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Pakistan’s quiet tech turning point
Google’s first Chromebook assembly line gives Pakistan a chance to shift from tech consumer to tech builder
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COP 30 ends with promises on paper, heat on the planet
The world’s largest emitters stayed away, leaving rising emissions and vulnerable populations to bear the cost
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The invisible victims of floods
Floodwaters have receded, but minorities remain the least served in Pakistan’s 2025 disaster
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The original sin of Frankenstein
The horror in both del Toro’s film & Shelley’s original emerges when ingenuity is divorced from responsibility
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Roman Urdu: Convenience or cultural loss?
Once the language of Faiz, Iqbal, Manto, Urdu is now being typed in clumsy Roman letters
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Remembering Dr Arfa Zehra: The teacher who taught us how to live, not just earn
Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra blended intellect, humility, and compassion in an age of noise
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The last voyage of Pakistan’s wooden boats
Along Balochistan’s shores, the rhythmic hammering of wooden boat-makers once echoed with pride and purpose.
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Why Pakistan's border closure is squeezing Afghanistan's economy
As fresh attacks test Pakistan’s limits, the country turns to its most powerful leverage — its borders
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Trump's nuclear testing threat revives Cold War fears
The chill of the twentieth century’s defining conflict settles over the twenty-first
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The wealth and wounds of Dublin’s Guiness family
In House of Guinness, Steven Knight turns 19th-century Dublin into a living, breathing character
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The rise of Farmverse on Roblox
A game that turns virtual farming into a movement for real-world resilience.
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The legend of Adam Khan and Durkhanai
Part romance, part tragedy, this retelling of Pashtun folklore weaves together music, militancy, and forbidden longing
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From scratch to silicon: Pakistan’s race to design chips
FAST-NU to global recognition, Pakistani engineers are quietly scripting a new chapter in silicon innovation
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Songs of solace
Thaheer Production is carving a cultural sanctuary for Balochistan’s children and artists
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Trump rings in dawn of multipolar world
US president’s ‘G2’ overture to Xi shows US can no longer ignore China’s equal standing
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Smile, you’re being fined
Karachi’s new e-challan cameras have turned chaos into caution, but can fear keep the city in line?
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Fragile Peace
Talks in Istanbul offer fragile hope as mistrust, militancy, geopolitics threaten Pakistan-Taliban peace
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A love story with the wild
How a childhood love for talking animals grew into lifelong admiration for the woman who truly understood them
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What Pakistan’s screenwriters could learn from the Walter Boys
My Life With the Walter Boys wrangles grief, love, and family chaos into a binge-worthy ride
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The scholar and the fortress of fear
Francesca Orsini’s deportation from India exposes a nation’s growing fear of dialogue
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When the dream found you
A boy who once stayed up to watch his heroes now sits across them, turning late-night fandom into global storytelling.
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No food for thought
Across various life stages, gender discrimination in nutrition & patriarchal prejudices hinder physical development
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The forgotten gunsmiths of Sakhakot
Only a few ageing craftsmen remain in Sakhakot, still forging guns by hand as the trade fades away
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Recognition of a Palestinian state will not end the genocide
Meaningful action requires cutting off weapons supplies to & imposing sanctions on Israel
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Nepal protests: a generation in revolt
Gen Z turned online fury into the fall of a govt, forcing the old guard to reckon with a new kind of power
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Saving the songs of the Kalasha
Kalasha hymns are the living archives. To hear them is to witness a culture resisting disappearance
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Port of dreams, port of thirst
Amid promises of prosperity, Gwadar and its surrounding towns are trapped in an escalating water crisis
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The shot they fear: HPV vaccine & the uphill battle
In a country where every new vaccine sparks rumours of infertility, the HPV shot faces the same mistrust
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Rethinking global governance in a chaotic world
As Western-led global governance falters, China’s GGI offers a people-centered, inclusive alternative
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The electric question
EVs and PHEVs arrive in Pakistan, but the road to mass adoption remains long and uncertain
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Between empire & rebellion: the contradictions of Khushal Khan Khattak
Warrior Poet captures the grandeur & flaws of the man who shaped Pashto literature & Afghan self-understanding
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Materialists review: love, money & the freedom of choice
The film is about the silent negotiations women make every day between desire & survival
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Born into risk: the hidden cost of cousin marriages in K-P
As thousands of children battle thalassaemia, gaps in screening & policy continue to put families at risk
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Pak-Saudi defence pact: an old brotherhood recast for a dangerous age
SMDA is a watershed, shielding KSA from Israel’s threat while offering Pakistan a vital economic lifeline
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Three ‘Cs’ & a ceasefire: how Pakistan won Trump over
The May Pak-India conflict forced US to rethink: Islamabad is once again a pivotal player in its regional strategy
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When hospitals become HIV vectors
Lack of adherence to infection control SOPs has turned healthcare facilities into hubs of deadly outbreaks
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Trump’s 50% tariffs on India: Pakistan’s big break
With India’s dominance in US supply chains disrupted, Pakistan could step in and fill the gaps
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Love stories — in AI
A ChatGPT update sheds light on how modern love has taken a somewhat dark turn
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Drowning in our own neglect
Punjab’s cities are flooded again, not from the monsoon alone, but from encroachment and failed governance
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When the body turns on itself
Autoimmune diseases in Pakistan are frequently sidelined in diagnosis & in public health conversations
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Riding on empty
With a player exiting and user confidence eroding, Pakistan’s ride-hailing space is struggling to stay on track
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Book review: Apes’ Assembly & the politics of the jungle
Dr Zahoor Hussain's novella uses the world of wild animals to explore themes of power & rebellion
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A mirror to the nation’s young
The State of Children in Pakistan 2024 maps child rights across four UNCRC pillars
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Amjad Islam Amjad: the man behind the metaphors
Marking his 81st birthday, those who knew him speak of the profound presence that made him unforgettable
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The other way to be a parent
In a country where infertility is stigmatised & orphans neglected, adoption stands as an overlooked solution
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The race to rule AI
US & China’s reveal AI action plans around starkly different visions, both for technology & the world order
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Still addicted to the City
Sex and the City gave an entire generation of women the language, confidence & courage to be complicated
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PTI’s slide, from populism to political isolation
Once the loudest political force, the party now stands sidelined in parliament & the streets
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Pakistan Navy’s deterrence: neutralising India’s signaling
By quietly enhancing its capabilities, PN has ensured Delhi can’t take the Arabian Sea for granted
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Deadpool & Wolverine: in blue and yellow at last!
We thought Logan was Hugh Jackman’s swansong as Wolverine. We were wrong. This is it. This is the swansong

















































