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Pakistan’s corporate sector and ‘seth’ culture
There is a need to instill democratic norms within our enterprises
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Brain tumour: a neglected disease
Never ignore any symptom how trivial it may seem
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Untenable toll of air pollution
Air pollution’s annual death toll is now higher than that from smoking
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Living virtual
We have produced more of the Prufrocks and converted the world to Wasteland, as said by TS Eliot
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A nation on the brink
Extremist thought to the point of exclusion of the other is the first step to its ultimate form of violent terrorism
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Wandering around the IK land
Kamyab Pakistan is some indication that the bottom may begin to get serious attention
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Accountability in limbo? Separating fact from fiction
Corruption is a termite that is eating up the pith of our society
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Afghanistan — the irony of multiplicity
It is Pakistan alone, with some subdued support from regional countries, which stands with impoverished Afghans
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Going beyond normalcy
To offset the mountain of challenges, Pakistanis will need to be more resilient than ever
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Syria’s Heisenberg
The drug empire running out of Syria has seen these drugs replacing Syria’s traditional exports
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India’s soft power: how it blunted our narrative
Policy think-tanks in DC, London and Brussels boast many senior positions occupied by people of Indian-origin
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Role of accountability in good governance
In the modern world, good governance is accorded the highest priority in both corporate and public sectors
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When will we take Climate Change seriously?
Being on the receiving end of the backlash of global warming places a developing country in a precarious position
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The lies we tell in God’s name
In Pakistan, we have been witnessing the consequences of a majority that is deeply insecure in matters of faith
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Clouds of evil
Priyantha Kumara has been killed by people under the spell of infectious ideas
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The amazing galaxy zoo
Hubble was also able to measure the distance to Andromeda which he determined to be about 6 million lightyears
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Of spaces and vacuums
It is not just religious extremism that we cannot talk about any longer — history is just as risky
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India’s attempt to get back into Afghanistan
Would India’s relation with Afghanistan change with the United States pulling out of the country?
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The prisoners of the system
Unfortunately, conditions of Pakistani prisons are abysmal and rather thought-provoking
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Lessons from M Ziauddin
There are a lot of questions that surface on how to move ahead
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Where will Afghanistan be in a year?
Taliban for now controlled most parts of the country and there has been no resistance to their rule
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Soft power: the great storyteller
Soft power counts for little without a credible hard power
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Crumbling human security
Realities of Pakistan’s economy expose the country’s human security predicament
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Earth’s Saturn-like rings?
Earth’s rings will owe its existence to human activity
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Sindh: the mother of lands
Sindh is a land with unique and heterogeneous archaeological, historical, cultural, mystical and aesthetic identities
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From Italy — battling the fourth wave of Covid-19
It looks like winter 2021-22 is not going to be an easy one
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Bad habits continue
Our egotism and tribalism have already ruined the gains over the past years
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Western deception in the Afghan crisis
The Afghans are worse off now than ever before
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EU borders, asylum seekers and deflated humanity
Does that matter which EU border you cross if you are fleeing from war?
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Modern slavery in global supply chains
Multinational corporations should ensure labour rights and environmental diligence across supply chains
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Morals without God?
For the have-nots and for those with truly larger hearts, God still remains the only source of moral value
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Saving PTI some promise
A policy guy who is also a doer is an ideal mix and perhaps the missing link in our existing scheme
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Muhammad Ziauddin
Modesty, thy name was Ziauddin!
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The wages of the IMF
IMF, World Bank have been of no use other than exacerbating Pakistan’s economic woes, says American economist
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The unending variants — coronavirus
A big thank you to Him regularly would go up to the heavens and come down with more blessings
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Whither change; status quo will reign on!
Pakistan has evolved into two segments: the ultra-rich and the middle class
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Islamabad’s English problem
We have been programmed to feel insulted if we cannot master the skill of speaking a foreign language
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Choking skies
Many lung diseases from asthma to lung cancer could be directly attributed to air pollution
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Philosophy — base for human development
Philosophy provides the conceptual basis for principles and values on which world peace depends
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Victim of historical legacy and inbuilt prejudices
India cannot ignore that it has forcibly occupied Kashmir, but the balance of power and global politics favour it
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Impairment trail and my enchanting odyssey
I am optimistic that I will have even better accounts to share by the close of my epic odyssey
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Dying cities: decline, tragedy and new horizons
Our land lays plundered by the slow dance of elite power and our neo-colonial economic system
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Lessons for reforms from Daska bye-election
The only difference between the Daska election and other elections is the scale of rigging
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But what about implementation?
Introducing EVMs to masses that are uneducated will have the opposite effect of what was originally intended
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Thank you, South Africa
We should be grateful to South African scientists, doctors who were able to quickly identify the new strain
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Let your daughters live, or don’t teach them how to
But who is to be blamed in creating this havoc in the life of women who are often not eyed as humans?
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Concern on AIDS
At the end of the day we also have to look at our health system and how to improve awareness amongst people
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The world is going authoritarian
Pakistan shares its international borders with four countries. All of them are governed by authoritarian rulers
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When India, Pakistan join hands for Afghanistan
Pakistan does not allow two-way trade between Afghanistan and India
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Politics in the hands of children: cost we pay?
People are deeply uncertain of what is going right and what is going wrong
































