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Maryam’s shenanigans
All this is done to manipulate the public opinion just so that she and her father get to keep their stolen wealth
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Security through policing and operational autonomy
Combating crime and terrorism are the chief duties of the professional bodies under the law
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The confusion surrounding bills passed in joint sitting
The provision of Constitution that the law minister quoted to counter the opposition’s contention was misplaced
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IMF trap and flawed tax policies: who’s responsible?
Why should Pakistan pay up to $4 billion annually to maintain some 134 largely inefficient public-sector enterprises?
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Aberrant socialisation
Society is the epitome of deviations and delinquency
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Taming violent outfits
It is necessary to limit the space of such organisations in the country
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The inevitable Thucydides trap and implications for Pakistan
Pakistan can play the role of a ‘neutral actor’ as it did in the Nixon era when it facilitated US-China rapprochement
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India is changing from within
Modi’s rescinding of three contentious farm laws has rekindled hope
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Toxicity: in the air and beyond
The toxicity in rhetoric and action has a most prominent impact on the weak and the vulnerable
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The lost forests
Constant logging, multiple fires and sheer ignorance were all responsible for our disappearance
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Decades of decadence
The history of climate affair with us has been a sob tale of low priority, miscalculated assertions
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COP26: achievements are there but expectations not met
As was expected, four countries or country groups dominated the Glasgow summit discussions
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Overbearing Overseas Pakistanis
PM Imran enjoys considerable support in the Overseas Pakistanis community, similar to what General Musharraf once did
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Our century of humiliation?
Pakistan’s economic efficiency cannot be attained through political power but rather at the cost of it
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Revisiting November 1971 of United Pakistan
Revisiting is essential for new generation of the country to understand how Jinnah’s Pakistan was dismembered
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The New Carbon Colonialism
Climate change is causing many natural disasters today just so a few could get rich
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Bulldozing legislation
Getting so many bills passed without any debate was unprecedented even in Pakistan’s broken system of governance
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BRI and China’s aid data: misinterpreted deliberately?
Institute’s excessively exaggerated data and misinterpreted methods are very disappointing.
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How TLP came into being?
The story of the TLP did not start or end with the Faizabad sit-in
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A mysterious disease in Karachi?
The “mysterious disease” is behaving exactly like dengue minus the lab result
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Cultural cosmopolitanism and Pakistan
Gradually but surely Pakistan is drifting towards world culture, especially in the metropolises
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Why water is at the heart of the climate crisis
Addressing water stress needs as much attention as efforts to curb global emissions
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Kashmir — cordon and kill
Hardly any day goes by without news of a search, cordon encounter; Kashmiris are massively being detained every day
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Manufacturing honesty
To ensure stability we need to strengthen the process and let it be played out in its truest spirit, EVM or no EVM
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Wages of Sindh and Nobel Prize
Increasing minimum wage, or even having a minimum wage, actually increases unemployment
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Pak-Afghan trade — righting the expectations
Righting the expectation through a reality check will do both sides good
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In Bosnia and Kosovo, US-Nato can better their global image
Peace-promoting efforts should be supported by the international community
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Defiance and rebellion
Today, defiance and rebellion are needed to emancipate ourselves from the reins of toxic and unwarranted practices
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Crypto justice in Charsadda
Perhaps Zuckerberg should focus on Charsadda because this is the real Metaverse
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Comprehensive strategic détente with TTP
Peace in Pakistan is deeply linked with peace in Afghanistan
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Why should believers be citizens sans rights?
Europeans remain religious, their approach is eclectic, and they borrow ideas from several traditions
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Cybersecurity through laws in Pakistan
Today, the world is continuously transforming because of the information and communication revolution
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The adherence to values
Leaders are supposed to be dedicated to the cause and ideals of fair systems and expected to promote the right values
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Climate action: Glasgow fails humanity
Concrete measures to keep or reduce global temperature between 2 to 1.5 degrees of Celsius remained in no man’s land
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Does Taliban survival depend on US recognition?
We also need to consider what is triggering the humanitarian crisis
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The myth of female majority
Disparity between male and female mortality rates in Pakistan reveals the intersectional inequality that women undergo
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Towards equitable cities
Pakistani cities need to minimise urban inequities by promoting innovation, local talent, incubated ideas
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People as cheap weapons
The plight of fellow humans — in yet another man-made crisis — is perhaps irrelevant for us
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Central Asia and Talibanisation of Afghanistan
What will bring about economic change in Central Asia is land-based commerce
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Workers’ woes
‘Development’ has been a buzzword for the successive governments in Pakistan
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Making peace with TTP
But despite claims that Pakistan was talking to the TTP from a position of strength, there is a counter view
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Beware a fifth wave
Latest numbers shared by the government for November 12, there were 391 positive cases in the past 24 hours
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War, PM and courts
'Political Pakistan' needs more urgent judicial attention than the 'military Pakistan'
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China’s cautious and gradualist approach on Afghanistan
China decided to maintain a diplomatic presence and help Afghan people cope with grave humanitarian crises
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What Imran Khan can learn from Babar Azam
Biggest lesson is that we can’t control outputs but we can control inputs
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Coronavirus: the last wave?
Minimise damage by wearing masks in public, improving ventilation in buildings, and getting vaccinated
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The birth of stars
Every single star in the night sky is a flaming ball of hydrogen gas, millions of times more massive than the Earth
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Who rules Pakistan?
Reform is a multi-generational process
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PTI’s poor show in three years
Failure on multiple fronts is a consequence of misplaced priorities and absence of vision
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Need for breast cancer awareness
In Asia, Pakistan carries the highest rate of breast cancer mortality and morbidity