opinion
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The objectivity trap
Feisal Naqvi
In my previous column in these pages , I had argued that seniority was not a good criteria for appointments to the Supreme Court, and that there was ultimately no option but to leave this highly...
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The Taliban’s real test
Abdul Sattar
The triumph of the Taliban may have created a ripple of excitement among right-wing circles in Pakistan but it has also sent a shiver down the spines of human rights activists, who fear reprisals...
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American complicity
Zeeshan Salahuddin
US President Biden’s speech on August 16 was a contortionist, factually-inaccurate, face-saving exercise in the wake of the worst political, martial, economic, and foreign policy disaster in...
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Disruptive innovations
Atta-ur-Rahman
After the advent of the 4th Industrial revolution, the world has started changing at a mind-boggling pace. We now live in a world where truth has become far stranger than fiction. Each day brings a...
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Freedom
S Qaisar Shareef
Of the many ideas that loom large in the American psyche, the notion of freedom is close to the top. We hear too often utterances such as “we are a free country,” or “we are free to choose”....
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Global threats Cesar Chelala
Cesar Chelala
The recent UN report on climate change alerts the world to the dramatic consequences to the environment that increasing global warming trends in our planet pose for our survival. One of these...