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Where is the Afghan peace process headed?
As Trump cancels meetings with Ghani and the Taliban
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Measuring global pain
As measuring global happiness proves difficult due to the subjectivity of the term
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Rebased Consumer Price Index
“Poverty, what poverty? People have to wait to be seated at restaurants?”
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Let Kashmiris speak
India also knows the fact that it will be Pakistan’s last intention to allow Pakistani Kashmiris to cross the LOC
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Barking up the wrong tree
There must be a system to expel people from the service for poor performance or administrative delinquency
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PTI’s lopsided anti-corruption drive
Corruption by low-ranking officials who are underpaid and overwhelmed by responsibilities, is understandable
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The world’s largest ‘hypocracy’
Hindu chauvinist, racist and fascist policies of the Modi government have now compelled a reality check
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Empowering women through skills in the age of automation
Online training platforms should be set up for skills training, targetting underprivileged females of the society
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Media, the sole deterrent in Kashmir
Researcher reports from 9th to 13th August report women complaining of “molestation” by Indian security forces
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The art of deal (breaking)
US-Afghan peace talks have suffered a setback because of Trump’s penchant for showmanship
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Science and Shame
We need leaders who are knowledgeable, thoughtful, visionary and mature.
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Afghanistan: beyond the hope of a peace agreement
The cancellation or postponement of the talks can be attributed to the lack of a unified approach from the beginning.
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A mini budget in sight?
Ironically, the FBR is not to be blamed here. The problem instead lies in the unrealistic target.
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Constitutional hardball
Would members of Pakistan’s legislature be able to ever put aside their own desires for the greater good of democracy
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Political strains in the West
For almost half a century, Moscow had offered to the world an alternative way of governing
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Of sick bovines
The mad cow disease keeps on rearing its ugly head in the unlikeliest of places
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People-friendly police
The provincial police force is allegedly damaged beyond repair
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Catch these evaders!
The manufacturers were also understating their cost of sales by showing them as margins of distributors
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Taliban must act wisely
The Taliban have been waging an asymmetrical war in Afghanistan in which there cannot be a clear winner or loser
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Is Imran Khan pulling a Gandhi to defeat Modi?
Dialling up the heat on Modi, unleashing the aggressive non-violence
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Don’t forget the middle class
What makes the 'middle-class' such an important constituent of a state identity?
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Can we play Modi’s full toss?
Today, India under Modi is successfully defining itself as a country that is drenched in communal bigotry
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Trump’s dilemma on a trade deal with China
As his weird diplomacy is flawed building a close rapport with heads of states while slating their countries
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Persecution, not prosecution
A road to incarceration
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India under the shadow of RSS
In conflict with the philosophy and wisdom of the founding fathers of India’s freedom movement
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Unnecessary illusions
Small developments can have far-reaching effects
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Unliveable cities
The Economist Intelligence Unit in its report names Karachi among the 10 least liveable cities in the world
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Disenfranchising and its discontents
As the manipulation of religion in bids to challenge the status quo persists
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Confidence, business and government
Following the withdrawal of the GIDC Ordinance
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Efficacy, backlogs and the court system
An analysis of Pakistan's judiciary
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Anatomy of police torture
Something which has virtually become socially pervasive and part and parcel of our culture
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Pak-India trade realities
The World Bank estimates the potential of Pak-India trade at $37 billion against the actual $2.3 billion
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Learning from drought and flood-hit Texas
One strategy is rainwater harvesting, which is cheap and low on technology
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Incentivising hydropower development
Refuting the idea that imported fuel projects have a lower cost of generation than hydropower projects
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The storm before the calm
The strategy of a storm before the calm has been working for the Taliban and they see no reason to change course
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Big money behind wars
In Modi’s newspeak, Indian nationalism is the new N-word and equals Nazism
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Legal plan exposed in the J&K Bill 2019
The constitutional changes appear to highlight a plan to make the Parliament supreme
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Media’s role in nation-building
It has to be acknowledged that essentially the media reflects the societal norms and values
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Resurgence of terrorism: why?
The Afghan Taliban are again touted as the saviour of Afghanistan and Islam about to bring a superpower to kneel
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Tourism promotion: efforts and failures
All focus is being concentrated on attracting tourists by easing off visa requirements.
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Kuhn and Kashmir
It is true that criticism for the sake of it is cheap, easy and convenient.
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CPEC: what’s stopping Pakistan Railways?
The track will ultimately extend to Kashghar, providing access to the BRI railway grid.
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The dangers of calling Pakistan’s ‘nuclear bluff’
In the famous movie, The Day After, the only survivors after a nuclear war are cockroaches.
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Getting Kashmir right
The biggest challenge for Pakistan lies in navigating policy differences among major powers
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The ‘fast food’ factor!
Fast food has not only disturbed the tempo of man’s mealtime, it has also made his meal lop-sided
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Where is Jagjit Kaur?
It is up to the Pakistan govt to ensure that the rights of members of religious minorities cannot be trashed here
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Trump taking the world towards another recession
If global recession does come around it would coincide with Pakistan’s attempts to bolster its exports
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Before you hit the road, here’s a checklist
To avoid any surprises and accidents, one should plan the journey with due care
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Pakistan’s best national investment: Kamyab Jawan
Pakistan's best hope is supporting economically productive, politically responsible and socially integrated youth
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We have options on Kashmir
Pakistan must buckle up, there’s no shortage of challenges but there’s no shortage of options either















































