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Andleeb Abbas

The 'knowledge factory'
Opinion

The 'knowledge factory'

China is the world's manufacturing factory. However, the game is changing in China and most countries may not really know what to do when the full impact of this mass production converting to mass innovation takes place.
Updated 10 Dec, 2019 09:40am
Intolerance without boundaries
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Intolerance without boundaries

Intolerance does not have a religion; it is a state of mind and conduct existing in all countries and societies in different degrees. It is also a basic inhuman trait easily adopted by humans. Intolerance is supposed to be part of an extremist mindset. An
Updated 02 Dec, 2019 06:06am
100 days of imprisonment
Opinion

100 days of imprisonment

100 days and running. In fact, stampeding. Kashmir remains under siege. Kashmir remains a civilization shutdown. Kashmir remains a land with no laws. Kashmir remains in news but with such stale familiarity of the state of oppression that futility is in da
Updated 25 Nov, 2019 06:59am
100 days of imprisonment
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100 days of imprisonment

100 days and running. In fact, stampeding. Kashmir remains under siege. Kashmir remains a civilization shutdown. Kashmir remains a land with no laws. Kashmir remains in news but with such stale familiarity of the state of oppression that futility is in da
Updated 25 Nov, 2019 11:15am
ECO - A market unexplored
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ECO - A market unexplored

The world is getting smaller. Countries are trying to be part of something bigger to enjoy scale economies. Cooperation creates more benefit than competition. That is why from having regional alliances to having trading bloc alliances, the world is becomi
Updated 18 Nov, 2019 07:12am
Opening the corridors to peace
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Opening the corridors to peace

"The certain pathway to all things that you want is through the corridor of joy," Esther Hicks. Kartarpur corridor has the potential of bringing joy to millions of spiritual followers of Baba Guru Nanak. Can it also act as a corridor of joy and a bridge o
Updated 13 Nov, 2019 09:15am
Dark and darker in Kashmir
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Dark and darker in Kashmir

Cut off. Clamped down. Caged. These are the words to describe the world's largest human prison. 27th October 1947 was commemorated as the Black Day in Indian Occupied Kashmir. 27th October 2019 will go down as darkness unprecedented in Kashmir. This is no
Published 04 Nov, 2019 12:00am
Diplomacy at its royal best
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Diplomacy at its royal best

Pakistan is fantastic! What a tagline. Not made by a stale advertising company. Not made by an emotional Pakistani. Not made by a magnanimous Chinese or Turkish friend but by Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton. That too in her first-ev
Published 28 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Peace is greater than power
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Peace is greater than power

In most parts of the word "Ethiopia" connotes famine, conflict and poverty. The image of a small, backward country with an undernourished population constantly at war and conflict cross border is how most people recall this country. All that was true in t
Updated 22 Oct, 2019 06:25am
Joint television channel
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Joint television channel

Voice is power. The loudest and the most repetitive voices induce influence and action. In a world spilling with messages, advertisements, breaking news, statements, the mind is overloaded with information it can barely register and hardly remember. With
Updated 14 Oct, 2019 05:34am
Sustaining the Kashmir movement
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Sustaining the Kashmir movement

Round 1 and 2 go to Pakistan. But winning a couple of rounds and winning the match can be different. Pakistan has put up a great fight in two rounds of Pre-UNGA internationalization of Kashmir issue phase and UNGA itself. India has been on the defensive b
Published 07 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Sustaining the Kashmir movement
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Sustaining the Kashmir movement

Round 1 and 2 go to Pakistan. But winning a couple of rounds and winning the match can be different. Pakistan has put up a great fight in two rounds of Pre-UNGA internationalization of Kashmir issue phase and UNGA itself. India has been on the defensive b
Updated 07 Oct, 2019 06:12am
Call to the conscience of global community
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Call to the conscience of global community

Say it with words is a cliché. However along with words speeches that stir people's heart go beyond great script writing. Prime Minister Imran Khan's speech on 27th September 2019 at the UNGA was much more than a yearly 'feel good' reminder. It was an exp
Updated 30 Sep, 2019 06:47am
UNGA 2019 no business as usual
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UNGA 2019 no business as usual

Every year the world gets together in the last week of September. This is the United Nation's General Assembly week. This is a time for the world to come together for debate on the most important topics from Poverty to Security. Many are skeptical about t
Updated 23 Sep, 2019 05:47am
Politics and peace
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Politics and peace

Expect the expected. That was the expectation from US/Taliban Peace talks. They became highly un-peaceful and as a consequence they stopped talking. Amidst high flying expectations of a deal to be signed any moment, the talks have been called off via the
Updated 16 Sep, 2019 08:26am
Silence of 'good people'
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Silence of 'good people'

The current crisis in occupied Kashmir is not just a political or geographical or socio cultural or geo-religious issue it is a humanitarian issue that for too long has been disguised as an 'internal' matter. Yes, the Line of Control is an internal matter
Published 09 Sep, 2019 12:00am
Mute and deaf: voice of Ummah
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Mute and deaf: voice of Ummah

Voice of America has been a great punching bag for monopolizing the narrative bandwidth. The tag "Super Power" has become a favourite bashing point for analysts and intellectuals especially in the less developed parts of the world. American designs to con
Published 02 Sep, 2019 12:00am
'Moditler'
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'Moditler'

"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first. Nationalism, when hate for other people than your own comes first." Charles De Gaulle was right. Hate is always easier to invoke than love. While there is a lot being written and said about Adolf Hi
Published 26 Aug, 2019 12:00am
Aligning to NAM
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Aligning to NAM

"Promotion and Consolidation of peace through respect for international law" was the theme for the NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) ministerial meeting held from 18th to 21st July 2019 at Caracas, Venezuela. In a world that is becoming more and more polarized r
Published 05 Aug, 2019 12:00am
Untravelled road to White House
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Untravelled road to White House

Prime Minister Imran Khan did the unexpected. From the White House to Capitol Hill, he made the Americans treat Pakistan with respect and warmth. Pak-US relationship has been varying between cold and downright hostile. The famous "do more" US mantra chang
Published 29 Jul, 2019 12:00am