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The Bangladesh comparison

Bangladesh celebrated its 52nd independence this month. Despite it being many years younger than Pakistan, on all development indicators it is doing better than Pakistan. How? Bangladesh does not have…

Paris to Glasgow

CLIMATE conversations have been taking place since 1995 with limited success. The turning point in the talks took place in 2015 when the historic Paris Agreement was signed by 196…

Sit-in: A Comparison

Sit-in: a comparison

Polybius, the Greek historian, propagated the notion of historic recurrence and the historic cycle of striking similarities. In other words, he believed that history repeats itself. However, his soul would…

Lessons From The Paris Riots

Lessons from the Paris riots

The riots in Paris have sent a shiver down the spine of the French ruling elite, which has been following a policy of austerity for some time. The state mobilised…