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A Tale of Two Teams: Pakistan’s World Cup campaign through Charles Dickens
Call it theatrics of a heartbroken fan to draw parallels between pre-revolution French society and exploits of a team
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Kim Jong Un’s impudence is merely food for internal consumption, not words to be taken at face value
Kim's nukes are just defensive tools, used to establish the regime’s legitimacy as the only deterrent to US supremacy.
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Is the divide within the Sharif family inevitable?
Whilst Nawaz remains the popular leader, Shehbaz and Hamza’s hold on Punjab’s power politics is considered undeniable
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Can Nawaz Sharif salvage his legacy by normalising relations with India and the economic alleviation stemming from it?
Besides metros and motorways, Nawaz always had something up his sleeve which would define his era and legacy – India.
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Saudi Arabia, India or the US – who is conspiring against Nawaz Sharif and why?
Whilst Nawaz gained plaudits at home for staying neutral, the Saudis took his apathy as personal and national betrayal
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The Bahawalpur inferno victims were not reckless jahils, but simply desperate citizens of Pakistan
Their greed is congenital and inescapable; when you are born with nothing, you will do anything for something.
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Is CPEC a rebranded Chinese adaptation of the East India Trading Company?
Significant mishandling of the CPEC can cause serious harm, uncannily similar to the kind incurred during the Raj.
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It wasn't state facilitation but years of political neglect that turned FATA into an extremist stronghold
Al Qaeda infiltrated FATA as a result of its fabricated social dynamic and the absence of any focused state reprisal.
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Trump’s #MuslimBan: A realist’s take
Trump does not care for “political correctness” of the left but prefers to deal in “results” and “getting things done”
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Is PML-N trying to fool everyone under its centrist garb?
PML-N is attempting a double game; it tries to capture the liberal vote while retaining ties with the religious right.