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Message from Margalla Dialogue
Nothing illustrates power of narrative like the Gaza War where the oppressor’s version gets the primetime media space
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Rich West is inundating poor East with plastic waste
China produces more than 60Mt of plastic waste every year
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Confronting workforce harassment
Institutions are legally required to establish a committee on sexual harassment
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China and the US take tiny steps towards détente
There are some gains from the long meeting held by the two leaders
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Rethinking Pakistan’s cities
Cities are engines of growth if run optimally
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EOBI — a poverty manufacturing machine
Pakistan uses state institutions to deprive 90% of its workforce of their legal right to old-age benefits
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A Fulbright future?
Fulbright and UGRAD provide sources for candidates looking for educational standards along with financial support.
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De novo push for BRI: rethinking growth prospects for Pakistan
Pakistan should rethink and re-evaluate its economic growth policy approach towards BRI in general and CPEC
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The return of geopolitics in Middle East
Real culprit is the US which has a history of how it views and understands geopolitics
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Rethinking women’s role in Pakistan’s governance
ECP’s data of enlisted parties shows, only 6% of women hold leadership positions
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The Hero of Siachin War 1987
'It is not death but the way one dies that matters and only a fortunate person goes in such a noble way.'
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Crazy messed-up world
The sane ones among them came up with various ideas to ameliorate the lot of the most vulnerable.
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India becoming the hub of narcos
India’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry under the radar because of its weak regulatory and legislative regimes
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Let’s write
Reading and writing must also waltz in tango to produce a beautiful piece of writing
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Lingering elite capture
Wealth evidently does not trickle down to the masses in Pakistan
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Private gain and public good; illegality and immorality
Issue boils down to this: a sharp segregation exists between private gain and public good
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Co-housing: a solution to regenerate economic growth
Building mass-scale affordable housing has continually been a political slogan
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Israel actions proved the erosion of democracy
Israeli terrorism has driven home further the idea that key threats to the world is the erosion of democracy worldwide
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Humanitarian intervention in Gaza
All diplomatic and peaceful means demanding delivery of humanitarian aid have failed
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Hamas-Israel conflict: undressing the hypocrisy!
Freedom of speech is a sacrament that defines democracy
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Holocaust by the Holocaust survivors
Patients in hospital lost on life for power failure, lack of oxygen, shortages of other life support medications
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COP28: Inc
The arena is set for COP28 — the “world” is coming together to save the “world” from the “world”
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There is no free lunch
The only difference between success and failure is effort
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Illegal Afghan migrants
The fact is that the Afghan refugees have been hosted by Pakistan most munificently since 1979
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Israel’s brutality and Ummah’s passivity
There is a dire need among leaders of Muslim nations to collectively pursue a resolution of Palestinian problem
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A political move or patriotic tribute?
The Indian government's involvement in a film centred on a Bengali political figure sparks valid questions
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Unshackling the Iraqi dinar
Iraq possesses over $100 billion in reserves parked in US banks, rendering it dependent on US officials’ goodwill
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Can Peace Now movement in Israel be revived?
Israeli public rage explicit in September 1982 is now missing because of the radicalisation of the Israeli society
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Conversations on climate change
Various climate-modelling studies for Pakistan outline a trajectory of more frequent and extreme weather events
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Have Afghan Taliban turned rogue?
Frustration on part of Pakistan stems from the fact it never thought Afghan Taliban would work against its interests
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Democracies and prospective voting
Pakistan is a playground of different political parties for short-term slogans
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China’s increasing interest in the Gaza conflict
With US firmly aligned with Israel, China sees an opening for its already significant influence in the Middle East
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Great-power spy conflict is brewing in Asia
After 10-year break, highly classified leaked Pentagon papers reveal US has not scaled back its clandestine operations
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Taxing retailers
The IMF did propose a fixed tax on shops that could raise between Rs9b and Rs20b
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Rising Celsius
The relentless rise of global temperature is pushing our world to the brink of catastrophe
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How financial anxiety hinders ability to pursue our potential
Childhood anxieties about limited financial means continue to restrict my ability to make optimal life choices
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Maxwellian character
History, mythology, modern literature are replete with characters that turn the tides of life and sail through them
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Switchover from US to Russia-China orbit?
Gaza crisis demonstrates that the world order is not just and is tilted in favour of the West
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Population control — Pakistan’s greatest challenge
Pakistan ranks as the fifth most populous country in the world, with a total population of 241,639,256
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Gender gap alert: 2024 Elections a wake-up call
Voter turnout in GE-2018 revealed a 10-point difference between male and female voters
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Prejudice, paranoia and humanity
Sitcoms often embed such profound statements in their deep conversations
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Full circle farming
????Pakistan stands as a prominent global producer and supplier of food and crops
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Conventional security versus human security
Human security places stress on protecting civilians
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English: a CSS gatekeeper
After 16 years of education, students think of attempting Competitive Examinations (CE) particularly for CSS
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Pakistan’s political predicament
There are a few givens to consider as we struggle through a difficult phase of regaining political normalcy
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The ground invasion
Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles have encircled the Gaza City at its outer extremes
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Empowering Pakistani women against gender-based violence: A collective call to action
Economic empowerment of women is a linchpin in this battle
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Do we support Palestinians just because they are Muslims?
What if the Palestinians were Jews or Christians, should we then discard their suffering, decide we shouldn’t care?
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When I am gone
Tears rolled down his face as he shared the anecdotes of the past few days with his colleague
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The Martyr of Siachen
Capt Iqbal offered the supreme sacrifice, performing ‘beyond the call of duty’, as is stated in military dispatches