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Major power relationships in Pakistan’s neighbourhood
The week of December 4 brought a number of developments that Pakistan should be watching carefully
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India’s attempt to get back into Afghanistan
Would India’s relation with Afghanistan change with the United States pulling out of the country?
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The world is going authoritarian
Pakistan shares its international borders with four countries. All of them are governed by authoritarian rulers
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COP26: achievements are there but expectations not met
As was expected, four countries or country groups dominated the Glasgow summit discussions
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Central Asia and Talibanisation of Afghanistan
What will bring about economic change in Central Asia is land-based commerce
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Xenophobia: a fear of strangers
Those who can leave would leave and head towards places within reach in the countries in which they reside
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Will Glasgow succeed?
The Paris meeting abandoned years of fruitless efforts to achieve legally enforceable targets
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To understand the present, get to know the past
The first generation of Pakistani rulers opted to locate the capital in Karachi
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Observing changes in the structures of Pakistani economy and society
There is enormous amount of information available in the records that have been kept by patwaris for decades.
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The rich and corrupt hiding their wealth and incomes
First there were the Panama Papers made public in 2016 and now, five years later, we have the Pandora Papers