opinion
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The ‘soft’ use of hard narratives
Aimen Siddiqui
The writer is an assistant editor at The NewsLast month, in an imaginary world conjured up by the Indian media, Karachi’s non-existent Gulshan-e-Bagh area became the centre of a civil war. The...
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Important gains
Anna Jacobs
While our eyes have been glued to the electoral vagaries of the presidential race and deciphering the results and implications of this unprecedented election, we should not forget about what is...
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Pakistan and the rights agenda
Asif Durrani
A few weeks ago, Pakistani diplomacy, known traditionally for punching above its weight, landed another historic win when Pakistan was elected to a fifth, three-year term at the UN Human Rights...
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A mindset for pollution
Ather Naqvi
It’s the same time and the same smog but a different year. A lot many reasons have been pointed out for the scary smog that visits Lahore but hardly any steps are taken to solve this problem.More...
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Four years later
Hamid Dabashi
“They came, they uprooted, they burned, they killed, they plundered, and they left.”This is celebrated Persian historian Ata-Malik Juvayni’s description of the Mongol invasion of Central...
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All about interests
Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani
The election process in the US is always of great interest for the people of Pakistan. Different reports are being presented about the incumbent US President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Every...