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The depth of India’s strategic vision
Focusing on governance and economy is helping India take centre stage in global affairs
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The admission consulting scam
Consultants are exploiting vulnerable students and their parents
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IMF: Mirror Mirror...
The hope to get long-term relief may just be a farce
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Ukraine, a year after the Russian invasion
The war in Ukraine has brought about enormous change in thinking in Europe
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Bleak outlook
Years of economic mismanagement amplified by political instability has shattered people's confidence
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Where from here?
Each one of us has a role to play in defining and defending the future of Pakistan
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How important are right assumptions
Assuming correctly can mean the difference between victory and loss
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Elections only pathway to break policy-making paralysis
Policy-making paralysis impacts people in the form of inflation and spiralling economic uncertainty
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Islam and the feminist movements
It could be that some cultural affiliations have hindered the viewing of the rightful picture
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The last workforce
No matter what we do, work-wise, the human race will soon be redundant
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Boredom in education
Interactive classrooms can ensure students’ engagement to classwork
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Politics of immortality
Pakistan’s politicians fail because they want to be immortal in the power ring
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Implications of a proposed change of guard at World Bank
It is unlikely that Mr Banga will change how the World Bank operates
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The patchwork
Politics dominates the matrix of concern above economics and security
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Politics and case pendency
In a democracy, politics is supposed to serve the people, and the courts are there to do justice
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China is here to stay in Pakistan
China expects that Pakistan’s relations with other countries don’t expand at the cost of Sino-Pak relations
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Patronage politics and Pakistan
Pakistan is at the crossroads of nepotism, clientelism and patronage politics
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Self-censorship in American journalism
American journalists practise self-censorship more than perhaps anyone else on the planet
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An unpardonable sin
A rape prosecution relies heavily on the victim’s testimony, which is central to the success of the case
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The absurdity of perfectionism
What if embracing our imperfections was the key to a more meaningful and fulfilling life?
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Learning from other countries’ achievements
The dark side of Modi’s policies was deliberately set aside
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Caretakers: constitutional position
Under Article 4 of the Constitution, every functionary of the State is required to act in accordance with law
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Judiciary and democracy
Judiciary must take steps to solidify rather than attenuate the sovereign status of the parliamentary democracy
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Project strategic defeat of Russia?
Fresh offensive launched by Putin against the US and NATO is not meaningless
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Absolute success over evil is impossible
By using truth, knowledge and goodness, man keeps inflicting deep injuries on his bestiality and ignorance
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The value of memory
Few would deny the value of memory but a society we make every effort to neither protect nor preserve it
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Balakot crisis: sifting myths from reality
World powers need to view the Balakot strike as an irresponsible act of Indian leadership
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Some weaknesses in the Indian growth model
Western media and those making international policies have begun to notice some of the negative developments in India
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The beauty of diversity
We need to find commonalities to build bridges rather than look for differences and erect walls
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Pakistan’s ‘plan B’ to tackle TTP
In case the Afghan Taliban fail to address our concerns, Pakistan may target TTP hideouts across the border
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Americans need another George Kennan
He brought about a conceptual change in the approach of American foreign policy
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The important role of election commission
The ECP appears siding with the government instead of acting according to the law
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A tale of two extremities
On one end are a handful of the ruling elite on the other is the public that battles for survival
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Chat Gpt and the need for conspiracy theories
This technology is an extension of an unbelievable human trait, which I’d to label as the anti-curiosity
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Global Security Initiative: for a peaceful and united world
The global peace deficit, security deficit, trust deficit and governance deficit are growing
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An interview with ChatGPT
The competition between tech giants to successfully deploy their AI-powered language models is gaining momentum
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What does US-India tech coupling mean for Pakistan?
Pakistan’s digital transformation is in its nascent stage, and vulnerable to a problematic political-economic matrix
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The Pakistani version of populism
Populist leaders articulate narratives which purposefully create a corrosive political atmosphere
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Kingmakers and politics
Our politicians have exercised their reckless genius to maximise political benefits for themselves and their parties
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Let there be light
Our political system stands badly stalled and stagnated, and thus the economy in a free-fall
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There is more to Thar coal than power
Myths that Thar coal is inferior, sulphur content is too high and moisture is an insoluble problem have been exploded
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One year on…
One year ago, Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine and Russian parachutists tried to launch a blitz strike against Kyiv
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Citizens, yet aliens
Aliens have more power than a Pakistani citizen to decide the ruler of their country and how that ruler would govern
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Unilateral modification impermissible under IWT
13 after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, the IWT was signed, with the World Bank acting as a broker
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Intolerable tides
Bangladesh, also called Asia’s next tiger, remains one of the most vulnerable countries to accelerated climate change
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Need to focus on national priorities
There is no doubt the reason for the anticipated delay in elections by the PDM is to prevent PTI coming into power
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K-P police challenges
Intensity of the attacks indicates the ability of terrorist to recruit, train, execute and interact with their cells
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South Asia’s human capital is the resilience it needs
South Asia’s people are its biggest asset but remain wastefully under-utilised
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Russia vs Ukraine — a war of survival for both
Russia was confident that it would defeat Ukraine in a short span of time but it turned out to be a war of nerves
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Words are dead
'Character ethic’ refers to trying to be good while ‘personality ethic’ refers to trying to look good



































