opinion
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Taliban: questions, answers, and facts
Muhammad Hassan Ilyas
Have the Taliban achieved power through the process of Shariah? Islam is clear that transfer of power is only credible through one route – and that is through advice and seeking the opinion of the...
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More supreme than the law?
Syed Ali Zafar
The judiciary is the guardian of rule of law, and that is why people have tremendous faith in it and a legitimate expectation that, when deciding its own affairs with regard to appointment of...
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Wars and heroes
Mir Adnan Aziz
Ezra Pound was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. His work focused on the insanity of wars. He theorized that wars were destructive for nations with only a clique benefiting from...
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University quality
Atta-ur-Rahman
Following my appointment as the founding chairman of the Higher Education Commission in 2002, the highest priority was given to four aspects of education in our universities: improving the quality...
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Uncertain future
S Qaisar Shareef
The rapid collapse of the US-supported government in Kabul and take over by the Taliban has taken everyone by surprise.The US was caught entirely flatfooted. Having just evacuated the last of its...
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Wealth tax
Nick Licata
Critics point out how the growing gap in wealth among Americans is not a random economic trend but a politically driven plan to protect a select group’s capital and their ability to increase it...