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Pakistan’s impotent educational system
There is a dire need to reform education by increasing budgetary allocation, curbing corruption in educational funds
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The US paradigm shift over China
The US needs to wake from its slumber of swallowing up any country that it feels could challenge its global hegemony
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Between 2 Bushes
Trumpism then is a fallout if not a direct outcome of the policies of two presidents, a father and a son
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Climate change: new dimension of natural disasters
Glaciers play a vital role in Pakistan’s ecological sustainability and economy in diverse ways
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Physiotherapy left to whims and designs of therapists
Leaving physiotherapy to the whims of doctors and administration is tantamount to throwing patients to the wolves
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Elite capture versus egalitarianism
Progressive reforms can overcome the structural inequities plaguing Pakistan
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No ramifications for lawyers’ rampages
Lawyers have little concern for repercussions; and as evident, it seems that there really are none for them
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Is Biden the real winner of Russo-Ukraine war?
Putin must hasten to achieve his objectives and call halt to war, to save from unnecessary loss of military capacity
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Let the sun electrify the economy
Pakistan does not seem to have a plan to ensure energy security, just a collection of contentious projects
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Pakistan’s political construct, military and the way forward
Military, at its end, needs to have a dialogue with its veterans; open, candid even if blisteringly brutal
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Anti-rape crisis cells
Why is curbing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) not a priority for the PML-N led government?
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Unassuaged grievances
The state needs to wrest the people of Balochistan from the baleful clutches of greed and grievances
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Hungry is the New Pakistani
We have the hammer of justice and the thor of war; just can’t feed the people
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Whither talks?
History is witness to PPP braving the agonies of political witch-hunting and challenges of terrorism
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Reframing policies while facing hard realities
Our national leaders and we as a society are so engrossed in day-to-day events that we fail to plan
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High oil prices, playing politics and democracy
There is no room for moralising or political point-scoring on a factual international development
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Are the kids alright?
Pakistan has the highest growth rate of stunted children at 45% followed by Afghanistan at 41%
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No questions asked
Institutions in any society are created by people; how can we agree on a social contract that is more just?
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Parliament or Madame Tussauds?
We as a nation speak up on matters which are ‘trending’ and once something more ‘trendy’ comes, we move towards it
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Hybrid movements, hybrid regimes
Since 1965 the country has gone through nearly a dozen nation-wide political movements
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The Perfect Storm
Only a sustained and united national effort can extricate Pakistan from this dangerous situation
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The game of credits
It was a well-considered move by the powerful international players to get their objectives achieved through FATF
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Is the war coming?
Either the countries are involved in the war or they are impacted indirectly by rising fuel and food costs
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How societies are shaped and razed
The institutions, which have been founded to maintain the law and order and serve society, have become dysfunctional
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The Latin American Summit in a rapidly changing world
The global order put in place after the end of the Second World War was being reshaped
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Not a colony but a sovereign nation
All politicians in Pakistan like elsewhere in the world call and declare themselves socialists and make promises
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Who destroyed Afghanistan?
Afghanistan’s history is full of unfortunate events- even before the Taliban the country was in shambles
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Our sickly-sweet obsession with comfort
A dull, sedentary and safe life is most sought-after and idolised project for most in our part of the world
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Need to address refugee fissures in the heart of federal capital
This human camping at one of the most sensitive zones of Islamabad raises eyebrows
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A comedy of figures
Economic Survey of Pakistan and the Budget, are nothing more than a comedy of figures to make it sound like a play
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Slow cancellation of the future
To understand shocks and the heartaches of the 2010s, you have to understand the impact of the great recession of 2008
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Managing a heavy debt burden in uncertain times
Since the beginning of the pandemic with a rise in commodity prices and disruptions in global supply-chains
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Why does CPEC need support?
The multibillion project reflects China’s economic progress which it wishes to share with its neighbours
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A budget no one wanted
It is a make or break with the IMF, the PTI is not hiding its glee for being spared
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A new labour development index for Pakistan
The exploitation of workers seems implicit to the way our global supply chains operate
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Budgeting for survival
Imran Khan is lucky he missed carrying the ignominy of having to underwrite such devastation
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Pakistan — born in confusion?
How was Pakistan to become a nation-state with no major ethnic nationality
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Public display of chutzpah
The violation of the Constitution used to be benignly labeled as ‘Doctrine of Necessity’
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Financial literacy matters
According to Global Financial Literacy Survey Report, financial literacy in Pakistan comes to something around 26%
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Military, its criticism and civilian supremacy
Military in Pakistan is not kosher and the aim of this write-up is not to defend mistakes of the Miltablishment
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War in Ukraine — and its consequences
As the war progresses in its fourth month, Russian grinding assaults are pulverising Eastern Ukrainian cities
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Freedom of speech to nourish democracy
Pakistan is plagued with religious intolerance which leads to extremism
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Playing with dolls
Dua Zehra’s case is a massive win for the predators, the sick minded, the diabolical pedophiles
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We continue to stumble
Pakistan remains under constant threat of unrest and on a collision course
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Healthcare meltdown
The new Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government just recently abolished the NLE exam
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Amnesia all around
Racism and eurocentrism is only part of our collective amnesia and our response to the news cycle
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Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy
China believes Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy is designed to trap Asia-Pacific region into a geopolitical game
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Budget 2022-23: evaluation in perspective
There is a lack of appreciation of the severity of the economic crises that this government has inherited
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Ukraine war takes toll on East Asian economies
The war has upended the fragile economic recovery from the pandemic triggering humanitarian crisis
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India-Gulf ties on the edge
Gulf countries are so close to India that they often ignored Pakistan’s concerns