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Public display of chutzpah
The violation of the Constitution used to be benignly labeled as ‘Doctrine of Necessity’
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Financial literacy matters
According to Global Financial Literacy Survey Report, financial literacy in Pakistan comes to something around 26%
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Military, its criticism and civilian supremacy
Military in Pakistan is not kosher and the aim of this write-up is not to defend mistakes of the Miltablishment
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War in Ukraine — and its consequences
As the war progresses in its fourth month, Russian grinding assaults are pulverising Eastern Ukrainian cities
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Freedom of speech to nourish democracy
Pakistan is plagued with religious intolerance which leads to extremism
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Playing with dolls
Dua Zehra’s case is a massive win for the predators, the sick minded, the diabolical pedophiles
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We continue to stumble
Pakistan remains under constant threat of unrest and on a collision course
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Healthcare meltdown
The new Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government just recently abolished the NLE exam
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Amnesia all around
Racism and eurocentrism is only part of our collective amnesia and our response to the news cycle
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Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy
China believes Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy is designed to trap Asia-Pacific region into a geopolitical game
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Budget 2022-23: evaluation in perspective
There is a lack of appreciation of the severity of the economic crises that this government has inherited
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Ukraine war takes toll on East Asian economies
The war has upended the fragile economic recovery from the pandemic triggering humanitarian crisis
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India-Gulf ties on the edge
Gulf countries are so close to India that they often ignored Pakistan’s concerns
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Religious vilification is disrespect, not disagreement
Boycotting Indian goods is a collective response shown by Muslim countries around the world
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Is America winning in Asia?
China will overtake the United States in terms of the size of its economy in a decade or two
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A Letter to the Left
In Pakistan, the religious right is a force to be reckoned with — partially because it’s been propped up by the angels
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Eden for the elite
Aristocratic class keeps on supporting each other’s stakes while utterly disregarding national interest
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Economic instability is a direct outcome of VONC
Irony of all ironies is that current economic instability will force powers-that-be to engineer inorganic stability
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Reclaiming sovereignty?
Can Pakistan reclaim its sovereignty that has diminished over several decades?
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Russian ‘motivation’ to fight the Ukraine war
There is this geographical dimension of this war and it clearly has a precedent
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Smooth sailing for key bills
Bill to reform NAB was easily passed by a joint sitting of Parliament, and will now be signed into law.
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Feeling betrayed
The raw sentiments we see in support of Imran are a projection of bitterness for those who the real control rests with
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Unbridled social media: threat to democracy
A county like Pakistan must keep itself safe from the harms of social media through regulatory reforms
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The problem of incompetence
Pakistan’s biggest problem is not corruption; it is incompetence
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70 years of service leadership
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 96th birthday and the 70th year of her reign has been a special moment
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Is globalisation weakening to eventually disappear?
It has increased the speed of interconnectedness, interdependence while reducing the world to the size of a village
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Why a (grand) dialogue?
Pensions, pays, perks and privileges now near a trillion annually
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Inequalities within Pakistan
Inequality also varies across rural and urban areas
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Tuesday economics
Economic policy is a matter of political choice and democracy is the means to exercise that choice
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Wholly profit
We love our prophet, they love their profit; learn the jargon of fighting
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Normalisation of rape culture
We normalise rape culture as a community; society tolerates, excuses, laughs at or does not question it enough
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Pakistan, Afghanistan and Pakistani Taliban
Geostrategically, no insurgency can survive without external havens and support
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Perils of hard security approach
High on rhetoric and low in sincerity, leadership miserably failed in foreseeing deadly consequences of policies
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Implications of the peace agreement with TTP
Talks gained importance because Pakistan’s expectations of the Taliban govt in Afghanistan did not materialise
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Dealing with the challenge frontally
Pakistan is a poor nation, with 30% of the population below the poverty line
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The question of recognition
UAE-Israel deal is actually an avowed expression of the convergence of strategic interests between the two countries
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Water crisis in Pakistan
The need of the hour is to switch to sustainable ways of living and introduce transformative actions and techniques
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Trust and higher education
Pakistani higher education institutions generally do not benefit from philanthropy
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The culture of labelling and how it limits us
Rules exist in the collective subconscious don’t hold space for the beautiful ways in which humans can be different
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Alarming polarisation of society
Leaders would be expected to conduct themselves to lessen despondency, frustration-instead some are igniting passions
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Revisiting the benefits of higher education in Pakistan
Research-policy-society contract in higher education in Pakistan is lacking
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Cleaning up Pakistan
This cultural shift promoting cleanliness requires changing the mindset of every single citizen of Pakistan
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Is people’s power an illusion?
The power of the ‘establishment’ resides in the institutions and elites of the country
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Famine as a weapon
Putin’s latest maneuver is to starve a good part of the world that is resisting him
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Afghan Taliban’s double game?
It is believed that the TTP is under immense pressure from the Afghan Taliban to show some flexibility
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Disruptions, hope, reform and optimism
Current economic crisis means change is around the corner
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An unending arc of crisis
The 75-year long struggle for stability in a volatile environment
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Unsatiating megalomania
Pakistan's institutional greed and lack of balance of power
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Financial advice from a non-economist
Pakistan is in deep trouble because of consistently bad choices with loans
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Austerity begins at home
Pakistan violates Article 38(a) of the Constitution by purposely promoting extreme inequality





































