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Decolonising cricket
Thirty-odd white people feeling unsafe despite being guaranteed a head of the state level security!
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Use of EVM: law and politics
PTI's move to fill the void through electoral reforms was the need of the hour though, it was a mindless bid
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The five Ds of climate war
Warriors against climate action have deployed tactics to blunt any action that tries to stop the use of fossil fuels
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The death of society
Everyday incidents against the weaker sections of society prove that our moral standards lack adequacy
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Pakistan’s biggest internal security threat
Water scarcity has the potential to disrupt lifestyles of people from all walks of life
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Twenty years after
The 9/11 attacks, causing nearly 3,000 American casualties, triggered justified outrage and desire for vengeance
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Anticipatory anxiety, technophobia and proactivity
Yes, machines can easily take your jobs. But that is a business decision, not a scientific inevitability
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A new geopolitical game
The troika — Russia, China and Pakistan — seemingly guided the SCO to reach a consensus
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AUKUS — another strategic disaster?
Interestingly, the QUAD between the US, Australia, Japan and India has been active since 2007
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How the west was won
Others simply won it with guile, stratagem and the fluid nature of irregular war
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India’s cultural ‘thaali’
The Indian cultural preference to live together but separately has aptly been described as the ‘thali’ approach
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Back to the economy, stupid
After bringing down the current account deficit to 0.6%, the PTI is cycling with a bang
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History — not in the making
Are people against Justice Ayesha’s elevation for independence of judiciary or nurturing their deep-rooted misogyny
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Hypocrisy, politics and greed define cricket today
Power speaks and hears only one language: the language of acquiescence
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Afghanistan and the sad confusion of a superpower
The ‘benevolent empire’ is becoming history.
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The arc of caliber keeps bending
No huge insult and deeply discriminatory behaviour by world community are big enough to upset us
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Getting offended is the new black: Ushna Shah
Actor clarifies her tweet about bringing children on planes was a 'joke', not an 'opinion'.
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Breaking the Pakistan-India logjam
Taliban’s control of Afghanistan and improved relations with China has been a huge setback for both the US and India
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Universities under dark shadows
Higher education in the province of K-P is in a precarious state
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Is the US defeated?
Different rivals used Afghanistan as a proxy to settle past scores and forestall future threats
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Partisan politics
The all-important verdict by Punjab was anxiously anticipated even in the cantonment elections
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‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’: Western academic perspective
Idea of Hindutva is selected purist form of Hindu religion that promotes Brahmins, purity, piety based on caste system
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Delta narrative against Pakistan
Western bias can be called Delta Narrative, is marinated in Indian animosity towards Pakistan
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Rupee slide: economics vs politics
The fiscal and monetary policies need to work in tandem, interest rate needs to be adjusted upwards.
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Caring for the less famous
If we cancome together to support and rally behind Umar sahib’s request for care, can we not do that for others?
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Afghanistan: best and worst case scenarios
US is unlikely to give the Taliban government access to the Afghan foreign reserves
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How Islamic should predominantly Muslim Pakistan be?
In the system they would give their country, all authority lies with God and not with his people
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Suicide prevention month
There is scarcity of data on suicides in Pakistan, where information assortment presents imposing difficulties
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The unmoved mover: our PM
Opinion-makers have no love lost for our PM’s conservative lifestyle
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Afghanistan: is there light at the end of the tunnel?
90% of the Afghan budget is dependent on foreign aid, a halt on aid will generate an economic downturn
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Booming startups will transform Pakistan
Pakistani startups are sizzling like a hot summer afternoon in Karachi, raising a quarter of billion dollars already
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Dwindling scope of integrity
We laud originality, integrity and simplicity but love hypocrites and befriend with Machiavellians
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Taliban’s governance style
Many have questioned the Taliban’s style of governance and what it would bring to the Afghan society
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Feminism and what it really stands for
The glass ceiling is real and much thicker in Pakistan than the global average
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The Indians in the lobby
This February when the DGMOs of Pakistan and India agreed in principle to uphold the 2003 ceasefire agreement
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Taliban govt: old guard and the dynamics of change
Taliban must also be cognizant of the change that has taken place in Afghanistan in past two decades
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Exploitation by fishing industry contractors
Fish stocks in our rivers and coastal areas are under immense pressure due to contractors
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PAF and the Afghan War — II
Pakistan’s and PAF’s role remained restricted to airspace clearance and coordination during the war
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Are we blundering to the end of the Anthropocene epoch?
Changes have continued at an accelerating pace, leading to ever-higher levels of production and consumption
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SNC versus OSC
OSC was first priority but the entire energy of a new govt, huge amount of resources have been utilised for SNC
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Taliban’s ‘business as usual’ attitude will not be acceptable
Any attempt made to restrict people from practising their rights could send wrong signals about Taliban’s intention
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The ‘now what’ of the Afghan National Army
Taliban would do well to mobilise ANA’s existing cadre, integrate elements that remained compliant with their strategy
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Suo motu: the watchmen are watching
Analogical reasoning may dictate that suo motu must not be exercised by the Chief Justice alone, but the SC as a whole
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Amrullah Saleh: Afghanistan’s finest coward
The meaning of patriotism Saleh was talking about meant stealing the money meant for helping his countrymen
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The way forward
We must be conscious of the reality that the quality of democracy plays a major role in enhancing a country’s power
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Democracy vital for prosperity and sustainable development
Transparency and reliability of how elections are carried out are key to ensuring that the winners enjoy legitimacy
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Is our personal data protected?
Pakistan still does not have a law that even acknowledges personal data protection as a mandatory rule of business
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No one owns Karachi, but all fleece it
Karachi is a telling tale of trial and error, but without rectification. All it needs instantly is an ownership
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Pakistan’s troubled waste management landscape
Hardly any of our urban centres pay their fair share to fund waste management within their communities






































