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World Bank’s new climate roadmap for South Asia
It aims to work with individual gov]ts, private sector to make the South Asian region more climate resilient
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Minimum wage is no puzzler
Workers are looking up to the Supreme Court to settle the delivery of the right to life once and for all
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History of Pakistan’s sports and heroes
Pakistan has the lowest budget for sports in South Asia
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Evolution vs production
The difference between the monkeys’ and the human beings’ DNA is less than 2% — an almost negligible difference
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PTI government — an assessment
Betting on the right horse would be very profound. That might be the real tabdeeli in the offing
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Practising parallel intelligence
The intelligence reception comprises a string of individuals not in direct contact with its controller
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PBS formula for inflation — and the proposed change
National interest must take precedence over partisan gains
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Facing challenges amidst political chaos
We need a type of governance that is far more people-oriented, not one that is mostly serving the elite
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Life beyond us: the ethics of care
The stray dog in Pakistan must be among the most miserable
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Olympics and sport anti-diplomacy
For many govts, sport is used as an unconventional diplomatic tool because of its generally inoffensive nature
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Afghanistan: a shared responsibility
The entire region has suffered immensely
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Shifting tides in the Middle East
US President’s snub to the greater Middle East at “Summit for Democracy” further establishes his lagging interest
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Omicron: the beast?
Truth is that we still know little about Omicron
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Doing right without preconditions
Not always, but every now and then, we are in a situation when there is only one right answer
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Has Pakistan finally joined China camp?
Both countries claimed the summit was not meant for democracy but to advance the geostrategic interests of the US
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Some good news for Karachi
The BRTS has to succeed. Public transport remains a politically charged issue in this city
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Major power relationships in Pakistan’s neighbourhood
The week of December 4 brought a number of developments that Pakistan should be watching carefully
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Arm the armless
PM’s favourite topic includes ensuring that there is just enough moral policing that citizens don’t get led astray
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Tarin sinking PTI’s economic performance and narrative?
Put simply, PTI cannot win the next election with Shaukat Tarin as Finance Minister
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Brand Pakistan and our declining national mood
Those attempting to decline the national mood of the country are many and they waste no opportunity
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Sindh’s endless predicament
Conflict in Sindh can be averted if the provincial government pursues a pragmatic and accommodative approach
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Depression: unrecognised pandemic
It is the need of the hour to formulate a coherent and consistent mental health policy
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Clash of two extremes
Lynching of someone because of differences of any sort and buying free will of voters are two sides of the same coin
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General crash
In any case, members of Modi’s security team do not retire, they die
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Pakistan’s corporate sector and ‘seth’ culture
There is a need to instill democratic norms within our enterprises
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Brain tumour: a neglected disease
Never ignore any symptom how trivial it may seem
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Untenable toll of air pollution
Air pollution’s annual death toll is now higher than that from smoking
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Living virtual
We have produced more of the Prufrocks and converted the world to Wasteland, as said by TS Eliot
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A nation on the brink
Extremist thought to the point of exclusion of the other is the first step to its ultimate form of violent terrorism
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Wandering around the IK land
Kamyab Pakistan is some indication that the bottom may begin to get serious attention
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Accountability in limbo? Separating fact from fiction
Corruption is a termite that is eating up the pith of our society
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Afghanistan — the irony of multiplicity
It is Pakistan alone, with some subdued support from regional countries, which stands with impoverished Afghans
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Going beyond normalcy
To offset the mountain of challenges, Pakistanis will need to be more resilient than ever
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Syria’s Heisenberg
The drug empire running out of Syria has seen these drugs replacing Syria’s traditional exports
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India’s soft power: how it blunted our narrative
Policy think-tanks in DC, London and Brussels boast many senior positions occupied by people of Indian-origin
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Role of accountability in good governance
In the modern world, good governance is accorded the highest priority in both corporate and public sectors
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When will we take Climate Change seriously?
Being on the receiving end of the backlash of global warming places a developing country in a precarious position
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The lies we tell in God’s name
In Pakistan, we have been witnessing the consequences of a majority that is deeply insecure in matters of faith
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Clouds of evil
Priyantha Kumara has been killed by people under the spell of infectious ideas
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The amazing galaxy zoo
Hubble was also able to measure the distance to Andromeda which he determined to be about 6 million lightyears
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Of spaces and vacuums
It is not just religious extremism that we cannot talk about any longer — history is just as risky
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India’s attempt to get back into Afghanistan
Would India’s relation with Afghanistan change with the United States pulling out of the country?
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The prisoners of the system
Unfortunately, conditions of Pakistani prisons are abysmal and rather thought-provoking
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Lessons from M Ziauddin
There are a lot of questions that surface on how to move ahead
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Where will Afghanistan be in a year?
Taliban for now controlled most parts of the country and there has been no resistance to their rule
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Soft power: the great storyteller
Soft power counts for little without a credible hard power
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Crumbling human security
Realities of Pakistan’s economy expose the country’s human security predicament
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Earth’s Saturn-like rings?
Earth’s rings will owe its existence to human activity
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Sindh: the mother of lands
Sindh is a land with unique and heterogeneous archaeological, historical, cultural, mystical and aesthetic identities
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From Italy — battling the fourth wave of Covid-19
It looks like winter 2021-22 is not going to be an easy one


































