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Governance and rule of law
The political history of the country is replete with malicious accusations, meant to corner political opponents
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Breaking the impasse
Considering BJP govt is under pressure it is not surprising that they would be desirous of talks with Islamabad
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Who owns the islands?
Yet again, the Centre kept the parliament out of the loop
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Covid-19 and child education
The income shock to households, whose children are in private schools, would increase their demand for public support
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Team of rivals
This may not be the perfect opposition. But it is the best we have at the moment — we will take it
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Understanding SNC as ‘the way forward’
Aspiration to standardise education is intended as a key move towards providing equitable access to quality education
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The mystery of rising wheat prices
Imagine if wheat was not regulated domestic prices would have settled somewhere near the average international prices
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Compromised credibility
Today, scientists and health professionals are urging the public not to listen to CDC anymore
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Banning TikTok and after
Possibly its success led to its demise
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America’s absence from the global scene
Those in power in US had correctly concluded that accepting rights, interests of other nations would not weaken it
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Capitalism and climate change
The story of inequality is written by humans. Let us not comfortably blame God for the mess we made
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Need for national dialogue
The battle lines are drawn, even though the government is playing down the PDM agitation
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The show stoppers
Why is politics failing to evolve and give hope to those who look up to it?
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How nazriyati is Punjab?
Twenty-first century beckons its own set of challenges especially in Pakistan
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What a Biden Presidency means for Pakistan
Joe Biden famously told Afghan President to his face that Pakistan is fifty times more important than Afghanistan
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Covid-19: allowing it to be something it wasn’t
The misery of Covid-19 patients doubled as they had to fight a mental battle along with the physical invasion
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Mosaic warfare, a peep into multi-domain battle space
There is a need to evaluate Mosaic Warfare and how it is going to affect the battle space and military strategy
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Pink October
Pakistan reportedly has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia
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Covid-19: water is already in the house!
Pakistan and other countries need to realise they can’t win a war without good intelligence
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On banning women
Time is opportune to stand up for women and stop blaming everything else from a pillar to a lamp post for such crimes
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Understanding the China miracle
The secret of conquering the world of commerce lies in creativity, innovation and newness
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Can there be a fourth political option in Pakistan?
Issue is not to get rid of PTI but serious credibility gap concerning PPP, PML-N because of their dismal track record
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The political future of Afghanistan
Creating a stable Afghan state is not going to be easy
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FCCU shows the way
At a time when the prices of most services have shot through the roof, there is good news from an unlikely source
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ILF seminar and the idea of justice
Can this country be left to its politicians, half of which are facing corruption charges?
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Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabakh
There are disputes that are brought to limelight only if the parties try and change regional and/or global status-quo
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US election: democratic system on the ballot
It has become clear that this election has more issues on the ballot
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When peace is a hurdle
For the umpteenth time, peace talks between Pakistan and India popped out of the grave
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Prevention of corruption and corrupt practices
All along, curbing corruption, fair and neat governance have remained on top of the agenda of all political parties
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Strengthening democratic norms
The military and intelligence agencies have an extremely important and critical role in the defence of the country
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A floating time bomb in the Middle East
The war in Yemen has slowly succumbed into an abyss of indifference
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Should juvenile delinquents be punished?
Individual is transformed into one by the circumstances society shapes for him
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Why we need fear for effective disaster risk reduction
Pakistan has many seismic zones and as many high-rises are vulnerable to earthquakes and not always structurally sound
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My voice, our equal future
Women in Pakistan need role models projecting positive portrayal of their strength and ability across all disciplines
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Orthodoxy
The inability of our state to let its people express themselves holds this country back
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K-Electric: investor rights or public interest?
Govt should prepare to create the right conditions for the competitive market to operate post-2023
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The state of the written word
A recent survey suggested that three in four Pakistanis (75%) do not read anything outside of their syllabus
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Mental health challenges
There is an alarming increase of mental health problems among the young population
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The world and an ailing American president
On virtually every front Trump has embraced “denialism” as if wishing problems away was a substitute for policy action
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Trump ‘duplimacy’ and US global leadership
Over the last four years, Trump's knavish tricks have pushed US allies and partners further away
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Misplaced priorities
This government has done everything except bringing a real change — something that was its main election slogan
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Aagay tum peechhay hum
The standard of teaching in our country has hit the rock bottom
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De-hybrid-ing politics
What we have under the PTI government is widely understood to be a hybrid model of governance
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Pakistan’s peaceful nuclear programme
Two nuclear power plants at Karachi, two at Muzaffargarh and one power plant at Chashma are planned in near future
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Mental Health Day
Mental health is considered a taboo in Pakistan mainly because of the lack of education
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Tackling child malnutrition
The govt will have to design and implement different interventions for different age groups of children
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The worst is yet to come
This is just the entrance of the tunnel. The journey only gets bleaker from hereon
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Transitions are prone to accidents
The eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation between PTI and the opposition seems well on the road to a point of no return
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5GW and Pakistan
Nature of war is now mutating fast, thanks to the inventions and innovations, of late
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Standing up against the rape culture
After every rape there is an uptick in a rhetoric which highlights the patriarchal mindset of some






































