opinion
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Challenging the wasteland
Dr Naazir Mahmood
My column ‘How to make an intellectual wasteland’ that appeared in these pages on January 24, 2020 elicited interesting responses from my readers both in Pakistan and from abroad. A majority of...
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What’s next?
Robert Koehler
Let’s not forget: We are standing at the edge of global change. I believe what’s visible in this fleeting moment is our own evolution.Let’s not let this moment flicker and die, to be replaced,...
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Dear Zain
Adiah Afraz
As I type these words, I want to press delete and start again. ‘Dear Zain’, I want to begin. ‘Dear Zain: I hope you are well….’Because that’s how all my communication with Zain usually...
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Women, politics and opposition
Foqia Sadiq Khan
The conventional consensus is that Pakistan lags behind severely in gender equality. However, one area where it has made progress is women in politics. It is one of 70 countries in the world that...
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Vaccine thieves
Ruth H Hopkins
The former head of a Canadian casino company and his wife, an actress, were recently charged under Yukon Territory’s Civil Emergency Measures Act for chartering a private plane to fly into the...
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Test of the Republicans
Tahir Ali Khan
If the impeachment trial of former US president Trump in the Senate depends on the support of Senate Republicans, it is gradually becoming highly unlikely.The majority of the Senate Republicans have...