opinion
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Beyond the constitution
Ammar Ali Jan
The world today is witnessing a fascinating rebirth of popular republicanism. The central feature of this phenomenon is the mass public participation of citizens in defence of rights guaranteed in...
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Looking at the positive
Samia Shah
Recent reports about the federal cabinet’s decision to allow recruitment in government departments have given many hope of earning a decent livelihood; these millions have been dreaming for years...
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Health and safety
Dr Fawad Muhammad
A woman wearing a face mask passes a Public Health England sign, warning passengers arriving on flights into the UK, that a virus, Coronavirus, has been detected in Wuhan in China, at Terminal 4 of...
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Lessons from Zinn
Bill Bigelow
January 27 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of the great historian and activist Howard Zinn. Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College in the 1950s...
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Losing the plot?
Farhan Bokhari
Prime Minister Imran Khan delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. In the past week as Prime Minister Imran Khan leapt up to the world stage in...
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Burning planet
David A Love
It will be a long hot summer in Australia. Fires of almost biblical proportions have swept across the country, devastating land, property and wildlife. More than 30 people have been killed, a...