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Doing business: Lahore vs Karachi
Karachi takes 208 days, 4.2% of property value to get it transferred, but in Lahore, it takes 56 days to register
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1971 field notes: lessons for Pakistan
In contrast to Ayub Khan, West Pakistani officials were not appreciating the scale of the crisis
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PSX is ugly and broken
Pakistan’s stock exchange resembles a markhor
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Remembering Dina
Neither Indians nor Pakistanis quite forgave Dina Wadia for being Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter
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Of victims and perpetrators
Harassment is common, most women have learned to take it in their stride within the workplace
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Young asylum seekers’ pain
These days rights groups are lobbying hard for the swift release of 35 asylum seekers from Pakistan and Somalia
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Tackling smog
There is virtually nothing that can be done to change how the trans-boundary effect works
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Paradise is not for the poor
A year and a half ago Panama Papers were released and the fallout was catastrophic for individuals
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Science in an ailing ecosystem
A trifecta of chronic ailments affects scientific research culture in Pakistan
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Did we all die today?
Who says justice cannot be bought? I am reminded of the emotional speech made recently by our chief justice
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Pakistan and the US doctrine
How should the policymakers in Islamabad prepare for the world that President Donald Trump has begun to shape?
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Army chief’s olive branch?
If our political elite are sincere, they can still come up with a comprehensive national security strategy
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No place safe for women
Harassment on public transportation takes numerous forms from verbal to physical abuse
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Creating more divisions
Hate speech is one of the most divisive factors keeping the country from becoming united
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Outlook uncertain
As the year draws to an end there are some positive indicators on the economy
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Two people overlapping communities
Two different peoples will celebrate lives and works of two distinct individuals in history: Quaid, Christ
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Checklist for change
Can Shehbaz Sharif or Imran Khan be the transformational leader that Pakistan deserves?
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Fostering peaceful and inclusive societies
Peace-builders have always found themselves on the edge of society, sometimes seen as threats
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Trump’s national security strategy
The US obviously, with a person like Trump at the helm, would not at all let the Chinese to expand their influence
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Save water, save life
The PCRWR warns that the country may face an alarming situation of ‘water scarcity’ by the year 2025
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Without a paddle
There is a clash of institutions on the internal front, political uncertainty and visible paralysis in governance
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Cultural transition in KSA
The Kingdom has already hosted mixed music concerts this year
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Is CPEC enough?
Building a modern, dynamic nation is a long, uphill transformatory process
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Extremism on campus
The government has been avoiding taking tough decisions
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Democracy at war with itself!
Does Pakistani democratic governance simply suffer from a moral dilemma and spiritual bankruptcy?
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System is the thing
The first order of business is to appoint a fully empowered and competent finance minister
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Debates concerning culture
Several important anthropological contributions have helped shaped understanding of culture over the past century
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The Jadhav case
The case does not directly dwell into the fate of his innocence or guilt
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New rules, new teams, the same old game
With Jahangir Tareen’s disqualification, the PTI is likely to step into a new era of internal dynamics
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Avoiding the gaze
In a few months, I had adjusted to the reality of being ogled at and had come up with a survival strategy
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Af-Pak relations and CPEC
It is time that China provided its leadership for a grand and candid regional dialogue
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Improvement in K-P governance
In the case of public education monitoring plays a crucial role
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Who is responsible for Katas Raj fiasco?
The structure of local governments is not designed for maintenance of such sites and areas
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Never a technocratic government
If we look back, vested interest groups initially welcomed military or technocratic takeovers
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The unholy alliance
For Trump, recognition of Jerusalem is merely the fulfillment of a promise made during his election campaign
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Forging pluralistic societies
Pluralism calls on us, first, to understand that diversity in and of itself is not a threat
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Who will stand up for Palestine?
The reality is when strong nations do not want to do something they stick to the law and vice versa
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No incentive to engage
With exception of a few universities, our major public universities have few initiatives to engage community at large
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OIC and the Trump decision
The current summit, yet again, seems another episode of the OIC’s lip service over the Palestinian cause
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United we stood, divided we fell
While December 16 of one year tore a nation apart, in 2014 it brought it together in its darkest hour
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Afghanistan is failing on its own
The Trump administration has attempted to pass on to Islamabad its failure in Afghanistan
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Modi’s Pakistan obsession
There was a time when Pakistani public was accused of being too obsessed with India
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Ready for an interim govt?
Any change in the country’s law and order situation can have far reaching implications
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Inter-state relations under complex interdependence
Pakistani foreign policymakers must realise the importance of Complex Interdependence of the international system
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Of Trump and Jerusalem
"Trump can mess with America, but should stay out of our business," says Amal
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Minutes from Doomsday
Trump and his allies are not yet ready for such a compromise
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Libra vs Libra: the race is on
Imran Khan and Shehbaz Sharif may share a Zodiac sign and an age (almost) but will they share electoral glory too?
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Can India sustain its growing military spending?
India is also doing everything it can to match it by enhancing its own military capability and capacity
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No quick fixes
Where is the disconnect in Pakistan?
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Assets beyond means
British govt commitment will reduce the number of opportunities for criminals to use shell companies to hide wealth