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People's movements & social, political and economic impact
Migration during Partition fundamentally altered Pakistan’s social fabric
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When the first brick is crooked
Poetry, economics and our future
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Davos and Trump's new global order
Joining Trump’s Board of Peace risks Pakistan’s moral credibility
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Romancing Trump
Trump-Pakistan "bromance" at Davos offers a transactional opening to leverage global influence on issues like Kashmir
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Beyond budgets: structural crisis in Pakistan's universities
Pakistan’s universities face a collapse of relevance and autonomy, rethinking funding
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Power: frailty, fear, and fall
Legitimacy of power depends on whether it serves the people or masks insecurity
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Pakistan federation and the lie within
18th Amendment promised devolution, fiscal tension continue to divide Pakistan’s provinces
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Corporate congress
Corporate power may soon surpass political control, as billionaires influence policies
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Politics and the IMF
Pakistan's hopes of breaking free from the IMF are lofty; financial independence requires deep structural reforms
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Civic sense: a fundamental social contract
Civic sense is not just an ideal; it’s the practical contract of urban life
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Minorities commission: a wait worth it?
Analyzing the NCMR Act 2025: Can a new independent commission bridge the gap between law and reality for minorities?
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Blundering towards chaos
From Greenland to Venezuela: How the collapse of the unipolar world order is triggering a global march toward chaos
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The colours of the self: a quest for inner truth
Deep dive into Mohsin Shafi’s "Between the Two Worlds," exploring identity, Sufi mysticism, the "Third Space"
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Implications of American withdrawal from UNFCCC
America is no longer willing to participate in global climate summits
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A crisis of governance, not foreign conspiracy
Afghanistan’s insecurity is a homegrown crisis fueled by weak institutions and fractured Taliban leadership
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Back to Iran: the Trumpian conundrum
Tehran must shift from rigid ideology to addressing the public’s economic aspirations
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Pakistan's crypto gap
Pakistan needs thoughtful crypto regulation, not a cluttered framework that excludes local startups
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The few versus the many
From Venezuela to Pakistan, foreign interference continues to undermine the true will of the people
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Technology, power and the illusion of sovereignty
Maduro's capture proves that might still sets the rules, with technology as the silent arbiter of global power
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Bangladesh — election, erasure, empathy and victory
As the 2026 elections loom, the 50-year marginalization of Bangladesh’s Bihari community remains a moral crisis
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Where Trump's world order is headed
For Pakistan, regional instability under the Donroe Doctrine necessitates balanced ties with global powers
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Rethinking deterrence
Deterrence is no longer about preventing war; calibrated violence for conflict management
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Why our environmental message isn't working
Pollution awareness campaigns fail, misaligning the message with the audience, systemic barriers to change
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Greenland, white shift and the world of chaos
US actions in Greenland, Venezuela highlight geopolitical power plays driven by demographics
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Transforming Pakistan
Pakistan’s path to prosperity hinges on overcoming economic flaws, political instability, underdeveloped sectors
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Sharing space
Drug experiment reveals the disparity in quality, price, the poor bearing the brunt of unsafe medicine
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Trump's Iran pause and the new Middle East reality
A Trump warning to Iranian protesters sparked strike speculation, but Israel, Gulf states saw the risks as too high
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Schooling and free thinking
When conformity is treated as virtue and disagreement as disrespect, free thinking withers
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Pakistan's new alliance
It is not clear what understanding exists between Pakistan and the United States in the prevailing situation
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Illusions of success
Stability in South Asia can only be secured through transparency, dialogue, adherence to established agreements
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A trilateral partnership involving Pakistan, KSA and Turkey
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan will not shift Middle Eastern power dynamics, dominated by the US
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V for victory, H for hunger
Pakistan's external victories mask internal economic stagnation, as rising hunger contrasts with diplomatic success
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Exodus of talent
Pakistan's brain drain costs the country billions, draining talent needed for national development, economic stability
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Pursuit of ignorance?
Engineered ignorance in power structures sustains oppression, hindering genuine democracy
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Oozing racial, religious and geopolitical hypocrisy
From Gaza to Venezuela, Western justice speaks loudly, only selectively
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Fan mail for Gen Z and Alpha
History shows youth movements ignite change, rarely get to shape what follows
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When jurisdiction travels further than law
If law yields to convenience, smaller states lose the only shield they have
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Teacher's burnout
Overworked, underpaid, job insecure academics are burning out in silence
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Corruption transcends borders
Many prominent multinational corporations have been implicated in bribery scandals across the Global South
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How the law still enables Palestinian dispossession
The Nakba never ended; law itself has sustained forced displacement
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Pakistan — in the age of impunity
As great powers jostle from the Arctic to Asia, Pakistan faces an uncertain strategic horizon
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The quiet erosion of professional integrity
Side hustles may ensure survival, but divided commitment quietly erodes public institutions
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CM's denial dilemma
Denying Afghan-based terror ignores the 3,800 incidents in K-P, reality of regional militant sanctuaries
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Crystal-gazing American unilateralism
Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela signals a dangerous era of U.S. unilateralism, strategic overstretch
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Why does Islamabad hate trees?
Islamabad has traded its crystal-clear springs and green spaces for concrete
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Preserving the whiteness of western civilisation
Trump, Musk fearmonger through "white genocide" claims, justifying ICE’s actions while ignoring the tragedy in Gaza
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AI skills to learn in 2026
AI fluency and prompt engineering are no longer optional, essential for survival in the global workforce
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Bye oil, hello rare earths!
Pakistan must strategically manage its rare earth elements to drive economic growth, avoid Global North conflicts
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A revolution worth fighting for!
True progress in Pakistan requires a cultural shift away from coercion, arrogance toward self-accountability
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A locked region and its trapped voices
Kashmir is an Orwellian "locked room" where dissent is met with systemic repression






































