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Scam trafficking, also called trafficking for forced criminality or pig butchering trafficking

The challenge is no longer to achieve a ceasefire, but to create a political framework

In the May 2025 conflict our conventional capability inflicted serious pain on the Indians

Beyond that, it demands that children memorise the exact height of every mountain in Pakistan

Continued trajectory of violence reminds us of two unavoidable phenomena that Balochistan faces

Ask our businesses about falling exports and they blame the usual suspects

Khan expanded the political imagination of millions and demonstrated the mobilising force of narrative leadership

Pakistan has debated why millions of children remain out of school

Pakistan's framework remains administratively driven, centralised, heavily dependent upon district revenue authorities

Social media was once celebrated as the great equaliser of the digital age

Recent data from Pakistan's top art schools show greater diversity in class, gender and ethnicity

Climate Ministry's development allocation also raises questions about emergent policy priorities

Towards war and continued economic ruin, or a compromised peace under Reformists

For more than three decades after the Cold War, the global order rested largely on American primacy

Erosion began with the quiet triumph of market-induced individualism over collectivist solidarity

Some people allege that FIFA has to support Messi because both are sponsored by a famous brand

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Not content with the profits on buying and selling

We have become extraordinarily skilled at commemorating international days

June 2026 has proven to be a new low for Pakistan when it comes to the rape and murder of its girls

Persistently high inflation has been a major contributing element to this downturn

President Xi solemnly put forward the Global Governance Initiative at the SCO Plus meeting

Federal PSDP 2026-27, at Rs 1,000 billion, makes the pattern legible in numbers

Mechanics of this digital contagion are as deliberate as they are destructive

There is much to celebrate in history, art and culture in our midst

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Russian geopolitical hypothesis is based on some serious observations

Other exception to our disengagement with India is its sponsoring of terrorism via Afghanistan

Death from hunger, poverty and systematic oppression isn't something new, and therefore isn't newsworthy

Before long, this routine tram acquaintance developed into a warm and pleasant friendship

Can the state demand blind loyalty from citizens while failing to fulfil its own obligations to them

Such milestones compel evaluation of what was promised and what is delivered

Autobiographies like his deserve a wider audience

Pakistan is already witnessing the darker side of AI

Life that grows, nourishes and flourishes with the animate form, loves its embodiment, but also urges for a purpose

Pakistan becomes consequential in West Asia, leading the peace process forward from among the four-nation group

Whatever has happened in history has happened; one should not try to reverse or obliterate it

Around one third of infrastructure spending worldwide is lost due to inefficiencies and corruption

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Bring the trees back into these megacities of concrete jungles

Most of the thorny issues and questions have been deliberately left for the final determination of the mechanism