opinion
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Justice Isa and the Bigger Picture
Salaar Khan
The writer is a lawyer.In Pakistan, the Money Trail is in the eyes of the beholder. One of several pseudo-legal terms to have crept into common currency, post-Panama, ‘money trail’ is the loose...
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Displaced by disasters
Alessandra Bergamin
In September 2018, heavy rains caused the banks of Bangladesh’s Padma River to collapse. The resulting floods swallowed as many as 100 homes a day in the Shariatpur District, an area south of...
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Unanswered question of independence
Syed Mohibullah Shah
Was the independence of Pakistan from the British Raj in 1947 an act of de-colonization or merely a communal event? And is it any comfort or consolation to be robbed of your rights and resources by...
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The finance minister’s statement
Kaiser Bengali
Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen’s May 5 press conference was a breath of fresh air after a decade of fuddling and muddling on the economic front, particularly the last two and a half years. He has...
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What makes a good educator?
Zainab Iqbal
It is no secret that the Pakistani education system is broken. Elite schools refuse to enroll differently-abled children, corporal punishment still exists, math and science curriculums are outdated,...
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Saving the PTI - Part II
Zirgham Nabi Afridi
Positions of party leadership are now out of reach of Pakistan’s middle-class let alone its peasants and daily-wagers. The PTI, like other traditional parties, is now a rich-boys club. Instead of...
