opinion
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Dealing with the KE muddle
Syed Akhtar Ali
The writer is a former member of the Energy Planning Commission and author of ‘Pakistan’s Energy Issues: Success and Challenges’.Karachi is passing through one of the worst power crises in its...
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Robber barons
Robert Reich
Why do big corporations continue to win while workers get shafted? It all comes down to power: who has it, and who doesn’t.Big corporations have become so dominant that workers and consumers have...
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The era of Twiplomacy
Amanat Ali Chaudhry
Fast-paced technological changes have fundamentally influenced the way the official business of a state is conducted in the realms of defence, foreign policy, and the entire spectrum of...
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Inclusive budgeting
Gulalai Khan
Now that the budget season is over, and reams have been written on how good or bad the federal or provincial budgets have been, it would be good to review how strategic planning and inclusive...
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Annexed
Ramzy Baroud
Wednesday, July 1, was meant to be the day on which the Israeli government officially annexed 30 percent of the occupied Palestinian West Bank and the Jordan Valley. This date, however, came and...
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A deadly nexus
Khalid Bhatti
It is a known fact that in Karachi, violent means were used to achieve political goals, safeguard personal interests and maintain political dominance for decades.The nexus of politics and criminal...