opinion
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The Kashmir challenge
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
The writer is a former ambassador to the US, India and China and head of UN missions in Iraq and Sudan.Pakistan, along with the rest of the world, faces several real and likely to become real...
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Domestic violence
H Patricia Hynes
On March 23, 2020, as Covid 19 was overtaking the world, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres pleaded for peace: “To warring parties: Pull back from hostilities. Silence the guns; stop the...
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Climate change and Pakistan
Saleem Safi
Karachi, the city of lights, is the commercial hub and financial capital of Pakistan. Being the backbone of the Pakistan’s economy, it contributes about 25 percent to the country’s GDP and 55...
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Plight of the miner
Khalid Bhatti
The death of 22 miners as a result of a marble mine collapse in the Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again highlighted the plight of Pakistani miners. The incident took place in...
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Is parliament relevant?
Sultan Muhammad Khan
On a January afternoon in 1642, the Stuart King of England, Charles I entered the House of Commons. This was not a scheduled entry of the monarch to parliament.He came with a heavily armed guard to...
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Remembering 9/11
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
Exact 19 years ago on September 11, 2001, when the entire Pakistani nation was mourning the death anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, some global terrorists succeeded in targeting the...
