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OIC members' dismal existence
The orientalist rarely sees the natural-civilisation decline cycle, analyses by blaming Islamic teachings
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The republic that waits
If ultimate authority belongs to a figure who will return, then no existing state can claim final sovereignty
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Pakistan's strategic moment in a changing world order
Pakistan is a unique country that has rarely been swayed by shifting tides
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A degree for marriage market
Ironically, fathers often spend millions on their daughters' medical education
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The storyteller's contribution
Tracy Kidder, American narrative journalist, told powerful stories of change in schools, Haiti’s TB wards, and Boston
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No man's sea
In December 2025, Israel formally recognised Somaliland – self-governed state since 1991 without a UN seat
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Ceremonial local governments
Even in developed world, empowered local governments wield immense economic power and fiscal authority
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Independence - bestowal or blunder
Poverty festers like an open wound
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A world gone mad
Despite vast progress, conflict, division threaten humanity’s future, demanding urgent collective action
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Fifty-four years is enough
Silence on stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh tests state responsibility, justice, moral credibility
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Sports and politics
Gavaskar’s critique of a Pakistani player blurs sports, politics, fueling jingoism over reason
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Pakistan's diplomatic heist
Pakistan emerges as a quiet diplomatic bridge in a volatile conflict, reshaping its global image
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War - a test of theory under pressure
Theories of realism explain a conflict where red lines harden and diplomacy stalls
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All roads lead to Islamabad
Hope for de-escalation hinges on Pakistan’s mediation in a spiralling global crisis
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Attempts to keep Pakistan on the toes
Pakistan’s deterrence remains India-centric, despite US claims of global strike capability
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Promised peace or paper peace?
Surrender policy yields little as entrenched gangs and patronage networks remain intact
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Afghans, terrorists - and the border
Since Pakistan's birth in 1947, the only issue that seemingly unites Afghans of all shades is the "Durand Line"
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Abomination of desolation and grace
Every few centuries, human civilisation wreaks havoc to the point it starts daydreaming about the end of times
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The hidden educational cost of the oil crisis
For many students, faculty, the digital experience is a fragmented mess of lagging audio and dropped connections
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China's new ecological and environmental code
China's consolidation of its environmental laws into a unified code represents a notable development
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Hormuz — alternatives and peace
US seems desperate to clinch a deal as the cost of war has spiralled out of control
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Pakistan emerges where India could not
Islamabad's diplomatic intervention in global crises is a political setback for New Delhi
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Rethinking development: from growth to human well-being
Historically, development was measured almost exclusively in economic terms
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Free speech jokes
Trump has turned the US into a joke by launching an illegal war against a country that did not attack America
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Hormuz and the limits of open navigation
The Strait of Hormuz has once again moved from geography to law.
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Trump's strategic trap
What appears, at the outset, as decisive leadership can quickly turn into strategic entanglement
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War and religion
Political mafia of the US seems compromised by satanic frenetic cult mentality, posing as the deliverers of the end
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Epic blunder
Operation Epic Fury is turning more into an epic blunder
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Half the nation, all the potential: why we must invest in women
Too often, efforts to improve these conditions are framed as welfare initiatives or acts of social compassion
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The astonishing moderation
Robert Clive's career marked the moment when a trading company began transforming into an empire
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From Gulf conflict to kitchen costs
Concerns about shipping routes, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, have heightened supply interruption fears
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What is the university for?
A teacher's understanding of academic spaces, their purposes
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Let's distribute Eidi of forgiveness
Fasting demands from us the sacrifice of our selfish pursuits
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Revitalising agriculture: prospects and challenges
The widening demand-production gap intensifies food insecurity, forces costly imports
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Celebrating Pakistan-Nordic partnership
Today, the Nordic region is one of the most integrated regions in the world
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A generation on the frontlines of climate disaster
These figures exceeded national averages, pointing toward a deepening child hunger emergency
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Instability in Hormuz and our economic challenges
Nation depends heavily on imported fuels to sustain industrial activity, electricity generation and transportation
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Mission creep amid an elusive off-ramp
Ongoing Iran war has no political aims on either side, save Israel
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The whisper of the thumbprint and the aesthetics of continuity
To modernise the process or the cut is often to erase the history embedded in the drape
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Unrecognised environmental costs of conflict
Destruction unleashed by large-scale wars leads to commensurate levels of environmental damage
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The illusion of learning in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence has made access cheap and immediate
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Democracy and freedom deficit
Global Peace Index 2025 places Pakistan at number 144 out of 163 countries due to the frequency of political upheavals










































