opinion
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Reforming education?
Salman Akram Raja
The writer is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.Last week the federal government, as well as the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, issued identical directives applicable to...
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Stuck in limbo
Jalal Abukhater
Ten years ago, we, the Palestinians, were cautiously optimistic – we saw the possibility of change on the horizon. We thought the world was finally, albeit slowly, starting to pay attention to our...
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Afghanistan challenges
Saleem Safi
The Afghan Taliban and the Americans reached an agreement on February 29, 2020 in Doha. According to this agreement, the foreign forces were to leave Afghanistan within 14 months of signing of the...
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Preventing the ‘inequality virus’
Mustafa Talpur
Nearly ten months since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, the coronavirus has been massively impacting health and economic systems across the world. It is further deepening...
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Health solutions
Inayatullah Khan
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has extended the Sehat Card Plus program to more than 30 million population of the province. This is a commendable job, given the fact that each year tens of...
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Beyond the explosion
Marcos A Orellana
On August 4, 2020, nearly 2,750 tonnes of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the seaport in Beirut, killing more than 200 people, injuring more than 6,000, and displacing thousands from...