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100 days of Biden-Kamala administration
Biden has been quite ambitious and optimistic in listing achievements of his administration
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Maulana Tariq Jamil’s new fashion line and liberal critics
Maulana finds himself at the centre of a cultural and political battle for Pakistan’s soul between the right and left.
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Child Courts and JJSA 2018
About 39% of Pakistan’s population is under 18
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Climate leadership and Pakistan
Glasgow conference would be the most important climate conference after the Paris Agreement of 2015
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Dilemma of a security state
The inherent fear of insecurity results into a channelised vision which forces it to pick its enemies in the darkness
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Maintaining peace
Any wrangle now hides the potentialities of an ultimate international war
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Wages of pseudoscience
Substantiating prejudice through the use of science
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Myanmar — coup and democracy
ASEAN tell Myanmar coup leader to cease the use of violence, release the prisoners and engage in dialogue
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Pakistan’s evolving strategic paradigm
Uncertainty and what might it throw up shall be the country's bigger test
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May Day in a pandemic
The Covid-19 has seriously affected what Freud called the ability to love and work, his view of mental health.
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Rethinking Pakistan’s climate change posture
Pakistan has much work to do before it can claim to be a climate change champion
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Economic consequences of high military spending
India’s managerial skills in dealing with the coronavirus have been exceedingly poor
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Housing policy lessons for Pakistan
Pakistan has not updated its housing policy since 2001, allowing its population to outgrow the housing available
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Coronavirus: a tale of nationalism and religion
The global pandemic has laid bare the deeply internalised misconceptions across the globe
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The great equaliser
The central idea of response to the pandemic is to “do it together”
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Cooperating with regional countries
Pakistan’s location is a blessing as it connects South Asia to Central Asia and beyond, opening up opportunities
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Pandemics and inequality
Even before the emergence of coronavirus, inequality appeared to be on the rise globally
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Afghan peace and inclusive government
Announcement of withdrawal is not only morale boosting for the Taliban but has also geared their levers in diplomacy
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India in a pandemic: way out of the abyss
This is an epic war, and we need to have the best intelligence against our enemy
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Pakistan, RCEP and an integrating Asia
While Pakistan is reconfiguring its approach towards CPEC, the world has not been standing still
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Health, not tradition
India may be the epicentre, but this could happen in many parts of the world
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Exam anxiety amid Covid: what needs to be done and why?
The Covid-19 pandemic has crippled the education sector of Pakistan
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Quetta hotel blast — a strategic strike on CPEC
The attack’s timing was deliberately designed and comes as Pakistan and Iran inaugurated the Pishin-Mashad crossing
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India’s rogue behaviour on Kashmir
UN’s 27th report on terrorism identifies India as a source of terrorism within its own boundaries and in the region
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Cancel these exams
As things stand, the Cambridge O and A-Level exams in Pakistan this year will begin on April 26 and end on June 11
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The April climate summit
Without any doubt, signals from the planet itself are lending urgency to the cause
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US general’s warning to Pakistan
Even if there is a peace deal and Afghan Taliban join the government this may encourage the Pakistani Taliban
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What’s wrong with India and Pakistan!
The history of the Indo-Pak ties is chequered with breakups and new beginnings
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Misreading China and Muslim World’s intentions
Whatever nations like China do to improve their security situation is reflected as human rights violations in the West
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Promoting science in Urdu
With an easy-to-understand local language research can be communicated to a larger audience
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Climate change and democracy
A huge portion of global population doesn’t know much about climate change and how it impacts livelihoods and lives
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The conversation we never had
Before floodgates of extremism reopen in the region, the state has to build this dam
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Inequality and inter-provincial marginalisation in Pakistan
Economic inequality is considered undesirable with a variety of economic and social consequences
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Drug regulation or a power game?
Doctors should trust their own abilities and hardwork and stop taking the bait from pharmaceutical companies
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A strange choice
You don’t replace your finance ministers at the drop of a hat
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Correcting the national course
If we had learnt from our past omissions, that would be reassuring
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Software for growth
Pakistan has attempted to address chronic macroeconomic imbalances by adjustment on the taxation side of the equation
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The ignored problem with global supply chains
Transnational corporations must address environmental and labour exploitation within their supply chains
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Reboot or reset
There are a few common refrains of why Pakistan is the way it is
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UK race commission echoes my silence!
Although Britain has made great progress towards racial equality, there is still much more to be done.
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The implications of inflation targeting
While govt focuses on mafias, it has been deflecting on its role to direct state bank to devise a monetary policy
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The Taliban must show flexibility
Now is the time to show flexibility and stay focused on the larger goal: the American exit
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Afghanistan: defeated narrative and America’s compulsion
It is a shame how a superpower like the US walked into a country ostensibly with unclear political aims
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Portending another dead end
This will be the second presidential election to take place since the civil war started in 2011.
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Digital health: the future of healthcare in Pakistan
Our efforts to grapple with the far-reaching impact of Covid-19 has fortuitously opened up new avenues of healthcare
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Intelligence of the trailblazing ants
It is not difficult to understand how large combinations of simple actions lead to resolution of complex situations
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Right to information and governance in K-P
Transparency and accountability are considered to be the hallmarks of good governance
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A review of child rights in the year 2020
The year 2020 was very challenging in terms of the protection of child rights in Pakistan
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Sacrificing Science
Today, the scientific infrastructure of the country is weak, and crumbling fast
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More war crimes
The main victims of violence incurred in conflicts by armed soldiers or militias are the civilians



































