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No lessons learnt
‘Welfare’ not ‘warfare’ should be the goal.
Anjum Altaf
Finessing Brexit
Meta-issues involving complex dimensions are not suitable for referenda.
On sustainability
What is intriguing is our selective use of the concept of sustainability.
History’s lessons
It is normal for us to accept whoever is placed on the pedestal.
Governance trap
There’s no place for ‘good’ representatives — the more powerful and connected the patron, the better.
Another plea to CJ
Is suo motu action an exercise in futility?
Unhealthy times
The burden of disease became much more equalised.
Delimitation, equal representation
Why is delimitation so contentious in the US and so ignored in Pakistan?
Rotten tomatoes
When tomatoes were selling for Rs300 a kilo in Lahore they were available at Indian Rs40 in Amritsar.
Revisiting extremism
Extremism has become conflated with violence and terrorism.
Thank you, Donald Trump
The American leader’s cavalier attitude has unleashed fresh thinking on a number of issues.
A matter of context
Ordinary folk base their choice on pragmatic considerations.
Plain truths about the economy
How do individuals exist at this level of deprivation?
When will we learn?
Dr Salam and Iqbal did not know their future careers at the start of their education, nor did they start it in English.
A guide to inequality
The real issue is social inequality. Without gains on this front economic justice would remain unattainable.
CSS reform
Very few graduates want to join the CSS.
CPEC: The case for full disclosure
Intellectual honesty demands a stance of neutrality on CPEC till the terms and conditions are disclosed.
Nowhere to go
There may be no place in Pakistan to run away to.
Probing the CSS examination
Some questions reveal a sloppiness that comes in the way of a proper understanding of the question.
Mind the money
We seem to be living in a world in which anything goes.