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ECP’s spring cleaning
We encourage the ECP to review other parties and their platforms to determine if they deserve to be enlisted
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The year that was
These migrations were seen as threatening precisely by the people who had been hurt by globalisation
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‘Time’s Up!’
Let the powerful and not so powerful men of Pakistan be put on notice that the time’s up
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Rediscovering education
True education has no bounds or barriers; it is free from the limitations of time and space of biases and prejudices
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Child sex abuse — reframing the narrative
The rape and murder of another child in Kasur has prompted a range of ill-informed or misinformed responses
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Say no to sexual abuse
Sexual abuse is the one nasty worm that infects every class, every community in Pakistan
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Education — a promising move
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has trained parents and teachers how best to use the funds
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Dirt breeds disease
Pakistan generally has tried and repeatedly failed to eradicate polio
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Criminal justice system reform
Road map developed by the K-P government for reforms in the criminal justice system should create wide interest
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‘Constructive cooperation’
Pakistan has succeeded in curtailing terrorist activities inside country by launching Zarb-e-Azb in 2014
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Quest for prosperity: culture and economy
Human beings are far more generous and cooperative than the assumptions of economic theory allow for
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Civil-military unified effort of war
The question of civil-military relations in the country is the question of who controls whom?
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When collective apathy continues to fail us
First instance of such an incident [Kasur] should raise an alarm loud enough to ring an emergency
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Towards a new global compact on migration
Thousands die in doomed efforts to cross seas and deserts which represents the most acute policy failure
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What is secularism?
Liberals within Pakistan, whoever they might be, need to utilise local idioms and norms to speak against intolerance
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US-AIDed protest
Obama tells the Guardian that the US assistance is a curse destroying Pakistan
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Zainab needs justice from the state
Zainab’s murder is telling of something more sinister than a few bad eggs
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Between the lines
There only should be a clear-cut order that all will have to stand when the national anthem is sung or played
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The world after Weinstein
Maybe it is too early to say, but the immolation of Weinstein really is a harbinger of change
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Balochistan crisis: Lessons for PML-N
Zehri’s resignation has ostensibly calmed down things, but the crisis is far from subsiding
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Doing business: Role of federal government
Pakistan has dropped from 144 to 147, out of 190 countries, on the World Bank’s Doing Business survey
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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











































