opinion
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Who’s afraid of Safoora Zargar?
Aijaz Zaka Syed
When the history of these extraordinary times is written, the BJP may go down as a ‘great leveller.’ It has succeeded in razing to the ground every constitutional institution and democratic...
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While Cuba helps
Medea Benjamin
A team of 85 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Peru on June 3 to help the Andean nation tackle the coronavirus pandemic. That same day, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced another tightening...
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Beyond violence
Amir Hussain
Our conventional perspectives about Balochistan make it a barren land with rampant poverty, violence, insurgency and centrifugal drift. But in reality there is another Balochistan too which finds...
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Talking racism
Ameerah Said
A stand taken by a Pakistani in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests against police brutality against African-Americans in the US is often met with ridicule and...
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Online education
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
In the critical circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, the decision by the Higher Education Commission to continue the education process through the internet was a laudable step.The motive...
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An ordinary budget
Khalid Bhatti
Extraordinary situations demand extraordinary responses. We are facing an extraordinary situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the current economic crisis and the locust attacks. The government has...
