opinion
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Made in America
Hussain H Zaidi
The writer is an Islamabad-based columnist.In his August 27 late night speech during the Republican Party convention, US President Donald Trump put forward “Made in America” as the basic agenda...
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Lessons from Cuba
Don Fitz
As a coup de grâce to the Bernie Sanders campaign Joe Biden declared that he would veto Medicare-for-All. This could drive a dedicated health care advocate to relentlessly pursue Med-4-All as a...
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Elite capture and the PTI
Zirgham Nabi Afridi
In the developed world, citizens are groomed for economic leadership from their first year in school. Preschool and kindergarten reports in government-run schools grade students' performance in...
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Political economy of the SNC
Anjum Altaf
As an educationist, I am appalled by the Single National Curriculum. As a Pakistani, I am disappointed but not surprised.I have articulated my reservations in a series of opinion pieces. They have...
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Chaos in Karachi
Mushtaq Rajpar
Disaster preparedness historically has been very weak in Pakistan – mainly because of decaying institutions, ageing infrastructure and dangerous loopholes in the regulatory framework.Since 1985...
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City of crises
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
Karachi, once known as the city of lights, has been in the headlines for some time, due to reports related to target killing, street crime, corruption, garbage, heatwaves etc. The latest challenge...