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The failing Western media
From clear-cut disparagement to open fan boy-ism, Khan draws intense reactions
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All the President’s men
Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen's stories shook Donald Trump's government
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Violence in schools
The use of corporal punishment to ‘discipline’ children is deeply entrenched in tradition and societal attitudes
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Freeing the airwaves
This is good news but for this initiative to take some positive shape, certain steps would have to be taken
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Easing of Pak-India trade tensions
South Asia remains the only world region that does not have a working arrangement among its nations
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The ‘Pakistan first’ approach
Khan told the Foreign Office that Pakistan’s national interests must be kept supreme in dealing with other countries
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Foreign policy: a way forward for Khan government
PTI government’s foreign policy must be extremely dynamic to bring economic stability
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Working for women empowerment
PM Imran's speech to the nation was far less impressive than his first speech that was delivered after the election
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A state of nothing
The sacrifice of giving up First Class travel only to opt for rigours of Business Class is nothing
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Of horse-trading and sundries!
One ‘issue’ that invariably crops up during an election season in this blessed land is ‘horse-trading’
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Illegal migration in India
BJP in India is well-entrenched in six of the seven northeastern states,
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Social entrepreneurs and Pakistan
Around 29 per cent of our population is now between the ages of 15-29 years
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To err is ECP: putting democracy on trial
The Rs21 billion elections attracted a lot of skepticism
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PTI should tread slowly
The PTI government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan has come in promising change
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The first move
Few of his close companions don’t have a completely clean slate, this will definitely test Imran's impartiality
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No ceasefire in Afghanistan
The Taliban had made their point and there was to be no ceasefire
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Measures to strengthen the economy
Most of the previous governments in Pakistan have tried to attract foreign investment
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Future of largest minority in Naya Pakistan
Minority is named as per unique challenges that its members face: ‘crippled’
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The making of ‘new’ Pakistan
The ‘new’ is synonymous with broad and deep reforms in critical areas of governance
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Lack of informed opinion on IMET decision
US decision to suspend the IMET Programme to Pakistan military is not a new phenomenon
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The good, the bad and the ugly
Good leaders practise what they preach and Khan is doing just that by following through on a promise
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Ignorance and prejudice: learning from Kofi Annan
As the United Nation’s seventh Secretary General, the first black African to rise to this honourable position
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The promise of civil service reforms
Pakistan is a country with brightest civil servants and weakest governance
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50 years of saving lives
The British Journal Lancet publishes a study conducted in what was then East Pakistan
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Why terror isn’t subsiding in Afghanistan?
It has become a typical South Asian dilemma that is getting harder to navigate
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Committed to ‘sham’ democracy
Ironically, successive civilian governments failed to deliver on public goods
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Justice for Amal
We are told that Amal died from a bullet fired by the police
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Pakistan and Turkey: case studies of economies in stress
With the elections of July 2018, Pakistan has moved towards stability while Turkey looks uncertain
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World Humanitarian Day 2018
The World Humanitarian Day was first marked on 19th August 2003
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The ever-elusive peace
When the last marathon Indian elections had run their course, the only surprise had been the margin of BJP’s victory
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New global order
Trump’s politics reminds of the policy of isolationism that the US has espoused from time to time
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Reign of Khan
Khan is out to make naya Pakistan, but others are out to milk naya Pakistan
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Muslim World and the West
Dozens of children were killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike that hit a school bus in northern Yemen
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Media matters
PTI should turn its media-related manifesto into public and media-friendly laws and regulations at least at the Centre
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Karachi sinking in its own sewage
Karachi’s 15 million citizens have been criminally discharging their raw sewage into the nearest coastal waters
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All of Asia
Pakistan has the potential to be another of Asia’s success stories
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Navigating Imran’s hung revolution
Balochistan Awami Party, a part of the PTI-led coalition, threatened to withdraw support for the PTI’s speaker nominee
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Will Palestinians be no more?
Arab states have had a chain of meetings with Israeli officials and Netanyahu himself over a ‘peace plan’
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What has been happening to agriculture?
Pakistan’s agriculture received a boost in the 1960s when it posted a growth rate of 5.1%
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Social entrepreneurs and global challenges
Social enterprise has not yet proven its capacity to overcome the numerous challenges plaguing our world
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Invading Iraq haunts today
Iraq War not only affected the Afghan war but is also affecting the American withdrawal from that war-torn country
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Will bashing Pakistan help?
The US has failed in eliminating terrorism from Afghanistan
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Imran vs populism
Although there are many for whom Imran is the face of Pakistani populism, he has dodged the populist bullet
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Energy sector: setting the directions right
As the new government assumes power, energy crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing Pakistan
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Fulfilling election promises
The second democratic transition has injected new vigour and vitality in the nation
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Free American media: myth or reality?
Reporting on international issues, American media is usually cooperative, reflecting the policies of their government
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CPEC: from idea to realisation
The next all-important phase of CPEC is Industrial Cooperation
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Power of female education
One of the areas that beckon immediate priority is on health and education particularly that of women
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Who will work for the government?
The challenge of hiring the right people will become all the more daunting
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Psychology of targeting law enforcers
Terrorgroups have been involved in targeting law enforces for multiple reasons which overlap with their objectives