Opinions
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Mantra of civil service reforms: empty promises
The writer is a practising lawyer. He holds PHD in Political Science and heads a think-tank ‘Good Governance Forum’. He…
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The third question
The writer is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor of Biomedical Engineering, International Health and Medicine at Boston University. He…
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Why we can’t have nice things
The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist. He tweets @FarrukhKPitafi and can be reached at contact@farrukh.net
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Beware the power of digital platforms
Digital technologies can readily be used to fuel hate, to surveil, or even to muffle dissent With the growing penetration…
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On the brink of catastrophe
IT has now been 100 days of Taliban 2.0 rule in Afghanistan. But the situation there is far from stable.…
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Performance agreements — a new paradigm
The Prime Minister has signed performance agreements with 41 federal ministries to make them accountable during the remaining period of…
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Iraq — reasserting past prestige
History books depicting US events will now run parallels between 2021 images of Chris Donahue, the last American soldier to…
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Paradox of US politics in Afghanistan
The galvanisation of al-Qaeda and their orchestrated attacks — in Bali, US Embassy in Kenya, Europe, and New York’s World…
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Changing power dynamics of the region
For the last twenty years, the US has been the dominant world power. Its military muscle, economic largesse, and strategic…
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The birth of a new Afghanistan
August 15, 2021 will go down in the history of Afghanistan as a remarkable day when the Taliban regained power…
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