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Flood relief practices deepen Pakistan's education crisis
When every monsoon washes away classrooms, Pakistan isn’t just losing schools, it’s losing futures
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Dismantling violent groups
It’s the beginning of a harder battle: containing splinters, managing revenge, preventing their rebirth
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Rationale behind Bangladesh's July National Charter
Charter promises reform, renewal, but without consensus from key parties democracy hangs in the balance
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What the Nobel laureates could teach Pakistan
Innovation, education, courage, three ingredients Pakistan must fuse if it hopes to convert knowledge into growth
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Generalisation as policy
True empathy begins when we stop seeing others as 'the other'
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Crisis delayed not solved
Pakistan’s stabilisation has begun, but without deep reforms, resilience, public trust, the next shock can break it
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Our Afghan imbroglio
Afghanistan’s defiance and Pakistan’s indulgence have shaped a cycle of mistrust, militancy, and smuggling
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Melting of the steel frame
What South Asia lost after independence was not structure, it was soul
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Exit vs voice
When delayed payments become systemic and silence turns habitual, the artist’s dilemma exceeds being economic
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Will illusion be replaced by realism in Afghan policy?
Islamabad Symposium 2025 underscored a decisive pivot from sentimental brotherhood to geo-economic realism
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China's emerging prominence in high-grade education
Their investment in science and technology offers lessons and opportunities Pakistan must embrace
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Which judicial commission?
Supreme Court’s Twenty-Sixth Amendment hearings have exposed a deep constitutional gap
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The surrender policy
Banditry in northern Sindh is largely sustained by two complementary factors
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Greta to Gaza shames climate pretenders
Pakistan's Urdu media has wholeheartedly embraced coverage of the Global Sumud Flotilla
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Recognising State of Israel?
Pakistan actively participated in President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan
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The upcoming GSP Plus assessment
GSP+ status has played a key role in making EU the single largest export destination for Pakistani goods
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Notes on alignment issues
Pakistan must align vision with direction, discipline with purpose, power with principle
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Durand conundrum, TLP and the rule of law
Amid renewed border tensions, toxic narratives, both nations must prioritise cooperation over posturing
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Making the quantum world real
The 2025 Nobel Physics is a reminder that real innovation begins with curiosity, patience, instruments built at home
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Memories and missing pieces of Kashmir
History is the first casualty while writing history
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Cost of breathing
Toxic air cuts Pakistanis’ lives short, Lahore’s citizens pay the highest price
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New K-P CM and the challenges of leadership
Sohail Afridi’s real challenge now is to deliver through good governance
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Climate change and the quest for 'positive tipping points'
As COP30 nears, the world must move from climate promises to real action before time runs out
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The shifting poles
As the old world order fractures, Pakistan must chart a pragmatic course amid the rise of a multipolar Asia
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Thought provokers vs entrepreneurs
South Asia’s obsession with profit over principle reflects a deeper moral crisis in the technological age
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Why are our public 'servants' so arrogant?
Public service has become synonymous with arrogance rather than duty, reflecting colonial hangover
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Another Doha agreement - prospects and pitfalls
Truce may have paused clashes, but Pakistan’s policy shift signals deeper rethink of its ties with the Taliban
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After Doha: Will Afghanistan honour its commitments?
Latest border clashes, infiltration data expose Taliban’s continued patronage of militant groups despite truce
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The continual suffering of the Biharis
Citizens on paper, exiles in practice, forgotten in history
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Young feminism in Pakistan
A new generation of Pakistani feminists is broadening the movement, redefining what empowerment truly means.
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Weaponising faith
Bangladesh’s NSI expose a secret RAW network recruiting citizens for terrorist operations inside Pakistan
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The two approaches to the Afghanistan problem
American approach towards Pakistan changed after the four-day war between India and Pakistan in May 2025
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Israel’s arrogance of power
Israel’s actions in Gaza stand as proof of this truth
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Middle East needs a multipolar security order
Washington, Tel Aviv reject measure urging immediate two-state solution
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Pakistan’s AI moment: build, don’t borrow growth
We can't stay passive AI consumers; must build local capacity
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Talking to versus talking with
Science, policy, faith must learn to listen, not just speak
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Beyond the ranking tables
Pakistan’s low passport ranking is a mirror reflecting the governance, diplomacy, and trust of the country
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Himalayan pink salt: a game changer for our economy
Pakistan’s natural treasures can drive innovation-led exports if matched with technology, foresight
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Kabul-Delhi nexus
Muttaqi’s endorsement of New Delhi’s stance on Kashmir deepen Pakistan’s mistrust of Kabul
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Breaking free from inertia
Pakistan finds itself unable to prosper
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Pakistan in the global spotlight
Gaza Peace Summit marked Pakistan’s re-emergence on the global stage, but sustaining momentum will depend on strategy
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A payment delayed is a payment denied
Financial negligence eroding artistic dignity, professional integrity in Pakistan's entertainment industry
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The beginning of the Second Cold War
China’s rare-earth restrictions and Trump’s trade war mark shifting global power dynamics
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Unfolding
The question is simple: who are you?
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The great corporate exit
When consumer giants shut down local operations, it shows something is deeply wrong
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Valley of the shadow of death
The world of espionage is an existential place
















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