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Multiple challenges and need for unity and wisdom
One hopes against hope that the greater good of Pakistan will prevail on our politicians and leaders of institutions
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Benchmarks of tolerance
Tolerance cannot be imparted to citizens through statements but should be demonstrated through practical examples
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Leadership and five per cent difference
True leadership is only seen at the time of crisis and if we can’t deliver we should not be leading
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Hello, anyone managing climate change?
The Ministry of Climate Change at the federal level is downplayed to act only as a regulator
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Our forgotten children
Children like Arzoo stand at the intersection of oppression in Pakistan: female, member of a minority religious faith
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CPEC: India’s new nightmare
India’s stance on CPEC has been no secret but it’s the first time that Pakistan has come out with the specifics
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A Conradian world
In the world of post-2020 elections, words such as government, democracy have lost their historical meaning
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Shutdown time
Despite a vaccine on the way, the rates of infection from coronavirus rise in Pakistan
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Is America a failing democracy?
Republicans disregard Biden's win and press on to nullify the election results
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Delaying extinction
Science now knows that climate change in the world has reached a point of no return
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Populism not defeated
The tremendous support shown by an informed public for Trump has surprised many
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Politics is no child’s play
Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch took a lot of criticism from his party for quitting
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Rule of law
In Pakistan that ultimate authority is the people who inherit sovereignty derived from the Almighty
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Every election lost isn’t stolen
As a Pakistani covering the election in America, I felt a lot like an American covering an election in Pakistan
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Pakistan’s untapped human potential
The irony is that most of these women belong to the middle or upper middle class that works hard to make ends meet
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Higher national cause vs dynastic politics
With CPEC entering the next phase and industrial output growing, Pakistan looks to 2021 with optimism
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America needs constant vigilance
The quantum of misinformation being used to discredit the election outcome
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The visibility problem
The scapegoating of Muslims will, however, prove to be counter-productive in the long run
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China and Joe Biden’s America
Chinese leadership, on the other hand, hopes for a “tone down” over contentious issues with Joe Biden
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Macron, France and liberté
The French character of the colonial-era in Franc-Afrique is not worth forgetting
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From divided to united states — of America?
It will be a hard task for the Biden administration to unleash the healing process
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Coronavirus and smog
Despite threat of smog season fueling fatalities, there seems to be no let-up in emissions by transport, other sectors
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Allama Iqbal on Economics
How many know of Iqbal's first book, Ilmul Iqtisad, or The Science of Economics, published in 1904?
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Covid-19 and telemedicine
During these testing times, the only solution is allowing our healthcare to go digital
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Joe Biden, the world and Pak-US relations
Practically, domestic agenda drives the US presidency
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Combating smog: myopic policymaking
The government should focus on developing green industries and green consumers
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Donald Trump, you’re fired!
Trump spent his reality TV career barking “you’re fired” in his quest for higher ratings
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Iqbal’s insight on the 21st century
Diyar-e-Maghrib ke rehne walo! khuda ki basti dukan nahin hai
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The impact of US elections
Many national leaders including those of South Asia had started emulating his behaviour as though this was the norm
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Thus spake the American electorate!
Trump is the first president in US polling history to have never received a positive approval rating
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Why Pakistan Covid-19 numbers are not real
It’s not uncommon in Pakistan that official records may be very different from the actual situation
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Towards a constitutional provincial status for G-B
It is high time for the federal government to mull over pragmatically addressing G-B’s constitutional enigma
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The reference: part II
As the dissents demonstrate, the federal government showed a wilful disregard for both of these legal principles
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CPEC and China’s dual circulation approach
The four-year Trump rule has been a tumultuous ride for US-China relations
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The longest four days
The first night — of November 3 — was particularly hard, and gradually it started to get better
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International migration in a changing world
Demographers have been examining the reasons for the decline in the rate of human fertility
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Wonderful Multan
All this makes one wonder where Sindh has gone wrong
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Covid-19: in-service training of care providers
The importance of having a well-trained health human resource was another lesson we learned during the pandemic
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Five takeaways for Pakistan under Biden’s presidency
Dealing with Covid-19 and avoiding a potential fallout of Trump not conceding defeat will be his top priority
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Two-minded and two-hearted democrats
The ‘right to speech’ is not greater and higher than the ‘right to life’
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Democracy on line
Finding solutions to pandemics, leading the fight against climate change and forging a new consensus on economic
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The three Ps
Many countries are bracing themselves for what is being called the second wave of the pandemic
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G-B elections: political traditions and stereotypes
Many questions have been raised during the last two elections
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From social distancing to ecological distancing
Will we continue to act as we are the lords of all we see and that we can bend nature to our will?
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A lethal mix of prejudices
In India Hitlerism and Islamophobia both are at their peak
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Arzoo and Estonia
Pakistan could have prevented the anguish, abuse and rape of the 13-year-old girl, Arzoo
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Neoliberal manipulations
An especially harmful DB indicator aimed at global investors encouraged poor countries to keep their taxes low
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Pathway to redemption
PML-N’s vociferous demand is for the army to keep out of politics
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New realities in IIOJK
India is embarking on a well-calculated plan to turn its age-old dream to ‘Indianise’ J&K
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A new wave of autocracy
In its current 2020 report, V-Dem is most concerned about the erosion of democracy in India