Amjed Jaaved

Amjed Jaaved

The writer is a freelance journalist, has served in the Pakistan government for 39 years and holds degrees in economics, business administration, and law. He can be reached at [email protected]

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The worldwide healthcare albatross

Pakistan’s on auto-pilotA teen-aged US national COVID-19 patient died on the way back from hospital after it refused treatment. He was without an insurance card (NBC News, 28 March). The gyn

Apr 7, 2020
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Coronavirus: Simplistic remedies?

India has the answer: cow dung Akhil Bharatiya Mahasabha (All-India Hindu Council) leader Chakrapani Maharaj claims "Consuming cow urine and cow dung will stop the effect of infectiou

Feb 11, 2020
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Politicisation of Indian Ocean

India is making it a dangerous placeFormer Indian COAS Gen Bipin Rawat, now Chief of Defence Staff, had a penchant for making gung-ho anti-Pakistan statements. Now even India’s new army and

Jan 21, 2020
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Modi versus the Indian Constitution

Waning charisma 'Secularism', even if a later innovation, is intertwined into the design of the Indian Constitution, and rooted in the ethos of the freedom movement and the deliberati

Jan 7, 2020
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Misunderstandings about CPEC and China

The spectre of a debt trap is false China’s economic progress has engendered apprehensions that it may overtake the USA and emerge as the new hegemon. The USA harbours a love-hate r

Jan 1, 2020
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Judicial and physical vandalism

Babri Mosque: Reliance on myths The recent Babri Mosque judgment shows that India’s Supreme Court is the handmaiden of Hindu fanatics. The judges rewarded the party that demolished

Dec 3, 2019
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Simmering India-Bangladesh bonhomie?

‘Bangladesh refugees are infiltrators, economic termites’ Before embarking on a three-day visit to India at the beginning of this month, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina Wajid or

Oct 13, 2019
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Kashmir shows Indian gaps

India should learn from the Kashmir experience India’s view is that abrogation of Kashmir’s special status and Kashmiris’ hereditary proprietary rights is an internal matter. Th

Oct 6, 2019