opinion
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Budget 2020: put the people first
Humayun Akhtar Khan
There is nothing more important today than the lives of Pakistanis and survival of businesses. Helping them should be the clearly stated goal of the coming budget. Putting the effect of the Covid-19...
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Pandemic and power
Lola Allen
On April 29, Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Anez, announced that the country would be moving into a “dynamic quarantine” phase on May 11. This decision was intended to alleviate the...
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High cost of low price
Shahzada Irfan Ahmed
Every year the world observes 'No Tobacco Day' on May 31 with emphasis on how to discourage people from smoking and countering the efforts of cigarette companies aimed at marketing themselves in...
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Words of wisdom
Dr A Q Khan
More than enough is being written about the coronavirus and politics, so I turn instead to words of wisdom from the famous Sadi Shirazi."There was once a vizier who had a not-so-intelligent son, so...
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Diagnosing SMEs in KP
Shahid Ali
According to the World Bank, small and medium enterprises contribute significantly to the global economy by employing 50 percent of global labor and representing 90 percent of all forms of...
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Literature and turmoil
Ariel Dorfman
It is a sad paradox, but perhaps not surprising, that some of humanity’s greatest writing has been born in times of turmoil. In an effort to make sense of painful encounters with death and loss,...