opinion
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Challenging anti-people policies
Abdul Sattar
The writer is a freelance journalist.Imran Khan’s rhetorical speeches before coming into power made people believe that he was a messiah for the hapless of this country. The gullible thought that...
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Tax the rich
Patrick Cockburn
In a new study, David Hope of the London School of Economics and Julian Limberg of King’s College London lay waste to the theory. They reviewed data over the last half-century in advanced...
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Pakistan and the Afghan peace process
Mehreen Naushad
On December 2, the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban announced that they had made a breakthrough in the Intra-Afghan Dialogue. The two parties have concluded a written agreement that lays...
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A prosperous future
Karsten Noko
For many on the African continent, Covid-19 was not even the only public health emergency of the past year. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, people were also faced with the...
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Democracy moves along
S Qaisar Shareef
On December 14, the US Electoral College cast their votes. As expected, Joe Biden received 306 votes against Donald Trump's 232. While this is not news, Trump's obstinate refusal to accept the...
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What a waste
Raashid Wali Janjua
The engine of economic growth in South Asia has sputtered to a halt due to Indian intransigence and lack of vision. A region that was colonized by the British and bilked off a wealth exceeding $45...