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    Lessons from a Life Well Lived

    This is the last part of my series of columns about my father – M Rashad Mahmood – who was born in Bombay in...
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    Accountability

    The Tragedy of Pakistan: Feudalism Camouflaged as Democracy

    Limit the vote to those who have had at least 10 years of schooling. People who are educated have minds of their own. They...
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    Child Labour

    Pakistan’s Coal Miners Restless

    Poor regulatory conditions, especially the absence of government department inspection of mines, as provided under the law has meant owners don’t care to put...
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    Afghanistan

    Cash-Strapped Taliban Turns to Coal

    Coal is the easiest source of foreign exchange for a stressed economy under Taliban governance, but all doesn’t seem to go well. The prices...
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    Civil society

    Ninety Years of a Full Life [Part – II]

    In this second part, Naazir Mahmood recounts, through his father's eyes, the two tumultuous decades between 1960 and 1980, that revolve around the government's...
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    Empowerment

    Pakistan: Ten Baby Steps by Lawmakers Promise Working Women a Giant Leap

    Pakistan’s home-based women workers face some of the most challenging working conditions and remain highly vulnerable to exploitation and discrimination, says a recent World...
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    Agri-business

    Entrepreneurship Blooms in Villages Bordering Pakistan Desert

    A digital age is arriving at the doorsteps of rural families, offering online applications and digital tools via the Internet of Things so they...
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    Civil society

    Letter From Pakistan: Ninety years of a full life [Part – I]

    Rashad moved to Pakistan and lived in Karachi working as a glass vendor and frame maker. He got himself involved in progressive politics that...
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