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GSP plus and minority rights
Pakistan is no exception and it has already signed national and international commitments towards its citizens
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Confrontational politics
But the game the opposition parties are playing is a game of confrontational politics
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The unending pressures on Pakistan
Are we not divorced from the reality in failing to grasp where we stand today?
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Reshaping the role of nurses in surgical care
Access to high quality nursing services is one of the major problems of Pakistan’s health system
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Pakistan’s evolving nuclear doctrine
Important for Pakistan to acquire second-strike capability to counter widening strategic gaps in Indian Ocean
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Goodbye coal!
Biggest commitment to forego coal has been strikingly shown by developing countries
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Justice with benefits
It makes political sense to pursue ideals of justice and rule of law to gain critical political mileage
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Who owns the university?
University land is often pristine, well kempt and hence a prime target for developers
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Three choices to deal with US
Washington’s punitive measures may have strategic reasons
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Caught in the crossfire
Where did we lose the August 11 vision of the Quaid? What has become of us?
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Managing Trump’s worldview
There is a good reason why Trump has become so attached to Vladimir Putin
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Karachi: reimagining our urban aspirations
75% of Karachi’s population belongs to poor and low-income groups and many are victims of the vicious poverty trap
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When protectors become accusers
There is no understanding at FIA that their role is not to moralise but to protect the women who are harassed online
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Dichotomous US-Pak interest
Pakistan must not compromise on its fundamental national interest
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What happens in Saudia stays in Saudia?
The royals may have ‘counselled’ the Sharifs or given them their perspective
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Trump’s vendetta against Pakistan
With such a man as the president of America, God help Pakistan! His wrath is lethal
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Public first in K-P’s public education
Decisions are not to serve the public but the electoral interests
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Friends not masters — Part III
This is not the first time that we are on the brink of being abandoned and punished by the US
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In Afghanistan, America needs a fatwa
Poppy farming ensures a decent living for the impoverished farming communities and steady tax revenue for the Taliban
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Unnecessary crackdown against NGOs
Recently the government has advised 21 INGOs to wrap up their operations without giving them any specific reasons
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US and Pakistan relations in the coming year
This new year has started with quite a bang as far as relations between Pakistan and the US are concerned
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Trumpicide
The number of Americans taking Trump seriously is declining by the day
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Limits of American power
But Trump remains oblivious to these limits of US power
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Conduct yourself with spiritual politics!
Imagine how a society would evolve if a leadership conducted itself within the parameters of Spiritual Politics!
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In defence of democracy
Our political parties are dynastic
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Let’s do the Time-Warp again!
Dance our way into 2018 and the parallel reality of Pakistan
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Cellphone mania — a boon or a bane?
No one can deny an individual’s right to bear a cellphone
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Living in Trump age
Tweet on Pakistan is unique in harshness, very direct, impolite and undiplomatic
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Let us begin this note on love
It seems year after year, we measure our country’s progress in how many innocent lives we’ve managed not to lose
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CPEC: how to manage our SEZs?
World is fraught with many failed examples with well-built yet unutilised infrastructure
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The insatiable demands of US
Since President Donald Trump has assumed office, the pressure on Pakistan has increased manifold
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Economy under Abbasi
A depreciated rupee is not expected to help much
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Electoral reform — the unfinished agenda
The revised format for nomination papers would no longer allow citizens to access information on loan defaults
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Raise those fees
A healthy, sustainable university is one of the most important investments for our future
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Unfair tax imposition in G-B
It was the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that first introduced direct taxation in 2012
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Withering journalistic ethics
Pakistan always stood out for is its rich culture of extending hospitality to people from outside
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Institutionalising the K-P police reforms
The Strategic Framework for police developed in 2014 reaffirms the need to promote a society free from fear of crime
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Improving the narrative about Pakistan
The country’s future also depends on the way the country is perceived by the world outside
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What 2018 holds for us
In many ways, 2018 will be much more of the same in comparison to the previous year
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Commend when deserved
The neglect that the historic monuments suffer is visible to all who care to observe
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Transforming Punjab’s economy
Reports should be published annually to capture rapidly changing policy and economic environment
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LG institutions in FATA
Question of civilising and modernising administration through local govt institutions remains unanswered
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Happy New Year!
It was only yesterday that we wished friends and family a very happy 2017
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Pakistan, India and Churchill’s Crocodile
The apprehension of Kulbhushan Jadhav is a great success for Pakistani counter-intelligence apparatus
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Pakistan’s need for volatility
Stock market crashed because there was volatility
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Advice for young Muslims
This highly enlightening essay is worth a careful and thorough reading
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Freedom of hate speech
Hatred in a society is a reflection of prevailing social injustice
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Politics of veiling
The issue of veiling by Muslim women is a major source of contestation within the West
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Limitations of delimitation
It looks strange that civil society and scholars have accepted blatant violations of the law
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The marvellous Mr Xi!
At a time when most nations are struggling at their foreign policy front, China, under Xi Jinping, is sailing swiftly