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Rafia Zakaria
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    Looks like, it will remain a mans worldOpinion
    Looks like, it will remain a man's world

    Most men in the Middle East do not believe in women's equality.

    19 May 2017 1:57 AM IST

    View from Pakistan: Syrian conflict made a hero out of TrumpOpinion
    View from Pakistan: Syrian conflict made a hero out of Trump

    Long-term solutions must be sustainable; exogenous influences can never produce sustainable stability.

    13 April 2017 12:08 AM IST

    For UK, lessons from empire as it exits EUOpinion
    For UK, lessons from empire as it exits EU

    If the British feel any remorse about their plunder, it is not made explicit in the arrangement of such objects.

    6 April 2017 12:51 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump's war on terror' to create jobs in US?

    The first and least likely option in realigning the war on terrorism would be complete disengagement.

    24 Feb 2017 1:07 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Ban on Brotherhood may extend to others

    While many Trump advisers and supporters, have long opposed the Muslim Brotherhood, the new move has caused concern.

    17 Feb 2017 12:34 AM IST

    View from Pakistan: What the Harappa seals really sayOpinion
    View from Pakistan: What the Harappa seals really say

    Wishful historians cannot help but hope that Pakistan too would spearhead inquiry into the meaning of the seals.

    9 Feb 2017 3:34 AM IST

    David Hale (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    Getting ready for future with no foreign aid

    As money for women focused and gender equity programmes dries up, there is a grave risk for Pakistan's NGO sector.

    7 Jan 2017 12:42 AM IST

    A mistake & its fallout...Opinion
    A mistake & its fallout...

    The set of misunderstandings that led to the arrest of Naved B are not particularly surprising.

    29 Dec 2016 12:59 AM IST

    A nine-year-old contestant on Asia Super Singer that airs on Pakistans GeoTV, is arguably one of the best among the contestants. (Representational image)Opinion
    Fat shame and feminism

    Central and crucial is her physicality, her weight, colour of her skin and, of course, her ability to bear children.

    14 Jan 2016 2:17 AM IST

    View from Pakistan: The history warsOpinion
    View from Pakistan: The history wars

    Karachi: It is not news that the ascent of Narendra Modi has marked a change in India’s outlook on its past. The...

    26 Nov 2015 11:54 AM IST

    View from Pakistan: Half-measures can’t end extremismOpinion
    View from Pakistan: Half-measures can’t end extremism

    In the stunned aftermath of the brazen killing there were more shocks

    8 Jan 2015 12:27 PM IST

    View from Pakistan: Drones and dominationOpinion
    View from Pakistan: Drones and domination

    Words like precision, necessity, cure and excision dominated the semantics of the drone project

    24 Oct 2014 7:49 AM IST

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