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Expat dollars
The government needs to be prepared
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SCO snub to India
To summarise, India appealed, lost, went home, and claimed victory
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Afghans will have to unite to live peacefully
All forces within Afghanistan have to shed their tribal and ethnic egocentrism to make intra-Afghan talks successful
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The construct of China’s national security strategy
The Chinese model is based upon the binary of opposites — Yin-Yang
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Social media freedom
Any irrational decision would give a major setback to Pakistan’s digital progress
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Afghans — destined to lose
Afghans would lose again because when elephants fight, it’s the grass that is trampled
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Break this cycle
Victims should not be blamed. Rapists cannot keep getting away. This cycle must change.
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What if Trump wins on November 3?
How would Pakistan be affected if Trump makes it back to the White House in January 2021?
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Feminisation of law and judiciary in Pakistan
Gender is multi-layered and a structural issue
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Growth in car sales
Fragile though the recovery may be, it casts hope for a better future for the industry
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‘Unessential’ essentials
Mining, in all its forms, is among the hardest — if not the hardest — jobs in the world today
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Towards a united Pakistan
In the end, we all should aim and hope for more united and tolerant Pakistan
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Afghanistan at crossroads
It is sheer coincidence that the crucial intra-Afghan talks kicked off a day after 19th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
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Pakistan's petrol crisis of June 2020
Import rationalisation has nothing to do with petrol shortage in the month
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Pakistan’s economic performance
Pakistan needs fresh industrial policy that will push for higher productivity
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Air travel in the new normal
Travel demand picking up gradually with the resumption of flights
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Avenues of private equity growth in Pakistan
With challenges for investors, there are a few low-hanging fruits to pick
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Has Imran's govt stabilised Pakistan's economy?
Stabilisation is achieved when all economic indicators perform at optimum level
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Understanding modern war
Modern conflict is measured to the purpose – coercive, punitive, or retributive
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Pakistan’s peace offensive and India’s no-dialogue posturing
In its desire to isolate Pakistan, the Pulwama attack brought the Kashmir issue again to the centre stage of the world
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Unconstructive criticism and military morale
All rich individuals are not essentially corrupt
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Wall Street Journal: Decoupling amid the pandemic?
US economy cannot swallow the higher cost of decoupling with smaller trading partners, let alone Chin
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Trump or Biden?
Seeing Trump lose would be of tremendous entertainment
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Dewatering and KCR revival
One should buy the latest edition of gobbledygook dictionary to understand what politicians say
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Circular debt challenge
It is the power consumers that are bearing the brunt of this mismanagement and inefficiency
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Another new Punjab IG
At nine months, Dastgir was the longest-tenured IG Punjab since the PTI came to power
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Near-yearly event
Floods are acts of nature, but flood losses are largely acts of man
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An online minefield
As with many things, we are likely to discover that the real problem was something else all along
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US election survey
That is why, in true autocratic fashion, he is covering for his waning support by claiming that the election is rigged
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Afghanistan: renewed hopes for peace
When all is said and done, the Taliban hold the key to peace
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Our inhuman treatment of other species
If the poor are treated so shabbily how does one expect that we would show compassion and care for the animal world?
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Reopening of schools amid Covid-19
It is ironic that school health has remained an ignored domain in Pakistan
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Diriliş: Osmanlı
Despite a faltering economy, Turkey is slowly but surely, extending its influence beyond the Middle East
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Then who killed him?
Will an answer to the very question be explored as the state goes into appeal against the acquittal?
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Another Zainab
We should keep a constant vigil not to allow any more Zainabs and Marwas to be assaulted and killed
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Tax filers
Even the location data shows worrying trends
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Afghanistan war crimes
Would the nations of the world wake up to demand an end to such an assault on the rule of law?
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Principles of accountability
The cycle will continue, and democracy will continue to crumble
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Karachi: the sinking metropolis
Nowhere in the world is there as fragmented a structure as witnessed in Karachi
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The famine
We should not allow our best to stay at the bottom of the pyramid, we should stop feeding the famine
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Another feather
Once this machine is available in the market, it will hopefully rid people of such hassles
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Female prisoners
The one concern with the directive is that the decision was made in light of the Supreme Court orders issued in April.
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No room to relax
Instead of using isolated factors as predictions, one instead needs to analyse the overall scenario
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Politicians not our scholars
It’s never bad to take a ‘scholarly view of democracy’ — not so in countries like Pakistan
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Politics’ obsession of the military
Pakistani politics has for long been de-tracked and lost in pursuit of its impulse than purpose
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Untold story of Pakistan’s inspiring green revolution
Where did Imran Khan find political will & vision to champion this cause when Pakistan has more pressing issues?
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Media, stereotypes and Islamophobia
Dirilis: Ertugrul is also a move away from Arabisation of popular culture and narratives since the Zia era
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Holistic approach?
As long as garbage is not cleared on a regular basis, the issue of choked drains and gutters will persist
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Hemp production
CBD has become a big fad in the western world, and consumers are willing to pay top dollar for the unproven cure-all
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Another APC!
The divided opposition has so far allowed a smooth sailing to PM Imran Khan and his men