opinion
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UNHCR and the refugee crisis
Amir Hussain
The writer is a social development and policy adviser, and a freelance columnist based in Islamabad.According to the UNHCR, there are some 70.8 million forcibly displaced people across the world...
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One silver lining
Samuel Earle
Fear-mongering is understandably in fashion this year, with prophets of doom having no shortage of new material to draw upon. But amid the endlessly bleak portents of our collective future – birds...
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Knowledge and power
Anjum Altaf
Everyone interested in education knows Macaulay and his ‘Minute on Education’, the basis of the English Education Act of 1835, that determined to give the native population of India “a...
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Dangerous divide
Mushtaq Rajpar
The November 3 US presidential election will be the first one whose outcome is already scary and uncertain, not in terms of who will win, but whether the result will be accepted, or a new wave of...
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Remembering a leader
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
The day of 16th October reminds us of Pakistan’s first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, a great personality whose selfless contributions for our beloved country were ever-lasting. He was a close...
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Making a super city
Malik Ahmad Jalal
The rise of empires and nations throughout history has followed the rise of their cities. The cities became cultural, economic, political and social centers attracting citizens, ideas, inventions...