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It is the people
The argument about Kashmir is predicated on universal human rights which Pakistan is using on every forum
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Where would Hindutva steer 21st-century India?
Hindutva ideology to unite the disparate population in one big homogenous whole, the Hindu Rashtriya
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Bureaucracy and kabaddi
Court orders have become insurance policies for civil servants
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Kashmir, Pakistan and the world
While the UN searches for its soul, Pakistan must do the same and It must reassess its diplomatic agenda
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Used-car salesmen et al!
It is the façade that counts in this imperfect — and shallow — world of ours
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Pakistan’s Afghan problem
Continued fighting will most likely produce another wave of Afghan refugees into Pakistan
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What are we eating!
Organic food has become a multi-billion dollar industry as consumers become aware of the health benefits
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Pakistan’s Kashmir game plan
In order to win international support Pakistan will have to address its internal shortcomings
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Kashmir looking up to an insensitive world
The world again waits for a Bouazizi to wake up its conscience, as situation in Kashmir is growing critical by the day
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Half-widows of Kashmir
Left on their own, these Kashmiri women must make ends meet, and provide for their children
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Time for Naya Pakistan to take a radical U-turn
You need to come out guns blazing every day, to do your best to pursue a radical reform agenda
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Fiery flames of fashionable fury
Three weeks is enough time to digest the shock of August 5 and apportion blame where it rightfully belongs
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Harnessing the power of the cloud for digital transformation
The burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) is revealing new scenarios that were simply not possible until now
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Kashmiri diaspora to petition ICJ?
When the lockdown in IoK is finally lifted, New Delhi will find itself dealing with an incensed population
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How India was lost
India, once a shining beacon of hope and democracy for all post-colonial states, seems to have been lost to infamy
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Reversing the ocean’s misery
Every morning at Sea View, Karachi, a tractor comes by to collect the plastic waste that is washed back ashore
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The cost of unplanned urbanisation
Climate change is no longer a distant possibility but a current reality
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How land use impacts our climate
Planting trees is an important part of rethinking land use strategy, which currently seems in vogue within Pakistan
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UN Trusteeship Council: a way out for Kashmir?
Even the smallest possibility of peace seems unfathomable, at least till the near future
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Kashmir’s illegal annexation: policy options for Pakistan
Kashmir is a national issue and evokes widespread sentiment in Pakistan
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The regional spillover of US Afghan policy
China’s new geopolitical approach is a combination of the “good neighbour” and “stabilisation of the periphery” policy
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Kashmir on fire
Modi has torn the “instrument of accession” to shreds & nullified the fraudulent basis of India’s claim to Kashmir
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Reimagining tax mechanism in Pakistan
Re-think the mechanism, co-opt the family structure into how returns are filed & bring attention to tax avoidance
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India and ISIS
A resurgent ISIS-Afghanistan has some fruits for India in this quagmire
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Afghanistan’s peace and Kashmir
The statements linking the Afghan peace process with the resolution of the Kashmir issue have not gone well
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Kabul: carnage in a wedding hall
The path to peace has many roadblocks that must be overcome, such as the exit of foreign forces
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India’s nuclear threat
Pakistan will have to work out its strategy of developing and maintaining a credible minimum deterrence
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Video games and mass shootings
Donald Trump should toughen up his stance on gun control and implement gun prevention laws
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The case for incentivizing hydropower development
Pakistan’s energy sector suffers from a high dependence on imported fuels
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Is war imminent in South Asia?
For the first time since 1971 the unresolved Kashmir dispute has been acknowledged internationally
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The saffron noose
Article 35A prevented the Modi government from taking the Israel route and allowing Indian settlers into the valley
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The ruse of development
British in Africa were not the only one who pushed their development agenda down the throats of the natives
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Re-thinking government
More than 34,000 teachers have used this app so far, submitting applications for approximately 100,000 preferences
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The NCD menace
Government efforts must continue towards the development of a comprehensive primary healthcare system
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So near yet so far
At least 63 people were killed and 182 injured in a suicide attack at a wedding party in Kabul on Saturday
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Fear and misery in IOK
Kashmiris have long been living in an atmosphere of fear and misery
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The new chattering classes!
It must be acknowledged that the cell-phone revolution has brought all classes to approximately the same level
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Pakistan’s options in Kashmir
Modi is moving India towards its demise
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Sinking in the rain
Over the years we have seen one agency blame the other
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India, not Pakistan, to lose Kashmir
Pakistan needs to play this game started by India not as a T20 cricket match but a test series
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19th century genocide and 21st century policy
Dawes Act stole cohesiveness from the Native Americans, similar to what is being attempted in Kashmir
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India, the attention seeker
Pakistan cuts off diplomatic ties with India, other countries express concern regarding the issue
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Kashmir — need for diplomatic engineering
Abolishing Article 370 displays gap between those who want to secede and those who want to safeguard state sovereignty
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Financial crunch at public-sector universities
HEC was allocated Rs59 billion against a demand of Rs103 billion — Rs6 billion less than previous year
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Status of J&K under international law
Free, impartial plebiscite might assist both parties and the people of Kashmir in resolving the longstanding dispute
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India’s dangerous gamble on Kashmir
Can Pakistan with its economic, governance crises effectively exploit popular sentiments among the Kashmiri Muslims
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The grand Indian extortion
India is notorious in sabotaging similar initiatives and uses everything in its power to derail Afghan peace process
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The plebiscite puzzle
All these years, Pakistanis and Kashmiris have blamed India for breaching a solemn pledge made to Kashmir
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Absence of local govts in Balochistan
Delay in LG elections is not only violating constitutional obligations but also undermining gains of previous govts
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Caught between globalism and tribalism
Many conflicts fueled by tribal sentiments manifested in the form of ethnic, racial, religious characteristics