opinion
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China, Japan and the RCEP: Part - I
Dr Naazir Mahmood
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.On November 15, 2020, China and Japan led 15 countries to sign the largest trade pact in the world called the...
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Simplistic peace
Robert C Koehler
So here’s an odd, mostly overlooked scrap of recent news: Donald Trump wants to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq before he leaves office, and is expected to announce a drawdown of troops in...
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Language puzzles: Part - II
Anjum Altaf
The second half of the programme focused on the plight of native languages and asked if they were dying in Pakistan and what might be done to arrest that.There was agreement that many languages were...
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Justice and governance
Dr A Q Khan
During our school summer holidays we used to fondly read 'Alif Leyla' by Abu Abdullah ibn Abdul Al-Jah Sherari; 'Tilism Hoshruba' by Muhamad Hussain Jah; 'Fasana-e-Azad' by Pandit Ratan Nath...
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Indian intentions
Malik Muhammad Ashraf
Permanent representative of Pakistan to UN Munir Akram, while participating in a debate in the General Assembly on adding new permanent members to the UN Security Council, strongly rejected Indian...
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Death and despair
Graham Peebles
Grandmothers carrying babies, mothers, children, men young and old with nothing but the clothes on their backs are fleeing fighting in northern Ethiopia and making their way to Sudan, where...