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It is not about ‘aaj kal ki maen’
Comparing them to an older generation is not only wrong but also absolutely unjust
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No change in America's Pak-Afghan policy
It is imperative to design a cohesive strategy with a focus on peaceful co-existence
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Rethink to place country on stable course
Pakistan is lagging behind in all development indicators as compared to our South Asian neighbours
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The Glasgow climate test
If governments do not stand up and lead this effort, we are headed for terrible human suffering
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Data and denial of healthcare
Let us start with the ones we do not like to acknowledge as real persons in our midst
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Rust in peace
Parliament is packed with those whose livelihood will be jeopardised if reforms are introduced
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Competitive Authoritarianism and Pakistan
Pakistan has been a transitional democracy since the fall of President Pervez Musharraf’s military dictatorship
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SBP’s strategy: hawkish or dovish?
The fall of Kabul has had economic spillover effects on Pakistan
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Expanding the pool of innovators in Pakistan
It has long been understood that sustained growth and development requires sustained innovation
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Will Glasgow succeed?
The Paris meeting abandoned years of fruitless efforts to achieve legally enforceable targets
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One hundred percent
The popular belief being that these results are undeserved and manipulated owing to pressure and money
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Another bailout package from Saudi Arabia
Pakistan won’t be facing the similar pressure to pick sides as it faced in the past
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Dealing with non-state actors
The whole issue can be viewed through four perspectives: political, legal, social and ethical
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How to prevent a looming economic collapse?
Pakistan’s path to survival requires a vibrant economy and good governance
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Imran Khan’s master class on civilian supremacy
Civilian supremacy is an input to governance outcomes, not an excuse to underperform
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Delay in local government elections
By delaying local govt elections, provincial govts are harming process of good governance ,development
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Recognising Taliban: is the ice melting?
Prospects for recognition would brighten up with any single initiative by any of the regional countries
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Prognosis negative
If you look closely the same decay is underway in every country
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Women’s ‘identity’ right
NADRA’s policy decision comes in line with right of all and sundry to name themselves as they please
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Women under attack
Hundreds of thousands of women face violence and in many cases meet death without any justice
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Afghanistan: humanitarian crisis
According to a UNHCR report 14 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity
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Politics’ raison d’etre
Time to separate ISI from civilian ambit; return it to its primary purpose of an inter-Services military institution
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Colonialism and the current climate crisis
Under the guise of its civilising mission, colonialism perfected extractive economic systems
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SSK Resource Centre, Gilgit
Throughout NFRs, SSK is trying to convince political leaders that his programmes can support not supplant govt efforts
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Ability to dispense justice makes a leader legitimate
It is for the state to find out, lay out opportunities, and define and design ways to enrich its people’s potentials
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Significance of groups and mergers
Recent merger of different violent groups with the TTP is a sign of strengthening shared gains and survival techniques
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Taliban vs Zuckerberg
The real war against humanity and human decency has been waged by Zuckerberg through Facebook
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Footloose — tales from the True North
The rivulet that forms after glacial melt trickles to become streams has inviting sights, sounds and scenery
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Enforced ‘patriotism’ in India
Over the past several years, the mindset of the average Indian has shifted too, perceptibly
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Arms race and emerging global military trends
Countries in future warfare will focus on speed, information warfare and AI
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Burning memory
Atomic empowerment cannot precede economic development, nation has to be self-reliant
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Pakistan’s unregulated gold market
Federal, provincial govts should take aggressive steps to regulate gold sector
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Negotiating with TTP — a different perspective
Govt negotiating teams can sometimes be ad hoc assemblies with uncertain hierarchies and without trained staffs
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Deliver on the manifesto of change!
Captain, you need to bowl very lethally in the last spell against the status quo; this is what you are, where you are
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Writing: the great separator
The barrier is not the language per se, but the training of the applicants to express themselves
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Power, leadership and corruption
Accumulation of wealth and power leads to an unnatural state of a human where abd is given the position of a maalik
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G20 huddle on Afghanistan: Lisbon Treaty and EU norms
Even under 20 year-long US-sponsored regimes, western standards of women’s rights did not work in Afghanistan
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To understand the present, get to know the past
The first generation of Pakistani rulers opted to locate the capital in Karachi
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More thoughts on tourism
The only livable hotels are the so-called five-star ones which are prohibitively expensive
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Leaving the gap, catching up with the core
Pakistan has a problem with prioritisation. What should be prioritised in our reform process?
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Lessons from Afghanistan
How can Pakistan keep itself safe from impending humanitarian crises after the takeover of the Taliban?
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Islamabad’s Choohon Ki Majlis about climate change
Did not hear was a single word about carbon tax or governmental policy targeted at transitioning from fossil fuels
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Technology and indigenous craft
Pakistan cannot afford to shy away from reaping the rich dividends that are up for grabs courtesy the tech innovations
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Sustaining the polio gains and beyond
Coming from a heavy toll of 147 wild polio cases in 2019 and 84 previous year to only one thus far is a mega success
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Deepening Algeria-Morocco rivalry and US role
There’s still time for US, int'l community to facilitate peaceful and meaningful talks between Polisario and Rabat
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Why I deactivated my Facebook account
This much power in one man’s hand should never be acceptable
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Summit for Democracy
Democracy is said to be the worst form of government except all others that have been tried
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An open letter to Dr Sania Nishtar
The neurosurgery ward of Holy Family Hospital lacks basic functioning framework
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The untenable water burden borne by women, girls
The already inordinate water burden being borne by women and girls is continuing to worsen
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Geo-economics is the new geopolitics
Once we re-evaluate our situation through the geo-economic lens, we won’t be resorting to quick answers






































