opinion
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The recovery debate
Shahid Mehmood
The writer is a freelance contributor.The gloom cast upon the global economy by Covid-19 did not spare Pakistan. Already on the downward trajectory even before the pandemic struck, Pakistan’s...
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After the elections
Naomi Klein
These have been a harrowing few days. And these days have been more harrowing than they should have been. As we all know, Joe Biden won the Democratic primaries based on the claim that he was the...
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Pitfalls for Joe Biden
Amanat Ali Chaudhry
The American people have spoken in favor of Joe Biden in what has been a hotly contested and turbulent election in American history. No other election has had the world hooked on to the TV screens...
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Trump’s voters
Jack Rasmus
Media pundits and others have been deeply perplexed as to why so many Americans in this election – 70 million in fact – nonetheless voted for Trump.But it’s not all that difficult to...
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System working
Foqia Sadiq Khan
The recent tight win of Joe Biden over Trump shows that the American system is working to absorb the forces that have been left marginalized due to populist politics since 2016. The American system...
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Will he go peacefully?
S Qaisar Shareef
Four tense days of tabulating results followed the November 3 elections in the US. Finally, all major networks announced that Joe Biden had achieved an insurmountable lead over Donald Trump and...