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The Empire Strikes Back
American discrimination against Pakistan is not new but goes back decades since the first Indian nuclear test in 1974
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Curious case of Pakistan’s falling cotton production
Dream of doubling country’s cotton crop cannot be realised without restoring growers’ confidence.
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Analysis: Is PM’s textile package the answer to falling exports?
Package fails to address real issues of exports: low productivity, poor quality
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That hopey changey stuff!
Today we live in a world that has been ripped apart into two irreconcilable halves
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Obama for a third term
Nearly a century after Woodrow Wilson, Barack Hussain Obama follows his suit
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Provinces and human development
Every year, the publication of the UNDP’s HDI reminds us of our abysmal performance compared to other countries
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Solid waste management
We live in a world where consumerism and the waste it generates is rampant
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Why reject the electoral reforms?
After 30 long months finally our parliamentary parties completed a draft bill for electoral reforms
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Does Pakistan pose a bigger threat to India after Babur-III launch?
Latest missile test means Pakistan now capable of launching nuclear weapons from land, air and sea
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Mr Obama makes an exit
There is little shortage of material for his detractors to mine in years to come
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Social eruptions
Qadri’s shrine will pose as an emblem against any move to change the blasphemy law or provide justice to Asiya bibi
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Will India become main manufacturer of Pakistan's beloved F-16 jets?
Factors such as Trump, long production timeframe and other better aircraft options can act as major deterrents
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A new beginning in sight?
General John W Nicholson’s visit to Pakistan underscores the beginning of a new phase in the Pak-Afghan relations
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Peace with India remains elusive
India despite its best efforts has failed to isolate Pakistan
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A good start: decline in US bombings
The US security and intelligence landscape could be vastly different under Donald Trump's leadership
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Hollow development
Unfortunately, the situation of Zahra Bibi has already faded and is now the annals of old news
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Re-formatting Pakistan’s image
The civil-military relation has been on the roller coaster for years long
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Shining City upon a hill
The most stunning thing about the American dream is the clarity of thought behind it
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The end of Turkey
It is deeply mutilated and finished in every respect
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Sleepless in ‘paradise’ won
Trump trashes US intelligence agencies; instead he believes Julian Assange
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The Aleppo holocaust and the wider conflict
The Syrian war — now more than five years old has caused the migration of some three million people
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India’s NSG membership will damage non-proliferation efforts
With new criteria, bloc set to torpedo mandatory signing of non-proliferation, test ban treaties
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Four reasons why CPEC will not be another East India Company
Concerns regarding the economic corridor are understandable but to suggest it’s similar to EIC is farfetched
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Offering global solutions
Being a bystander in the time of need and heinous atrocities is never an option
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Donald Trump’s civilisational war
What will be Donald Trump’s approach towards the Islamic world once he takes office?
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Pakistan and India: current issues and future directions
Though they are not in a state of war, a virtual warlike situation exists on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir
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A disorderly house
Parliament resumed on Wednesday December 14 and promptly descended into a cacophony
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Come to senses neighbour
It seems that India is hell-bent on deteriorating already dismal relations with Pakistan to the point of no return
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37 years: too late, too little
The Physics Centre of Quaid-e-Azam University, 37 years after he won the Nobel Prize will at last carry his name
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Russia, Daesh and Afghanistan
A senior Afghan security official called the Russian support for the Taliban a "dangerous new trend
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Democrats on high alert
Lessons are proving hard to come by for the losers of the shocking US Presidential election
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Trump and Obama’s Asia pivot
Donald Trump is succeeding a man with deep knowledge and interest in the Asian continent
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Quality journalism is essential for democracy
This is a challenging, disturbing and exciting time to be a journalist
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India in the dock
The current Intifada in the IoK has now turned into a strident cry for independence
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Not War, Not Peace?
Lately India has been using a combination of her ‘hard- and soft-power’
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US-Pakistan relations: an appraisal
The US-Pakistan relations stand today at a critical juncture where multipolarity has gained ground
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Goodbye farming?
To keep up with global food demand, the UN estimates, almost 15 million acres of new farmland is needed every year
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Women’s ‘no’ means ‘yes’, Trump proves?
The long standing notion has been debated by men and detested and denounced by women for a long time
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Indo-Pak CBM blues
People on both sides stand to benefit from an era of peace
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Three key questions
+Supreme Court hearing into the Panama Papers affair has been adjourned until 7th December
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Indian jingoism
Will the Indian belittling attitude force Pakistan into submission?
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When real estate captures power
A global real estate tycoon is being elected president of the USA
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Stalin’s steel
Let’s learn not to push academia in the direction of Stalin’s Steel
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Pied Pipers galore
From Imran Khan to Bhutto, from Tahirul Qadri to Altaf Hussain to Zia, our Pied Pipers have come from diverse domains
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Ghani’s still Pakistan’s best bet
Ashraf Ghani is not Hamid Karzai. He does not harbour an irrational hatred for Pakistan
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Punjab watercourse maintenance
Punjab covers a vast area of over 205,300 square kilometres with millions of acres of agricultural land
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China at the centre of the world order
Beijing is entering the space created by the likely withdrawal of the US from a leadership role in international trade
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Heart (of Asia) rending
The sabotage of the SAARC summit should have been a wake-up call for the Sharif government
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Broken moral compass
To see something your eyes need fine distinction between black and white
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Fragile, handle with care
Transitions are always prone to accidents