opinion
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The case for taxing land
I Hussain
Budget 2021-22 looks good on paper in so far as it avoids the usual compulsions of belt tightening to meet IMF conditionalities and so can claim with some reason to be expansive with a growth bias....
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Suicides, wars and conflicts
Abdul Sattar
The recent report of the World Health Organization, revealing that 700,000 people killed themselves in 2019, was largely ignored by politicians, policymakers and a large section of the global...
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A captain, not a cynic
Ali Ahsan
Sometimes your column is a blissful two weeks out, but the prime minister puts his foot in it on day two. Alas, you sigh…carpe diem.The fact that our PM is not the smartest cookie in the jar is...
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No easy exit?
Farhan Bokhari
Pakistan’s continued presence on the ‘grey list’ of a global watchdog against dirty money, must be a powerful reminder of the challenges faced by Islamabad as it tackles multiple issues,...
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Wars and ignorance
Andrew Bacevich
Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the World War II bombing of the German city of Dresden appeared the year I graduated from West Point. While dimly aware that its publication qualified as a...
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Anti-Muslim terror
Ramzy Baroud
A report submitted by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief in November last year showed that a majority of Canadians – 52 percent – believe that Muslims cannot...