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New global order
Trump’s politics reminds of the policy of isolationism that the US has espoused from time to time
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Reign of Khan
Khan is out to make naya Pakistan, but others are out to milk naya Pakistan
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Muslim World and the West
Dozens of children were killed in a Saudi-led coalition air strike that hit a school bus in northern Yemen
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Media matters
PTI should turn its media-related manifesto into public and media-friendly laws and regulations at least at the Centre
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Karachi sinking in its own sewage
Karachi’s 15 million citizens have been criminally discharging their raw sewage into the nearest coastal waters
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All of Asia
Pakistan has the potential to be another of Asia’s success stories
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Navigating Imran’s hung revolution
Balochistan Awami Party, a part of the PTI-led coalition, threatened to withdraw support for the PTI’s speaker nominee
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Will Palestinians be no more?
Arab states have had a chain of meetings with Israeli officials and Netanyahu himself over a ‘peace plan’
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What has been happening to agriculture?
Pakistan’s agriculture received a boost in the 1960s when it posted a growth rate of 5.1%
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Social entrepreneurs and global challenges
Social enterprise has not yet proven its capacity to overcome the numerous challenges plaguing our world
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Invading Iraq haunts today
Iraq War not only affected the Afghan war but is also affecting the American withdrawal from that war-torn country
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Will bashing Pakistan help?
The US has failed in eliminating terrorism from Afghanistan
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Imran vs populism
Although there are many for whom Imran is the face of Pakistani populism, he has dodged the populist bullet
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Energy sector: setting the directions right
As the new government assumes power, energy crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing Pakistan
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Fulfilling election promises
The second democratic transition has injected new vigour and vitality in the nation
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Free American media: myth or reality?
Reporting on international issues, American media is usually cooperative, reflecting the policies of their government
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CPEC: from idea to realisation
The next all-important phase of CPEC is Industrial Cooperation
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Power of female education
One of the areas that beckon immediate priority is on health and education particularly that of women
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Who will work for the government?
The challenge of hiring the right people will become all the more daunting
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Psychology of targeting law enforcers
Terrorgroups have been involved in targeting law enforces for multiple reasons which overlap with their objectives
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The Madina of Imran Khan
The solution that so frustratingly escapes the talented economic experts was found by none other than Imran Khan
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Diaspora and higher education
Both academic diaspora and foreign scholars can play a constructive role in shaping society
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Khan’s image management and our problems
Khan’s emphasis on strengthening the various state institutions is a clear indication that he believes in the system
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Pakistan's top five
The five main challenges for Pakistan are population, poverty, education, health and our depleting natural resources
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Pakistan should follow Denmark’s example
The Denmark example and experience shows that a country dependent on agriculture can achieve First World standard
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Welcome to the hot seat, Mr Prime Minister
Imran has to reach out to Pakistan’s friends to inject much-needed dollars in the fast deteriorating economy
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Age as an attitude of mind!
It is becoming something of a habit for our intelligentsia to label this blessed country as ‘young’
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71 years on, frosty relations continue
Barbed wires are on either side of the border preventing people’s passage into each country with visa restrictions
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Omission and commission
That noxious odour wafting out from the ECP has much to do with electoral and institutional hygiene
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Due process for better governance
Politicians don’t want to build due process because of both laziness and lack of work experience
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Numbers can lie
The PTA claims that the cellular teledensity in Pakistan is roughly 73%
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The wrong economic model
The economic model that we have been using all these 71 years has failed to deliver
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Local issues, local solutions; social issues, social solutions
The social challenges faced by Pakistan need indigenous social solutions
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Why Trump may just resolve the Afghan issue?
The anti-status quo guy turned out to be really very anti-status quo
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Does Pakistan deserve Imran Khan?
What does the road from good intentions to actual change look like for the PTI and Naya Pakistan
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Planning for Naya Pakistan
PTI needs to pay attention to restructuring the prevailing planning machinery, architecture and processes
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R2P and its implications
R2P has now become part of the international vocabulary in discussing genocide, war crime
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Three takes from Elections 2018
Elections 2018 has been an enormous learning experience,but remedial action is needed before the Elections 2023
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Eradicating acid violence
Pakistan’s National Assembly passed ‘The Acid and Burn Crime Bill 2017’ in May 2018
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Audacity of dreams
Imran Khan inherits a badly broken system because of corruption, economic inequity, terrorism and overpopulation
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From Shopkins to slime
Another hazard joins the pantheon of things you really don’t want to step on in the night—slime
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How far would I go?
The losing parties have labelled the election as rigged by their favourite villains called the ‘khalai makhlooq’
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What if there were Meesha Shafis before Meesha Shafi?
When women complain, they are asked to modify their life, rather than get a confirmation that they were wronged
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Dawn of a new era or more of the same?
Pakistan needs to regain its respect and place in the community of nations
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Lessons for PML-N
Rigging or no rigging, the PML-N’s election campaign was flawed and the basics were not right
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Challenges before Kaptaan
Imran's life history, record, political struggle and social work shows, he is a fighter to the end
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Attracting diaspora investments
Imran Khan has declared overseas Pakistanis the country’s greatest asset and committed to get them to invest
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Wrong then, wrong now
Amir Liaquat Hussain earlier tweeted a photo-shopped picture of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Sherry Rehman
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Achieving the 100 Day Agenda
No efforts must be foregone by the PTI to reach out to the other parties
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Forgotten heroes
On the 4th of August Pakistan observes Police Martyrs Day















































