opinion
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The tech-enabled economy
Syed Asad Ali Shah
It is unfortunate that Pakistan has become a slow-growth economy for several years, primarily owing to substandard leadership that has reigned over the last seven decades.This has made our...
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Development beyond Europe
Abdul Sattar
For a long time it had been a widely held belief that only people in Europe could excel in science and technology. It was perhaps because of the fact that all the bastions of knowledge, research and...
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Irrelevant numbers
Farhan Bokhari
Conditions of daily life across Punjab have already cast a dark shadow over official optimism.
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Enrolment matters
Dr Nasir Iqbal
The prevalence of child labour in Pakistan is very high, with up to 22 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 14 years in some provinces engaged in the worst form of child labour, including...
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Systemic deficiencies
Bede Sheppard
We heard repeatedly that children – who tend to escape the more severe symptoms of COVID-19 – have had to sacrifice the education to which they are entitled. The school shutdowns are part of...
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Palestinian resistance
Ramzy Baroud
The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine could reignite the...