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Pakistan needs a revolution
Let go of our flawed thinking, and we might be able to find our way out of this mess.
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Leaders with a misplaced focus
We are a country with an inability to focus on our most important issues, and everyone is guilty as charged.
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On conspiracy theories, education and the state
Pakistani society is tight-knit and the opinions of those one trusts are taken on faith –– never questioned.
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On talks and peace
Most effective policy tool that govt can employ right now is to offer a powerful counter-narrative to the Taliban.
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A failed curriculum reform
The review committee is reversing the improvements in the revised curriculum.
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Mr Khan, take your opposition to the NA
Khan’s methods continue to be those of a politician on the campaign trail, not one serving an election term.
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Six months on, no vision
Militancy is essentially war of ideas, narratives; it is naive to think you can ‘buy’ your way out of it via...
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On Pakistani anti-Americanism
Strategic operationalisation of anti-US sentiment for political gain brokers internal unity in fractious environments.
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The emergency in Pakistan’s schools
Everyday we create new generation of non-thinkers, who can't think logically, evaluate evidence, discern information.
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Understanding the world through our (new) textbooks
That there is a full chapter on Pakistan’s place in the world is in itself an improvement.
 
    








