opinion
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Forging unity in Asia
Abdul Sattar
The writer is a freelance journalist.With the rapid bounce back, the Chinese economy is fast recovering, raising the expectations that it will overtake the US as the largest economy in 2028. This...
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Inequality virus
Rick Baum
During whose presidency did the one percent do better – Obama or Trump? The recovery of their losses was more rapid under Trump. However, despite the big tax break they gained under Trump, Obama...
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What has the PTI delivered?
Dr Miftah Ismail
It’s been a long two and a half years of this hybrid rule, halfway to a normal parliamentary tenure. It is time to ask: what has the PTI delivered in this time?
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The LNG debate
Nadeem M Qureshi
A recent debate on TV saw, in one corner, the redoubtable Nadeem Babar, special adviser to the prime minister on petroleum, and in the other the equally formidable Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former...
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Pakistan’s ‘Covid-21’
Farhan Bokhari
The new year arrives in Pakistan on Friday, promising to bring more than just the usual set of challenges coupled with fewer than expected opportunities for the time being.For the foreseeable...
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Transition times
Atta-ur-Rahman
In today’s world, knowledge has become the key driver for socio-economic development. Nations are no longer built just by investing in brick and mortar, roads and bridges, or dams and power houses...