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Can a unity govt address our development challenges?
The issue is not a lack of potential but the absence of sustained institutional coherence
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Terrorism, memory and the politics of simplification
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is experiencing a sustained surge in terrorist violence again
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In the AI era
For many, especially those in unstable economic positions, this technological shift is experienced as a threat
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Against tyranny, war and false saviours: Iran deserves better
International investigators have documented rights abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity
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Fasting humbles ego, enables mindfulness and divine nearness
Ancient civilisations used fasting to harmonise the human mind, body, soul before divine guidance
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The long shadow of conflict
Impact on the innocent goes beyond the present
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Beyond net metering versus net billing
Solar power debate is more than about its future; payment plans, energy distribution, infrastructural integration
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The data we don't own
Despite the apps, the hype, the 5G towers, Pakistani citizens in 2026 are still digital ghosts
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Pakistan's new Afghan doctrine
Pakistan signals a new doctrine, striking Taliban bases to deter TTP, end strategic restraint
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Cold War 2.0: from Pax Americana to Pax Silica
US-China tech war reshapes power, supply chains, global geopolitics
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India seeks AI rewards
India races ahead in AI as Pakistan looks to China to harness youth, tech potential
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Respectfully yours, and I mean it
A student’s heartfelt plea for fairness, dignity, protection, honest teaching in the classroom
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Clarity in times of war
Excavating possibilities during war
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Act East or act West?
India’s Act East shows power of strategic realism
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Moral decadence
Collapse begins where moral cohesion erodes
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Muhajir identity: the making and unmaking
Karachi’s plural reality challenges ethnic ownership myths
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Force good but not a lasting option
Kabul's strategy seems to be one of denial and allegations
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The quiet emergency
Pakistan faces a deepening emergency of youth drug abuse and suicide
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Why modern scholarship is failing the seeker
The fetish of theorisation, a growing tendency among scholars to seek a theoretical footing for every set of data
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The remittance cushion
Are remittances stabilising the economy?
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Bangladesh at the crossroads
BNP’s victory represents a resurgence of dynastic politics
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Pakistan's terrorism problem
Pakistan’s evolving terror threat demands reform beyond force alone
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Another geopolitical storm
US-Iran brinkmanship risks regional war as pride, proxies and politics collide
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Ports, not warships
In the Indian Ocean, logistics hubs are the new tools of power
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Afghanistan's ethnic fault-lines: fracture beneath the flag
Afghanistan’s deepest struggle is not foreign invasion, but building an inclusive state across ethnic fault lines
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Afghanistan — a situational recap
Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions deepen as proxy warfare fuels escalation
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The places we call home
Behind closed doors, fear masquerades as discipline
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Zionism and Hindutva are coming for Muslims
Geopolitics, supremacist ideologies are reshaping alliances from South Asia to Washington
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Penderel Moon: a white Mughal of the ICS
Penderel Moon’s quiet dissent exposed the moral limits of the British Raj
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Geopolitics of Epstein Files
Subversion plus insurgency erodes state legitimacy from within, demanding urgent reform
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A deadly intersection
Epstein controversy fuels claims of an Indo-Israeli axis, wider geopolitical intrigue
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Ramazan: from ritual to responsibility
Fasting trains character; on campus, worship must walk with responsibility
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Bring role-play activities into the education system
Role-playing can fix Pakistan’s skills crisis — no budget required
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The cell in Sukkur
In Sukkur Jail, Benazir’s isolation forged a leader beyond lineage
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Why so many Muslims feel disconnected from their faith
The crisis facing Muslims today is not belief, but meaning
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Curriculum and our impulse
One AI course won’t fix systemic gaps in Pakistan’s higher education
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Man versus woman
Women and men are equal in responsibilities, the purpose is the same: to live a meaningful life
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A student's expectations of his teacher
The relationship between a teacher and his studentshas undergone a dominantly negative change
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Neuroroyalism and the making of public policy
Neuroroyalism focuses on making public policy that does not necessarily aim to bring about national gain
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Super tax, displacement and the cost of unkept promises
The government explicitly linked it to circumstances created by prolonged counterterrorism operations in KP, then FATA
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Iran — means and end debate
No regional consensus exists for war with Iran
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Punjab's Gulfstream blunder
Gulfstream excess exposes governance failure
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The fragile fabric of Pakistani unity
Civic Islam and decentralisation offer a way forward
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Future in Pakistan
Moral choices feel futile in a system rigged for power
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Ten years on, Gwadar a dream gone sour
CPEC promise falters amid distrust, controls and insecurity
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About to be replaced?
From AI creators to AI consumers: capitalism without workers



































