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Don’t put them all in one basket
Leak would certainly convince Maryam Nawaz to change how she plays these shenanigans with the media
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Transgender schools: road to education for all
Authorities still have a tremendous amount of work to do
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Does SBP need further independence?
SBP is a government institution, but for purposes of macroeconomic management it is viewed distinctly
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Pig’s breakfast
This kind of media speculation can make a pig’s breakfast of governance like it has for the past fourteen years
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New finance bill and population planning
Pakistan is lagging behind almost all countries in the neighborhood
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Winter isn’t everyone’s favourite
Nearly half of the population of the country lives below the poverty line and faces numerous daily challenges
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Punjab CM’s people-focused initiative
The two-year age relaxation shall be applicable to 100,000 vacancies, ranging from BS 1 to BS 16, across Punjab
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Transforming governance through Performance Agreements
Performance Agreements are making a transformational shift to an outcome-based, time-bound delivery mechanism
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Pak-US equation and dynamics
It is for us to exercise our independence from big-power enslavement
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Finding common ground in Afghanistan
All countries with a stake in Afghanistan need to cooperate to effectively contend with IS-K and Al-Qaeda
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GST for de-solarisation
Solar panels are a visible sign in the villages of Sindh, thanks to SRSO and TRDP
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Culture of intellectual dishonesty
What went wrong, and how did we reach this condition?
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Afghanistan and the Durand Line
Pakistan should stay the course affably with Afghanistan, even if the fence has ‘seemingly’ lost its purpose
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Letter from Italy: new year under Covid shadow
New cases on Jan 1 were at 141,000, with one in every eight people tested being found to be positive
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Pakistan and Bangladesh: strategic consonance
Both the countries can tune their economies in line with regional connectivity and reap benefits
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Revolutionising ed-tech ecosystem
The process of digitalisation of education must not stop
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What does the future hold for Muslim countries?
Muslim countries must pursue policies that demand curbing their long-term economic and political ambitions
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Covid-19: beyond Omicron
All the initial data favours a milder disease
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Time to listen to Naseeruddin Shah
He is not only a Muslim but also a patriot Indian
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Electricity connectivity with Afghanistan and CASA-1000
Is CASA-1000 feasible at all for Pakistan?
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A bitter truth
This ever-declining turnout is one of the major causes of political instability
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Dread and the fugitive mind
The nation lacks basic education, lacks basic amenities; but these are petty issues
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Reflecting on a decade
I still hope for institutional changes, though I find it more elusive than I did a decade ago
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Media and misinformation
Money has to be made, regardless of platform. This remains the biggest challenge for digital enterprises
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How Afghanistan may affect Pakistan
A lot has appeared in Western press about the country and also about those who tried to bring modernity to the nation
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New national security policy
Pakistan is complex country with complex problems but at times complex problems have simple solutions
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Part-time jobs for students
The youth need a paradigm shift in their perception of work. We need to work.
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Another successful emblem
The three countries also plan to launch a passenger train on the same route in the near future
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US-China: competing governance models
Dualities of power that the democracies today endure can easily transit into anarchy
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Restrictions on Afghan women
Will the women of Afghanistan who constitute around 50% of the population again be voiceless and disempowered?
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‘Don’t look up’
There has been a war going on between the scientific community and the movie critics regarding caliber of the movie
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Beyond certainty: theologies of difference
Islam as a pre-modern tradition was remarkably open to polyvalent interpretations of religious injunctions
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So it goes
As the first morning of the year, 2022 dawns, you cannot possibly fail to appreciate the insanity of our times
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The tyranny of merit?
Disparities accumulate and have disastrous consequences for students of government schools
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A resilient 2021
On the world stage of realpolitik, it was a defining year as US troops huddled to go back home in all uncertainty
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Ranking countries based on rule of law
Pakistan ranked 130th out of 139 nations according to latest Rule of Law Index formulated by World Justice Project
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Philosophy of Chemistry — understanding the foundations
Till now nature seems to be constructed upon a reality that has several true, working layers that work flawlessly
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December blues
Pakistan seemed to have reached a dead-end of multiple manifestations
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From farm to the fork
An ‘Amul Pakistan’ is not far away
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Can OIC and Taliban deliver?
The mindset that Islamic and western values clash with one another needs to be revisited
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Theory, practice of international relations and trends in 2021
We are at the cusp of a new context in International Relations
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Life: thy name is tragedy
All hardships and challenges turn out to be blessings in disguise since they prepare one for a greater assignment
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American goal perfected by the Taliban
When the regime is not liked in Washington, then the story of freedom is spun around
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K-P: why are nationalist parties lagging behind others?
Unfortunately, the second cadre of leadership has been confined to specific families in the districts
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Global trends: possible impact in 2022
It is important to look at major global, regional events and trends that will influence politics and economy
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MIPs: can we learn from Nepal and Bangladesh?
Document of MIP 2021-27 indicates that Pakistan faces several challenges in getting desirable social, economic growth
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Symphony of destruction
The only way to rectify the present carnage, extremism is to introduce and encourage quality education for all
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US-China rivalry
For great powers it is not the humiliation that they suffer, which is important; but more important is their response
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Certainty and its discontents
The past and future would no longer be fused in union, no longer in conversation
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Jinnah: an immortal name and philosophy
The Father of the Nation has left behind a legacy, and that is in need of being upheld


































