opinion
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Corona and the rural economy
Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri
The reported share of agriculture in Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product is 18.5 percent which certainly does not look impressive.But then look at it from this angle: almost two of every five...
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Will the pandemic bring peace?
Sherry Rehman
A global pandemic that moves with lightning speed to spread its deadly payload across borders, communities and class, demands a reconsideration at many levels. Even as we struggle to shape rapid...
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Covid-19 policy focus
Morial Shah
It’s not just the economy, stupid. The coronavirus has finally killed the platitude-defining politics of the 90s. It’s about lives. It always was.Sadly, some politicians and interest groups are...
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Autumn in spring
Sabur Sulehria
Springtime is the most delightful and festive season of the year, a time when flowers bloom and trees grow new leaves. Unfortunately, this time around it was not to be; autumn took over before...
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Gaza’s new conflict
Omar Shaban
At a time when everyone was celebrating the arrival of a new decade, a rare once-in-a-100-year event took the world by surprise: a major global pandemic named COVID-19.Governments around the world...
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Fury and folly
Robert C Koehler
What if the vaccine that’s eventually developed is so large in scope it includes the words of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis?I revisit Guterres’ words of a week ago:...