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Concerns about the future
In a future where newspapers are gone, the public will have a severe lack of material to be properly informed
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Nawaz Sharif survived — what’s next?
Respite for govt will remain ephemeral until Nawaz government attempts to build civilian institutions of governance
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President Hillary Clinton
If you must vote you should do so for the right reasons not as a reaction
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Questions and answers
Two of the many questions being asked with reference to Panama Papers have already been answered
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Post-dharna options for PML-N
By now it is evident, even to the PML-N itself, that it is big enough to survive PTI’s annual dharnas
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Imran Khan as the third force...
Imran Khan’s campaign lacks the support and presence of an even slightly left-leaning and progressive population
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A return to Keynes?
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has created awareness of the great gap between academic models and reality
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Higher Education Vision 2025
Reports in a section of the press inform that a Higher Education Vision 2025 is about to be announced
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Exploitative supply chains
We need to pay closer attention to larger systems of production
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Occupational accidents: moving towards safe work
Decent work is, in essence, safe work
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Policy, strategy and leadership deficit in countering terrorism
Police in Balochistan is handicapped even by Pakistani standards
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Analysing the subject of marriage
In Pakistan, most young women aspire one thing: marriage
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The Lords of Misrule
By two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon it was all over bar the shouting
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When Bilawal cried…
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during his visit to the recently attacked Civil Hospital in Quetta was overwhelmed with emotion
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Extraordinary Pakistanis: Find My Adventure
This is a story about a young adventurer, Komail Abbas Naqvi, 24, who’s taken the gamble of a lifetime
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The myth of independence
Had Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) been the foreign minister today, how would he have handled the Indians?
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Democracy there and here?
Lust for political power, permit, patronage and privileges stand out as the hallmark of a democracy
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Something good
Rarely does it happen that some positive and progressive strides taken by the country are highlighted and appreciated
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Rallying for the American pluralist spirit
The 2016 presidential campaign has left many Americans shaken to their very core
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Is NAP a challenge or an opportunity?
Strengths of the NAP are the consensus among civilian and military top brass, government and opposition
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The day after
Passionate arguments for supporting a particular party are all well and good, and part of a healthy democracy
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Breast cancer: let’s start with the words
A woman with breast cancer has got to be up to no good, no shred of doubt
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Banning cinema
In view of the ongoing sparring between the two countries, Pakistan should avoid any kneejerk reaction
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Theatre of the absurd
In 2035, kids flicking through their history texts will ask themselves: was this country serious?
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The ides of November
Pakistan is no stranger to crises
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Khan factor vs ‘change’
Nawaz Sharif still has opportunity to come up with a solution to clear his reputation in public eyes
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Has the party begun?
The million dollar question is - what next? What does this week hold for us
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The decisive confrontation
The PML-N and the Sharif family are taking the political challenge from the PTI very seriously
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The war nobody’s talking about
The ease at which Yemen is being ignored is extremely concerning
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Quetta as it once was
Quetta in early 1970s was a quiet, peaceful, sleepy town, where militants did not attack people of the Hazara tribe
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Future happenings
The biggest change of artificial intelligence will be loss of autonomy of human being and by extension of governments
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Circa November 2, 2016
We return to the predicament: who builds the new system? And who decides who the builder is?
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Intriguing visit, intriguing results?
Women can be game-changers for Pakistan
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Khan’s surgical strike
They smirk and shrug it off as a surgical strike albeit a la South Asian style
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Free Speech hypocrisy
A complaint of discrimination and harassment against a Sun columnist was dismissed by a UK press watchdog
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Standing up to India
Pakistan has remained one of the most inflicted states under the menace of terrorism world has ever witnessed so far
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“Remember, remember… ”?
Why is Quetta (and Balochistan as a whole) made to suffer as much as it has done?
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Surveillance and self-surveillance
Apparently, anti-Muslim sentiment has become increasingly partisan within the US
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Condemned unheard
Terrorism is a global issue. It should be analyzed using the same standards
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When silence is not an option
We have two options open to us: of development or destruction
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Breast cancer: raising awareness
Cancer causes a great deal of stress around the patients and their families
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In praise of altruism
Altruism is a form of selflessness, a concern for the welfare of others less fortunate
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The price for Fawad’s cameo
I’m watching Ae Dil Hai Mushkil tonight. I’m glad that my friend Karan Johar is a relieved man
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Freedom of the Press
The Federal Government is no doubt hell-bent on discerning the source of Mr Almeida’s information
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Misinterpretations regarding exchange rate
Movements in exchange rate have far-reaching socio-economic impacts
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Pak-Afghan relations and reprisals
Many Afghans would have the world believe that violence in the region originates in Pakistan
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Making decisions in Pakistan
The tension between civil-military relations in Pakistan has become a norm rather than the exception
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A stunted generation
The time between the start of pregnancy to the second birthday of a child is critical to prevent stunting
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Kashmir: seeking solutions; investing in peace
Regrettably, Pakistan does not seem to have any formula that would end the deadlock on Kashmir
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Pak-US ties
It appears there is no cause for concern about the mutually beneficial friendship going sour any time soon

















































