opinion
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Afghanistan: a history of blunders
Saleem Safi
The writer works for Geo TV.“The only thing we learn from history" – in the words of German philosopher Friedrich Hegel "is that we learn nothing from history”. Consequently, “those who fail...
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The return of loadshedding
Dr Miftah Ismail
Loadshedding is back. In some places for two hours a day, in some places for four or more – but it is back. It took Nawaz Sharif and his PML-N energy team, led by Shehbaz Sharif, Shahid Abbasi and...
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We can’t breathe
Aimen Siddiqui
We can’t breathe inside congested public buses where non-robots can’t control their urges. We can’t breathe in schools where teachers see us as sexual objects. We can’t breathe in homes...
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The working of the constitution
Muhammad Waqar Rana
The constitution of Pakistan will turn fifty in about two years. It is time to assess its working during all these years. It has been put in abeyance on three occasions; and several changes have...
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Regional concerns
Mustafa Abdullah Baloch
It was the late 80s when the Soviet Union pulled back its troops from Afghanistan. Today, a similar situation is being witnessed as the long-stretched ‘war on terror’ comes to an end as the US...
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An end to war?
Robert C Koehler
An end to war? It's certainly necessary, but is it politically possible?The fate of House Resolution 476, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, will give us a clue how close ‘we’, by which I mean the...