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With Nawaz's tenure cut short, Pakistan yet to have PM who'll complete term
PMs have been murdered, sentenced to death and forcibly removed in the country's 70-year plus history
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SC emerges as most powerful institution
Tariq Khokhar believes disqualification of a prime minister will make the judiciary the most powerful institution
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Royal succession
The newly-appointed crown prince and heir apparent, Mohammed bin Salman, is just 31 years old
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How streetwise Sarfraz revived Pakistan cricket
In his short tenure, Sarfraz has turned a group of out-of-form prima donnas into unlikely winners
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Anti-terror strategy: NAP has run out of steam, say analysts
Sees lack of political interest over implementation of the plan
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Year-long fake news campaign costs $0.4m
Includes generating fake social media profiles and news stories and circulating them through fictitious followers
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Hasan Ali: the hero of the ordinary
He may not have anything that catches the eye but he is Pakistan's new darling
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4 things Pakistan did right against England
Sarfraz's men beat Champions Trophy hosts by eight wickets on Wednesday
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Ramazan, the month of food and festivities
Devotion and piety apart, this month cumulatively brings people together
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A picture that means nothing
If the leak is from the PML-N, for all purpose’s sake, it isn’t enough to do the damage
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The life and times of Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
Pirzada has completed his innings and returned to the pavilion
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Pakistan’s humiliation against India was meant to be
They are slowly taking cricket away from Pakistan, and are depriving a troubled nation of more than just a game
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An enduring legacy of wit and humour
Abba had the most wicked sense of humour
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Farewell Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski worked for his country but in many ways what he did then now haunts the US today
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Pakistan left with limited options in Saudi-led Islamic military alliance
The government must adhere to the policy of cooperating against terrorism only
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Memogate is back in the news!
Can Trump, too, survive the Memogate?
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The original sin
Civil-military divide may have been bridged for now, but in the larger scheme of things, we are worse off than before
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A grave warning
Fact of the matter is that Pakistan cannot afford to get into an exchange of arms with Iran
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Border incursion: retaining the option of fighting back
If India was not playing the role of a spoiler, would we ever have an Afghanistan that would dodge Pakistan’s offers
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Nawaz-Jindal meeting and secret diplomacy
Former diplomats say ‘back channel’ has always paved way for ending logjam in ties
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Lame defence of FBR performance
The revenue body’s performance cannot be blamed on external factors
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Done out of a victory lap
Why did Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan tell us that 'our pronouncement will be a law which will be endured for centuries'
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Where public diplomacy and propaganda meet
Bush administration played on the security and safety fears of US citizens and propagated it as an important factor
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Casual bigotry used to break Indian state’s promise
The Indian state breaks its promises with its citizens regularly, it is not new
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Higher education for lower learning
The story of the deterioration of Pakistan’s economy is that of the country’s education system
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What if two had been three?
Dissent note by Justice Khosa suggests sacking PM, investigating Dar, sidelining NAB chief
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PML-N gets breather, but for how long?
Split ruling provides PTI, PPP ammunition to impugn the prime minister further
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Our universities’ failures
The university leadership, faculty, staff and students need to own the evil that exists within all of us
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Connecting the dots
Pakistan’s future hinges on how our leaders pursue right priorities for the nation
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After Jadhav’s conviction, hope for talks dims
Analysts believe tensions between the two countries will increase
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The future of UK-Pakistan trade
There are already over 120 British companies operating here, across a range of sectors
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Politics at lightning speed
I’m talking about both our weather and our politics
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The man behind the uniform
The uniform of the Punjab police has undergone a change of colours
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India’s colour bind: more than just skin-deep
I found it interesting that the ambassadors from Africa issued a strong statement collectively
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Economy: villains of the piece
There is a need to decipher how the economy plunged into the mess in the first place
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Afghanistan is no Vietnam
US itself appears to have been swamped by an acute sense of frustration
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Urgent task for our man in Washington
Our new ambassador has described Pakistan’s potential strategic role as serving as “a bridge” between the US and China
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A potential shift in India’s nuclear strategy
Adoption of a first use, or first strike, nuclear policy is highly unlikely
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Let’s talk about depression
In Pakistan, mental illness is stereotyped as madness
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Panama leaks and we the people
Does Donald Trump commit contempt of court each time he disparages a judge?
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The tyranny of aggregates
Official statistics indicate that both consumption poverty and multidimensional poverty declined during 2000–2015
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The tale of the table
There are some pieces of furniture that never quite enter the heart
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Bringing prosperity to FATA
Unemployment in the region is quite high, trailing far behind the national average
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Democracy sans trade unions
Studies show that ‘unemployed and economically inactive youth are more likely to be hate offenders’
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Blocked roads
Creating barriers in the path of talented women is neither an eastern tradition nor a recipe for a stable society
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Time to walk the talk
Government shall have to look around in Islamabad and deal with illegal structures in the capital itself
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Why Bhutto matters
April 4 reminds us of the statesman the country lost to the ambitions of a cardboard-cutout of an archtypical dictator
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Behind the distrust between Pakistan and Afghanistan
To sort out the distrust between Pakistan & Afghanistan, there is a need for continued democratic institutionalisation
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Get over Jinnah’s Pakistan
Like almost every other issue in Pakistan, we are fighting over the abstractness of Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan
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Tackling two-front conflict situation
Both New Delhi and Kabul have seemingly become willing promoters and protectors of US interests in the region