opinion
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Irrfan and Rishi - Part II
Dr Naazir Mahmood
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.How do I distinguish between good, very good, and excellent movies? Well, my definition is simple: if you watch a...
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Pushing forward
Russell Weaver
Covid-19 has set the US economy on fire. More than 30.3 million unemployment insurance claims were made over the last six weeks – the equivalent of roughly 19 percent of the nation’s civilian...
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On globalization and localization
Abdul Sattar
After the demise of the Soviet Union, millions of people started declaring it a great triumph of humankind. They asserted that no power could prevent the world from emerging as a single entity with...
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Women in power
Themrise Khan
The role of female leaders during the pandemic has received a great deal of attention in the global media. The prime minister of New Zealand has received the most praise for not just flattening the...
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An unusual Ramazan
S Qaisar Shareef
These are very difficult times across much of the world, but particularly so in the US. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases here are well past 1,100,000 and the death toll is closing in on...
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The once-in-a-year commission
Yaqoob Khan Bangash
A few days ago, the federal government announced the reconstitution of the ‘National Commission on Minorities.’ Hailed, as usual, as a ‘historic’ decision, the announcement also noted that...