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Tinkering with fiscal autonomy under 18th amendment
Such overtures must be avoided at all costs
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Why NAP may keep napping
It is time to realise that there is no other way and no other option
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Willful negligence?
Such cases have been happening with regular frequency
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Unruly weather
A casual attitude both on the part of the authorities and the citizens might have serious consequences
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Flower child
A moment of a kind word is too much for us to spare
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Foreign nuclear assistance to India and its implications
The US-India nuclear deal has contributed to increasing the arms race in the region
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Cycles of violence
For the Hazara, a graveyard serves as a community centre
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Unsolved Kasur cases and DNA databank
But as soon as the media spotlight turned away, the remaining five unresolved cases were quickly forgotten.
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World’s poor at the receiving end!
The problem of hunger and deprivation is still nowhere near an equitable resolution
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Coming challenges in the emerging global order
The United States president will need to navigate through very turbulent waters
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Bloom in the desert
Last week, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the Thar coal power plant
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Is Modi best bet for Pakistan?
PM Imran Khan thinks re-election of Modi could be a better bet for Pakistan-India peace
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SEZs and independent jurisdictions
They provide an array of incentives ranging from tax incentives to regulatory incentive and often on-site residence
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US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan
The decision, however, strictly from a diplomatic and legal angle was wholly unwarranted
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A swamp called politics
The political swamps that both Modi and Netanyahu are creating smell bad
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Genesis of incompetence
Why blame the PTI? Blame its circumstances
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Imran’s guesstimate about Modi’s chances
PM hopes to start a dialogue with India if Modi is re-elected
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Financial literacy in Pakistan
Ranked the lowest in terms of financial access rate with 100 million unbanked adults
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CPEC and agriculture: implications for growth and poverty
The focus of CPEC is said to be shifting towards socio-economic outcomes of investment
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Que sera sera
Mankind has managed to take a mug shot of a black hole
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Protection of mentally-challenged prisoners in Sindh
There is a dire need to rework mental health legislation in Sindh
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Last chance to save democratic and secular India?
If BJP under Narendra Modi comes to power the future of Indian democracy and secularism will be doomed
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Does China provide a good model for naya Pakistan?
Fact that Chinese model of growth continues to marginalise ethnic groups in China is serious concern
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Tariq Siddiqi
Tariq Sahib was known as patient, courteous, religious without wearing it on the sleeves and socialist
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Bus Rapid Transport: an extravaganza
The new megastructure being built is, however, meant only for few buses and not for the general traffic
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Afghan talks: how big are the challenges?
Hopefully, during Khalilzad’s interaction with the Taliban in Doha, some satisfactory answers can be found
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Understanding US interests in Pakistan
Pakistan has seriously risked its sovereignty and interests to serve as a client state of the US
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What Netanyahu victory means for West Bank
Netanyahu’s coalition government will include the far-right who are fierce supporters of annexing the West Bank
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Human rights violations in Modi’s India
The Muslims are the biggest victims of this bulging hate in India
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Poverty in terms of health
Not all poverty comes from lack of resources, some come from poor and inefficient management of resources
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Challenges to stability and Indian claims of ASAT capability
Pakistan may look for smart technological and political responses to the recently-acquired Indian capability
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Pragmatic approach towards national language
There is no clarity as to when will the government be in a position to fully introduce Urdu in official communications
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Crackdown on militant outfits
Time has come for a deep introspection and an agonising reappraisal of policy
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Of rights and resources
These necessities are broadly encompassed within the ambit of what the international legal order
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Reforming tourism in K-P
Promulgating a new law is no guarantee that tourism in K-P will be improved
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The quality quagmire
Quality, ultimately, is about fairness, equity and saving people from harm
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Why Pakistan needs NRO
But seven months into the office, the performance of the govt shows that the situation is getting from bad to worse.
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Blogs, vlogs
We can achieve much more if we also have on board local vloggers
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Of sports and pelf!
Sport is fast assuming the guise of a passport to making quick money
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An emerging tripolar world: China, America and Europe
Xi plans to travel to Rome, Monaco, Paris and Florida during this trip
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Women are human too
Women in urban and privileged sections in Pakistan suffer in a more subtle, yet prevalent ways
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Reasoning from and not to our convictions
Listening to the PPP leadership on the 40th anniversary of ZA Bhutto I was reminded of David Hume
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Asad Umar’s economic shock therapy — crazy or genius?
Once the initial shock and side effects of the chemotherapy wear off, Pakistan has a very bright future ahead
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Captain marvels at his team
Lay of the land does not look that pretty
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Warning shots on April 4
PPP warns the ruling PTI against attempts to repeal the 18th amendment to the Constitution
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‘State Capture by the Elite’
A 537-page book by Dr Hafiz A Pasha answers some important questions
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Common crusade
OIC urges the UN to declare Islamophobia as a form of racism
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Measuring the wrong quantity
Pursuit of happiness is an individual quest and not a policy matter at any rate
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Indian star wars
Modi claims that India has joined the Super League
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From Kartarpur to Sir Creek
Both countries signatories to UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar Convention on the Protection of Wetlands











































