Stories from M Zeb Khan
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The real threat of AI is not AI
It is the learned helplessness that comes with believing AI has made them obsolete
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From shock to pattern: Trump 1.0 and the meaning of Trump 2.0
In 2016, Trump did not emerge in a vacuum. He tapped into frustrations that had been building for years.
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The structural malaise behind PTI's crisis
PTI today is not a movement charting the future but a party caught in confusion
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The rising clergisation of Islamic thought
When clerical authority becomes untouchable, religion stops guiding and starts stagnating
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Pride, reflection and the future of Pashtun identity
It is about recognising that no tradition can remain strong if it refuses to grow
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PhD paradox: a badge of status or a journey of inquiry?
As PhDs expand, intellectual curiosity gives way to procedure, status and safe research
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A moment of diplomacy, a test of reality
Momentary diplomatic gains cannot replace sustained internal reform, credibility
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Blaming parents: oversimplification of social deviance
Blaming parents for social decline oversimplifies behaviour shaped by complex social and structural forces
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The urge to judge: when religion becomes a checklist
Over time, visible practices - dress, rituals, language - become shorthand for religiosity
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Trump's strategic trap
What appears, at the outset, as decisive leadership can quickly turn into strategic entanglement

