opinion
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What’s next for Pakistan-India?
Mosharraf Zaidi
A renewal of the 2003 ceasefire at the Line of Control between Pakistan and India is unequivocally good news. Neither country’s strategic or tactical goals are served by the constant violence...
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The importance of transparency
Khalid Bhatti
In its milestone judgment, the Election Commission of Pakistan declared the results of NA-75 Daska by-elections null and void and ordered re- polls in the constituency on March 18. The ECP decision...
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Aid for politics
Hassan Hakeem
The United States Congress recently passed the omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2021. An omnibus spending bill is a type of bill in the US that combines many smaller appropriation bills into...
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Endless wars
Stephen Miles
The non-partisan Congressional Research Service maintains a list of every ‘notable’ use of US military force abroad. As of June of last year, the list ran on for 46 pages. Last night, President...
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America and the Middle East
S Qaisar Shareef
Americans often fret at the never-ending US entanglements in the Middle East. The region is considered “beyond repair”, with little regard to the US role in the dysfunction. There appear to be...
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Useless reforms
Sonali Kolhatkar
There is a scene in the new film “Judas and the Black Messiah,” directed by Shaka King and produced by Ryan Coogler, in which Chairman Fred Hampton of the Illinois Black Panther Party explains...