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For a better 2020
If 2020 is to be a year of change, let that change start from within.
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The Gordian knot of civil-military relations in Pakistan
There are no two opinions about the core issue of “civilian control of the military”
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Turning cities into engines of growth and prosperity
Pakistan has been facing a problematic journey of economic growth for the last few decades
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Amendments to NAB Ordinance
Why did the NAB law need to change?
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Protecting environment
It is imperative for Pakistan to work towards countering the devastating effects of climate change and global warming
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Self-defeating cases
The government and the ANF must act to rectify these.
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Debt management report
Unfortunately for PTI govt, latest IMF staff-level report revealed significant spike in public debt and liabilities
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2019 — the year of the street
Only a few bits saved Pakistan from making 2019 its “annus horribilis”
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Water sharing between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistan has become a water-stressed country
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Is this the best decade in Pakistan’s troubled history?
Is this real life or fantasy?
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American mistakes in Afghanistan
Did America and its policymakers misunderstand the Clausewitzian notion of politics?
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Economy in year 2019
That Pakistan’s economy went from bad to worse in the outgoing year is hardly debatable
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Worsening gas shortage
Few know that the entire country has been in the grip of a severe shortage of gas for more than a fortnight
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IMF makes the Council of Common Interests go
At long last the Council of Common Interests (CCI) met after 13 months or so
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Growth for poverty reduction: a pie in the sky?
The only sensible way forward is to try alleviating poverty without relying on the already rich
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Modi’s fall from economic reformer to hate monger
Muslims have been in the crosshair of both Modi and Amit Shah ever since the duo got together in Gujarat
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A beacon of hope
The current party leadership, under Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is following in the footsteps of Mohtarma Bhutto
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3 reasons Pakistan won the second Test against Sri Lanka
The match had its fair share of twists and turns but the hosts came out on top come day five
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Debt continues to plague Pakistan's energy chain
It will help slow down debt flow, improve bill recoveries, reduce losses
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For Pakistan: Devaluation an ineffective tool to address imbalances
Economy needs structural transformation that is a painful and enduring process
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What’s wrong with Pakistan's leather sector?
Industry got a number of incentives in past 11 years but exports fell
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Charter of the Future: tapping Pakistan’s potential
It will help achieve 7% economic growth without sparking twin-deficit crisis
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Comment: PCB finally passes the management Test
PCB made sure area surrounding National Stadium wasn't cordoned off completely making it easier for fans to commute
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Climate change & cotton production
Pakistan is among countries most vulnerable to devastating effects of climate change
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Pakistan tourism destination
Southern parts of the country did not earn much praise
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Trump’s impeachment
US political divide is so deep that even evidence of criminal conduct doesn’t matter to Trump voters
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Roads to nowhere
The refrain literally resonates the past
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Has microfinance changed the world?
Micro-credit is also blamed for eroding social capital within poor communities due to the group lending mechanism
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Modi’s opening of multiple fronts
Will the pro-Indian regime in Dhaka look the other way over New Delhi’s policy of Muslim bashing?
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Is Fifth Generation Warfare approaching?
War is as old as human civilization
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The Boris plan for Brexit
But over the next few weeks and months, Johnson will be haunted by his self-imposed time pressure
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Crimes against history
When it comes to historical richness, Pakistan occupies an enviable position
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Unending violence
Blood keeps spilling in the conflict-battered Afghanistan with troubling regularity
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The 1971 trauma — global dimension!
One does not need an Aesop to educe a moral out of this tale!
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Afghanistan’s ‘Pentagon Papers’
This will not be the first time the Americans would have left the country they invaded in a mess
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Restoring student unions
Student unions are the first step towards participation in national politics and the grooming of future leaders
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The untold stories of Pakistan
Flip side of the Afghanistan Papers is how in the US it is difficult to hide the truth
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Thar: Potential for new power, fuel, urea projects
There is need for developing policy to produce these products from coal
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New policy: Electric vehicles a turning point for Pakistan's auto sector
Electric mobility is expanding at a rapid pace throughout the world
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Hot money flows - looking beyond temporary relief in Pakistan
Unless savings rate is increased, country is likely to remain in debt trap
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Relief for EOBI pensioners
Old-age pension is a well-designed scheme to provide succour to the elderly
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Growing poverty
For centuries, we have been instilled with the idea that the people collectively represent a nation
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Imprisoning information
There is an old maxim that the first casualty of war is the truth
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Trump — the post-truth tribal chief
Only possibility of Trump leaving the scene is a heart attack
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The Hulagu Khans of the legal community
Reform of a society is not a business in which you have to break even and then make profits
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Denying treatment
Doctors should at least be facilitated, paid and promoted like other graduates in government services
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Why is Imran Khan so angry?
The minute IK stops being angry, you’ll know he’s become part of the status quo
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The 18-year farce
'A major mistake we made was treating the Taliban the same as al-Qaeda'
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Orange Line Metro Train
Cities in developed countries and most developing countries have local trains to facilitate commuters
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Hooliganism at hospital
It’s literally unimaginable