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QAU — university or jail?

IN much of the world, universities thrum with the energy of social change. A physical environment that fosters learning and exploration is why...

30.03.2024 200

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Pervez Hoodbhoy

March 23 Parade Musings

For weeks, flocks of military helicopters and fast-flying fighter jets have crisscrossed Islamabad's skies in preparation for the annual demonstration...

23.03.2024 40

The Friday Times

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Imran Khan’s resurrection

LIBERAL commentators, once maligned by Imran Khan as “liberal scum” and “bloody liberals”, have nevertheless been fair-minded and have rightly...

02.03.2024 200

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‘Yes, I voted. Here’s why’

ON Feb 8 many millions stayed home, convinced that the national elections were rigged. They cannot be blamed because the signs were clear and obvious....

10.02.2024 200

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Ram Mandir — an ill portent

WHERE the five-centuries-old Babri Mosque once stood, there now stands Ram Mandir. Around it, a new Vatican-like city is coming up. A staggering $4.2...

20.01.2024 200

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No longer Jihadistan

AS troubled Pakistan enters 2024 let’s first hear the good news: no longer do armed militant groups gather on every street corner or ride...

30.12.2023 300

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Dump all degrees?

A COLLEGE or university degree — preferably the highest possible — is sometimes indispensable. Anyone treated by a degreeless cardiologist or...

09.12.2023 300

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Scapegoating the refugee

HERDED like cattle, over 1,700,000 Muslim refugees — more than twice the number of Palestinians evicted in 1948 by Zionist Israel — are presently...

18.11.2023 100

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No innocents in Gaza

AHEAD of the invasion, the Jerusalem Post quotes Israeli defence minister Avigdor Liberman: “There are no innocents in Gaza.” The Post’s...

28.10.2023 200

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Is Pakistan unusual?

IS Pakistan unlike the world’s Muslim-majority countries? In some respects, certainly, but not in others. While religious violence there is on the...

07.10.2023 300

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Why Pakistan fails in space

THANKS to a legion of excellent scientists and engineers trained in Indian universities, India is shooting for the stars. Here ‘stars’ is a...

16.09.2023 300

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