opinion
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Where’s the focus on Kashmir?
Nayeema Ahmed Mahjoor
The writer is a Kashmiri activist and former journalist.The question is often raised in political and media debates about the muted response of the international community in response to the gross...
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Lies about poverty
Jesse Jackson
Poverty in America used to be far worse; about a third of Americans lived in poverty in the 1950s. Poverty was reduced, dramatically, by Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. The war on poverty was...
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A tale of two conventions
Amanat Ali Chaudhry
Held after a gap of a week from each other in August, the Democratic and Republican conventions articulated their formal party positions on a range of issues and offered visions to take the country...
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A combined approach
Aftab Siddiqui
On World Health Patient Safety Day today , the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be the most serious threat to public health globally.New records are made each day. Worldwide cases have crossed...
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The fight for equality
Themrise Khan
Can the current generation of Pakistani women achieve the impossible? Can they set Pakistan’s women free?The women-led movement for justice, equality and rights, has had a long history in...
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Gaza in quarantine
Sahar Atrache
In late August, the coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, found a foothold in the Gaza Strip, one of the most densely populated territories in the World.Since then, infections have spiked...