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Housing justice and urban mobility
Pakistan has one of the fastest urbanisation rates in South Asia.
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Why strategic pragmatism?
Strategic pragmatism evolves in a society that is educated, enlightened and visionary.
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Taliban's shadow diplomacy
Russia has expanded its intelligence and security cooperation with the Taliban.
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Environmental activism
Environmental activism is no longer an abstract movement led by scientists or policymakers.
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Trump, Stefanik and Gaza eviction
The Trump administration also legitimised Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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The world order after WWII
The new cold war that is now taking shape is basically defined by the growing rift between the United States and China
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The new aristocracy
The demand and its prompt acceptance remind us of George Orwell's Animal Farm.
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Brain drain crisis
One of the foremost catalysts behind this mass departure is the dearth of employment opportunities within the country.
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Trump's ruthless war on USAID-CIA nexus
Probably just the tip of the iceberg that was used to engineer coups.
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Happy are we now?
The US had issued a deadline for Saddam and his sons to leave the country to avoid an attack.
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Jumping on the bandwagon
Global warming, or should I say 'climate change' because that's the new term being thrown around, will not kill us.
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Way forward is to seek a fresh mandate from people
PTI is pushed to the wall, and the lone voice of defiance in the form of former PM Imran Khan is muted.
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Making America great again
The quicksand of the US economy is actually uglier than this, and hence more irreparable.
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Wars in the Age of AI
Later lethality kept improving as weapons and platforms kept gaining greater fidelity of targeting,
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Beyond borders and boundaries
The visuals and props are also very playful.
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The erosion of American soft power
There will be internal challenges to Trump’s efforts to either disband or to drastically revamp USAID
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Political institutions determine economic, social prosperity
From 1947 Pakistan became a pro-western ally due mainly to two reasons: the security and economic threat.
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The true potential of Chabahar
CPP is located at the confluence of the Indian Ocean and Sea of Oman
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Her role in building a nation
A society that sidelines its women is akin to a lion
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Shaghal-ghati – game lines
I feel like we are in that same game today except in the real life squid game type version of it.
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A divided Europe is Trump's soft target
Trump's return has forced them to exhibit cohesion.
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Surging Trumpism: hows and whys
When the Colombian government refused to allow the US military planes carrying illegal deportees to land.
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Reaching new heights
One of the key applications of the EO-1 satellite is in precision farming.
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Three decades later
The young man nodded and took me to a side street.
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Journalism's Achilles heel: the moral injury in Pakistan
Journalism too, that once only meant truth telling, is experiencing betrayal as a norm in Pakistan.
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Trump takes America on a different course
The new world order had three important features.
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Untouchables: Pakistan's Marxist elite
NAB which was wielded as a sword of justice created to strike those of them corrupt now lies in their very hands.
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Regulating online hate speech to avoid harm is not censorship
Meta announced it is recalibrating its automated content moderation to limit only so-called high-severity violations.
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A trilateral alliance under conditions of multipolarity
Realistically a greater part of the world is not ready to accept China as an American-declared geopolitical threat.
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A tale of two sources
The practices of suppressing truth and manipulating laws are as old as the conceptualisation of truth itself.
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The AI war begins
The same year, a 38-year-old engineer in China established a startup, called DeepSeek.
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Pakistan's carbon trading policy guidelines
Significant effort is needed to refine this initial document into a complete and effective framework.
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Deeply sought
Some science fiction writers of moderate disposition view it as an important upgrade to our lives.
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A handgun of one's own
One of the key lessons from Ukraine's defence strategy is the necessity of indigenous military capability.
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The erosion of university autonomy
Sindh provides a stark example of this trend.
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Acrimony over the right to Indus water
The conflict over the Indus River's waters dates back to the post-World War I era.
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AI at the helm: a bold roadmap for transforming universities
AI's impact on teaching and learning extends far beyond flashy digital robotic tools.
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Tech politics and Trump 2.0
Trump's emphasis on rapid deployment of AI and autonomous weapons systems.
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The microplastics menace
Evidence concerning the harmful effectives of microplastics is still emerging.
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Transformative potential of CPEC and Gwadar
CPEC is about an investment environment built to align Pakistan with the eco-system of developing nations.
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Is Iran shifting its Capital?
A new city needs substantial investment in infrastructure and public services.
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Women's right to life
Women have the fundamental right to choose their life partners, free from restrictions or interference.