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India's failed pursuit of Pakistan's isolation
In the midst of India's hallucinatory obsession with Pakistan, what was truly lost was South Asia itself
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Afghanistan - riddle, mystery or enigma?
Churchill's characterisation of the Soviet Union fits modern-day Afghanistan best
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Oh, this intrusive nuptial query!
The question that refuses to die
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How US and Israel are the biggest losers of this war
It is the fall from grace that hits the powerful states harder than actual defeat
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Reimagining healthcare for the displaced
This all may seem like a sudden series of events of the last couple of years
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How Agentic AI could transform the SME sector
Agentic AI is becoming more financially accessible, which is one of the most significant barriers for SMEs
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Beyond provincial monopolies
Several notable innovations in governance have emerged from provincial initiatives
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Brain drain, youth dividend and entrepreneurial spirit of Pakistan
Migration rate is 71% for skilled and semi-skilled, 24% for highly skilled and 32% for highly qualified professionals
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Pakistani agri workers in Italy - victims and killers
There are about half a million foreign workers employed in Italy's agriculture sector
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Diminishing returns of the federal development budget
ICOR refers to how many rupees of capital must an economy deploy to generate one additional rupee of GDP
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Little climate knowledge is devastating
El Niño is a naturally recurring warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean
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The locker trap
For a country starved of domestic liquidity, forcing this idle cash into the banking channel is an absolute necessity
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A fourth shift in global power
Fourth shift defined as transition from Atlantic-centric international order to Eurasian-centred geopolitical system
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For the love of IMF
The governing elite have too much invested in this rotting system to change it
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Democratic refuge?
The people of Pakistan are still held dear by the rulers - instrumentally dear
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The system always writes back
The difference now is the speed and scale of its reply
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International degrees: a promise that must not become a privilege
Universities can no longer remain isolated from global academic trends
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From shock to pattern: Trump 1.0 and the meaning of Trump 2.0
In 2016, Trump did not emerge in a vacuum. He tapped into frustrations that had been building for years.
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Economy and agency
We ostensibly do not have the required agency to mould our future
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Snub to Israel apologists at the UN
Germany's failure to get a seat on the UNSC, Kyrgyzstan defeating Phillipines
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Is the world ready for another pandemic?
New Ebola outbreak in Central Africa exposes how little has changed in the global approach to pandemic preparedness
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What's in the name - or is it in the name?
How the phrase 'we sinful women' continues to resonate as part of our shared social history
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Iran's moment
From a pariah to an equal partner in a dialogue for peace
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Being and Becoming
Modern cosmology often presents itself as the most triumphant extension of physics
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Before the next amendment
Pakistan's constitutional conversation appears to be gathering momentum once again
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India's dangerous military mindset
Nuclear powers never fight conventionally, given the chances of miscalculation, escalation, unintended consequences
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BLA and the digital weaponisation of women
When a group focuses on blowing up infrastructure, killing civilians, it is clearly not working to rebuild the future
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A graduation cap in one hand, a coffin lid in the other
Education was never meant to be a living hell or a burial plot
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IMF - an instrument of dollar hegemony
Keynes arrived at Bretton Woods with a proposal of remarkable foresight and uncommon fairness
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When status follows us to Makkah
Hajj is supposed to dissolve worldly distinctions
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A betrayal of the constitutional right to education
Societies that prioritise knowledge and children's education rise, while those that neglect them stagnate
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Manufacturing sector decline and budget priorities
Sector's largest contributor to industrial output and value addition is still large-scale manufacturing (LSM)
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Serious conversations
As we engage with generative aspects of AI, there are important questions we must ask ourselves
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Numbers from the pavement: flipping the script on academic data
For decades, higher education in social sciences has operated on a deeply flawed, extractive contract with the public
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Beyond the noise: Iran, US and the politics of perceptions
Public admission by the United States that its decision to attack Iran was a mistake interpreted as political signal
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Energy - from policy chaos to system reform
The current situation in Pakistan's power sector appears volatile
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Trump, Pakistan and the Abraham Accords
Pakistan's policy line remains firmly anchored in its traditional stance
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Autocracy recast
Contemporary autocracies preserve the procedural vocabulary of democracy while hollowing out its substance
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The US war in Iran and its consequences
Donald Trump's war in Iran has brought conflict close to Pakistan's border
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Dehumanising cult of utility
If usefulness is the metric to determine value, then everyone ends up becoming disposable
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Civilian casualties: military error or political choice?
Modern warfare has blurred civilian, military spaces, civilian collateral damage is no longer seen as a war crime
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Hello ministers, where are you?
Ask anyone outside the Red Zone what the government is doing other than racking up foreign policy achievements





































