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State of turmoil

OPPOSITION leader Imran Khan’s political strategy seems to be mired in confusion and contradiction. But on closer examination it is driven by a single aim — to keep his support…

The state of the economy

The good news is that, as per the national accounts committee’s numbers, the provisional GDP growth rate for the current fiscal year (2021-22) is 5.97 per cent. The bad news…

Hard or competent state?

THERE are several aspects to the debate that has been going on in the media about a ‘hard state’. Why, despite an array of coercive instruments and hard power available…

Hard state, Sharifs’ foreign visits

BALOCHISTAN is on the boil with increased militant activity targeting the state and the non-Baloch, coupled with protests across the province pressing for political and economic rights and justice. It…