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Regulating drug laws
New antibiotics are not coming to the market
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Of white lies and statistics!
There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up
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As America pulls out, China pulls in
More than 130 companies are applying AI in ways that could increase efficiency of Chinese healthcare system
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Are Afghan Taliban invincible?
Trump administration’s heavy military strategy to weaken Taliban before any peace talks is doomed already
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Do away with the police
We don’t have to do away with the system, only remove the cancer that has plagued it
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A game of tug of war!
Indo-Pacific strategy relies on deep-rooted cooperation between the nations in its circumference
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Tax amnesty or NRO for offshore business?
Government should have uniform procedure for all taxpayers
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Bipin’s bluster
No responsible person, even in India, can be taken in by Rawat’s bluster
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Pakistan: US ally or foe?
General Abbas, currently ambassador to Ukraine, admitted to BBC that Kayani’s ‘indecisiveness’ wasted a lot of...
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Prosecution of Palestinian children
Palestinian children are put behind bars and prosecuted in military courts
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A three-front war
Both Pakistan and Afghanistan are fighting a three-front war - one against terrorism and the other, against corruption
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Economics of politics
"Where the Congress is in power the BJP has won and it is the other way around in BJP ruled states".
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Election laws 2017 brewing up another crisis?
Is there a fundamental problem with the way election laws are construed?
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The system moves on
The Election Commission of Pakistan, despite its weaknesses, is all geared up to hold elections.
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Rewarding wealth instead of work
Large corporations are far too powerful for any single country to regulate.
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Mountain madness
Why did it take over a day and a half to get helicopters up to Nanga Parbat?
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Is the election ban perpetual or transient?
Initially, Article 62(1) didn't contain Islamised injunctions requiring elected parliamentarians to be sadiq and ameen
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Rank, reward and reforms in K-P education
Every child has the right to have free access to quality education according to the Constitution
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Hello…I’m a dinosaur
I’ll just wander off into an analogue sunset and see if the paper-shop is still open
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Wetlands for sustainable urban future
Unfortunately, most people are unaware of the value and importance of urban wetlands
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Psychology of countering radicalisation
The counter-terrorism phenomenon as observed in the contemporary world today is getting complicated
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Rumpus on the campus
Not to mention, with the degradation of the educational standard at the FC College, sports suffered too
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Political talk shows
There are social and political consequences that an unprofessional and unmanaged media can produce in society
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Export control regimes and Pakistan’s commitment
Pakistan needs to prioritise its participation in different export control regimes
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Working mothers and maternity leave
It is the state’s constitutional responsibility to facilitate expectant and recent mothers
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Technology development and life lessons
Errors and lapses do happen and acknowledging them makes us human
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Lahore ring road and toll rates
The government should introduce a distance-based toll structure, where shorter distances would require lesser tolls
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Indian militarisation in space affairs
There are reports that India is planning to induct an ICBM missile which can hit the targets up to 6,000 km
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Gwadar comes to life
There are still not enough people to provide the manpower with the necessary skills to breathe life into the city
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It is all in the girth!
Like beauty, obesity too lies in the eye of the beholder
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Is Israel Pakistan’s enemy?
In the mid-80s, Israel and India had secretly planned to destroy Pakistan’s nuclear facility in Kahuta
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Bringing technological development into CPEC
The bulk of the funds that are coming in are committed to solving Pakistan’s energy problem
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Fake it till you make it
We need to look at the demands that the market imposes on them to better understand the problem
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An affair to remember
Morality, values, character and truth have fallen so low since Trump became the president
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Mountain rescue
Host nation's responsibility to provide safeguards for practitioners of the extreme sport remain undecided
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Democracy, authoritarianism and development
Development has a complex relationship with democratic and authoritarian regimes
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Judging the journalist
Dr. Shahid Masood's latest spectacle unravels the greater menace of fake news lining the media industry
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Ignoring girls’ education in Sindh
Opportunities for females to get access to good quality education remain few and far between
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Losers take a leader down
From a person of his qualities, one had expected Imran to lead
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Women’s role in countering Islamic State
It is vital to consider their role in countering violent extremism and threat posed by the group
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With or without EU
The future of Britain remains unclear
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Awards losing their sheen
They violate the spirit of the Constitution and the general understanding
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Lalu Yadav as King Lear?
Massive poverty at the awam level is directly the result of corruption
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Is Ahed not a hero?
Ahed has become a symbol of resistance against Israel
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Empty hockey stadiums
The condition of the national sport is in tatters at the moment
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Boosting exports to China
That Pakistan can appreciably raise the level of exports to China is hardly much of a surprise
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A distant freedom
Freedom is something of an illusion in Pakistan
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Earthing the wretched
Globally and within most countries, inequality is on the rise
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Let’s not forget to raise decent humans
When a case of child abuse surfaces, we conveniently alienate the abuser from ourselves
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Let saner advice prevail
These are serious issues that demand a major change in our strategic trajectory












































