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This really was Israel’s 9/11
When Israel says that October 7 was their 9/11, I genuinely agree with the Israelis
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AI and human extinction
As the powers of AI increase so do the concerns about the safety of humans
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Sinners of human history
Narcissism is a disease of human personality that causes problems in organisational, political and social affairs
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Addressing present challenges
The difference was even sharper when compared to the bold and hard-hitting speech of President Tayyab Erdogan
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Security at the cost of human rights
Governments do have the right and ultimate authority to decide on who deserves to be given asylum or refugee status
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Resilience and realities: Unpacking Pakistan's economic landscape
Pakistan's economy has been grappling with a protracted period of economic turbulence
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The boundaries of our empathy
Authorities directed to treat women, children and the elderly with the utmost respect
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Building Back Better in Pakistan
Palestinians, Israeli factories in the flourishing Erez Industrial Zone were employing thousands of residents in Gaza
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The end of Israel’s love affair with Hamas
In late 1970s and 1980s Israel facilitated the creation of Hamas, in 2023 it wants to eliminate the ‘terrorist group’
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Dear Palestine, I am sorry
Over decades, successive Israeli govts have methodically executed genocide, with explicit support from Western powers
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Era of global boiling
Pakistan, like numerous other nations, is highly vulnerable to the impacts of global boiling
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The deepening Middle East crisis
Analysts go back to history, cite Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill when asked about post-peace in Gaza
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Israel and the western media
Israeli forces have been relentlessly bombarding the Gaza Strip, a besieged territory, since October 7
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Gaza is a minnow: the big fish they are after is Iran
Most Arab leaders are painting themselves in ‘Churchillian colour’ by likening Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to Hitler
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Canada’s international law options
India is violating FATF’s counterterrorism financing, anti-money laundering laws to stifle dissent
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AI safety and role of governments
AI can help solve world hunger by preventing crop failures and making it cheaper and easier to grow food
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Money matters in elections
The Elections Act, 2017 sets Rs30,000 as non-refundable fee to represent in NA, Rs20,000 for PA seat
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The pious pretenders
Why do norms of morality, humanism that have evolved over centuries fail to fulfil their objectives in society?
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Balochistan: why a black hole?
Simmering Baloch insurgency is a major psycho-social element of life in the province
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Revolution at Noon?
It is the privilege that kills you, especially in Punjab
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Piecemeal approaches to climate change
Pakistan remains heavily dependent on piecemeal project-based funding to cope with its climate threats
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West-backed Gaza genocide has shamed humanity
The current war is a continuation of the ugly, inhuman killing drama perpetrated against defenceless Palestinians
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Greater spread of wealth leads to a stable state
Smith’s understanding finds validation when one considers an example of any “developed state” against Pakistan
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Gaza geopolitical schema
Pro-Israeli media and commentators have come to adopt a new narrative
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Collapse of Afghan republic — US policy review
Examination spans psychological, institutional and organisational factors
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Polls schedule?
Excuses behind which the ECP and other relevant state organs are hiding point towards an indefinite delay
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Patriotism on Covid
During the 90s, dish antennas were in fashion in Pakistan
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Nipah virus: will it start the new pandemic?
Punjab Department of Health issued a health advisory for a possible Nipah virus infection in Pakistan
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Economic interests and India’s blanket support to Israel
Hamas rained missiles inside Israel on October 7, took more than 200 Israelis hostage
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Hows and whys of rising fundamentalism in Balochistan
Radical groups emerging from madrassas threatened co-education system, liberal educationists while burning schools
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Hunger is the mother of all curses
Application of intense consciousness of open injustice applies equally to all human beings
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Pakistan needs a different leadership
Our democratic development continues to suffer by inward, short-sighted policies of party leaders
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Investigation — capacity of police
CJP Isa said that institutions should be respected while royal system of police, patwari should be abolished
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Applying the same rules
Global media coverage of tragic events in Middle East has brought, once again, several important issues to the fore
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The unkindly intelligent
Denotative, connotative meanings of words have experienced a distinct semantic shift
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How strategic vacuum is destabilising the world order
Never ever in the contemporary era, such a grave strategic vacuum existed as it does today
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The Hashtnagri French fryer
He would imagine of it as resuscitating a lung in the once ‘City of Flowers’, now referred to as a dusty outback
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Do Pakistani dramas reflect our society?
Drama fails to serve as a powerful medium for unravelling the complex tapestry of societal dynamics
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Rethinking national priorities
Our route to success lies in harnessing untapped potential of 118m women who constitute half of our population
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‘Four global threats to humanity’
Chomsky points out that escalating tensions between nuclear-armed nations like Pakistan and India pose risk
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The wider impact of the Hamas-Israeli conflict
Restless citizens of Gaza seek help from leaders of Arab world
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The black hole that Balochistan is
People in Balochistan sulk in their own grievances and a sense of helplessness
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Artificial evolution due to climate change
World has moved from saying that climate change is a threat to humanity to now saying it is directly killing people
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The control paradox
Everybody in the pursuit of life desires and exerts efforts to master the means, manifestations and ends of life
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No progress without land reform
Failure of ruling class to conduct substantive land reform has meant the preservation of entrenched power structures
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MBS, the Arab world and Israel
Given his young age, Muhammad Bin Salman is considered as the future King of Saudi Arabia for 50 years
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India’s espionage spree
In August 2022, eight Indian naval officers were arrested in Qatar, charged with espionage for Israel-India
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Decay in political societies
Society's plagues, elite’s failure to address them has eroded public’s confidence in institutions
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The legal status of Afghans
Afghans fall in four categories: (a) prima facie refugees (b) mandate refugees (c) illegal entrants and (d) foreigners
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Public health and consumer trust
Grey channel trade disregards local food regulations like SRO 237, leading to issues like design violations