most of these are broken down,...
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Forgotten plunder
Eric Margolis
Victor Hugo said of the devastated Balkans in the 19th century: ‘The Turks have passed by here. All is in ruins or mourning.’ Welcome to modern Iraq.The British were always masters of efficient...