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The civilised West, Pakistan and the rest
For nations to be part of this world order, the rules are clear
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Insurance against violence in Afghanistan
The longest war of America, Afghanistan, and Pakistan is coming to an end
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Failure of the power sector after 1970s
With immense hydroelectric potential. the country has been relying only on thermal sources instead
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Revitalising education for the Covid generation
Around 930,000 children is expected to drop out from secondary and primary education due to the pandemic
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Press Freedom Day
With this year’s global theme being “Information as a Public Good”
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Modi’s redesign of India
The country's prime minister has chosen Hindutva as his “idea of India”
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The failing political system
People are fast losing faith in the country's political system
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100 days of Biden-Kamala administration
Biden has been quite ambitious and optimistic in listing achievements of his administration
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Maulana Tariq Jamil’s new fashion line and liberal critics
Maulana finds himself at the centre of a cultural and political battle for Pakistan’s soul between the right and left.
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Child Courts and JJSA 2018
About 39% of Pakistan’s population is under 18
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Climate leadership and Pakistan
Glasgow conference would be the most important climate conference after the Paris Agreement of 2015
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Dilemma of a security state
The inherent fear of insecurity results into a channelised vision which forces it to pick its enemies in the darkness
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Maintaining peace
Any wrangle now hides the potentialities of an ultimate international war
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Wages of pseudoscience
Substantiating prejudice through the use of science
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Myanmar — coup and democracy
ASEAN tell Myanmar coup leader to cease the use of violence, release the prisoners and engage in dialogue
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Pakistan’s evolving strategic paradigm
Uncertainty and what might it throw up shall be the country's bigger test
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May Day in a pandemic
The Covid-19 has seriously affected what Freud called the ability to love and work, his view of mental health.
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Rethinking Pakistan’s climate change posture
Pakistan has much work to do before it can claim to be a climate change champion
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What’s wrong with India and Pakistan!
The history of the Indo-Pak ties is chequered with breakups and new beginnings
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Misreading China and Muslim World’s intentions
Whatever nations like China do to improve their security situation is reflected as human rights violations in the West
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Promoting science in Urdu
With an easy-to-understand local language research can be communicated to a larger audience
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Climate change and democracy
A huge portion of global population doesn’t know much about climate change and how it impacts livelihoods and lives
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Coronavirus and children
Doctors report children as young as a few weeks getting sick with Covid globally
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Will US troops leave Afghanistan as announced?
In a recent televised address, President Biden said the US forces would be back home by Sep 11 this year
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Afghanistan: Biden has had his way
US President inherited some difficult positions his country had adopted during ex-president Trump’s four years
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Giving to the right quarters
Report indicates that about 98% of people in the country give in one form or another
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Can we expect a miracle to happen?
After the country unable to settle down despite 73 years of its existence
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Cold War rivals Pakistan and Russia seek enduring partnership
Recent visit by Russian FM termed strategically important, and a game-changer in the geo-politics of this region
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Becoming the best version of yourself in Ramazan
It’s a miracle that we can break habits in Ramazan which we think are otherwise unbreakable
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‘Simplifying’ climate change response
The world’s policy on climate change has failed to do a bit to contain the rising greenhouse emissions level
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The plight of Turkish women
Turkey decides to withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women
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Quest for accountability reforms
A key problem with the current accountability system is that it operates in a conventional mode
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US revisiting relations with Iran
The latest cyberattack on the underground Natanz facility, could adversely impact the current negotiations
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Politics of the people
The establishment of genuine democracy and finding the pathway that would lead us toward supremacy of the Constitution
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The HEC ordinance and the ideology war
Introduces several changes regarding the appointment and job duration of chairman and executive director
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Remembering Razia, celebrating Rahimullah
The only issue now is that fearless journalists are becoming rarer with each passing day
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The need to focus on healthcare
A well-educated and healthier population grows more slowly than those that have high rates of mortality and illiteracy
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Covid-19: give me fresh air to breathe, please!
With less than 0.5% of Pakistan’s population immunised
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Plus minus
Governance has become a sporting game with winners and losers
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From boomers to millennials
A world that transits from being cultural, customary and traditional to digitalised, cool, artificial and smart
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Istanbul conference and the Afghan peace plan
Afghan Pres Ashraf Ghani is expected to reiterate his three-phase peace plan to seek support from the participants
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The other doctors
A recent report indicates an alarmingly high number of jobless PhDs
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Of heroes and traitors
A former ambassador in the US spits venom against his own country
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Opportunities for SMEs amid the pandemic
With Covid-induced economic slowdown affecting businesses worldwide
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Afghanistan: what next?
An impending disaster if a comprehensive agreement is not reached
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Not the military but economy stupid!
Enlightenment continues to elude us because nobody cared to push forward the its drivers
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Need to do away with by-elections
If a seat falls vacant during an ongoing term it should be awarded to thr party or family of the independent candidate
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Real status of civil service reforms
A mission on which many have dug a grave for their career
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How and why is Bangladesh better off than Pakistan today?
At a time when Bangladesh will celebrate 50 years of its separation from Pakistan
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For them globalisation, for us slowbalisation
What globalisation has gifted the countries like Pakistan is more social disruption and a youth that is frustrated