opinion
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What set Haseena Moin apart?
Dr Naazir Mahmood
Haseena Moin has been a watershed for Pakistani TV plays. When she died on March 25, 2021, at the age of nearly 80, she left millions of fans sad and nostalgic about an era that resonated with...
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Reframing taxes
Angela Bradbery
For two decades, conservatives have successfully cemented in the public discourse that taxes are a burden. In 2001, conservatives in Congress successfully pushed through tax cuts that most benefited...
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Food and energy inflation
Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri
There are many ways to measure inflation. It can be measured as ‘core inflation’ that looks at change in prices of goods and services excluding energy and food ; as ‘headline inflation’ that...
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Vaccine woes
Nick Dearden
On the anniversary of the United Kingdom’s first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, as candles were lit in doorways and the country mourned 125,000 deaths, the prime minister was in the mood...
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Spring in Lahore
Iftekhar A Khan
Those who visit the Model Town Park to walk on the track or just sit there on benches to savour the loveliness of the surroundings know how exhilarating an experience it is. But the fresh look the...
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Bazaar traders in urban Punjab
Foqia Sadiq Khan
The informal economy in Pakistan is one of most-understudied phenomena despite its huge prevalence. Marketplace traders are an important part of the informal economy of the country and sociologist...