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Turkey’s democratic triumph
Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured an emphatic win in the presidential election as expected
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Science via WhatsApp
WhatsApp hoaxes about child kidnapping has gotten people killed in India
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Elections without manifestos
None of the three major political parties has come up with an election manifesto
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By-elections — a drain on the exchequer
There is no justification for taxpayer money being utilised further career prospects for power hungry politicians
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Being human
Accountability, any system of accountability, does not ask us to stop treating people like human beings
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Cut down all the trees
There is little or no legislation in place to protect trees
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Driving the world towards a trade war
Trump treated trade deficits as a sign of economic weakness
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Development, not mainstreaming
Mainstreaming, in other words, is not entirely a very positive or pro-social process
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#ThankYouModi for helping the Kashmir cause
Despite bitter realities, India by and large is still in a state of denial
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The long shot for peace
Yhe Afghan policy under Trump has become more aggressive with its heavy reliance on aerial power
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Political dynasties and democracy
Political parties’ organisational structure is the main reason for the survival of families
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Six days to safety
If the PML-N can hold on to its core in north and central Punjab, it can aim for 60 seats from Punjab
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Caretakers on tenterhooks
It should be noted that the Constitution does not make any distinction between permanent and caretaker governments
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Science of radicalisation
Radicalisation is influencing thinking mechanism of an individual, group through continuous interaction
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State of the economy
For the third time in its history Pakistan is seeing off a seemingly lost decade in terms of the economy
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Gender parity in politics
Women parliamentarians have consistently outperformed their male counterparts in the country
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Lost in a digital jungle
Like every other developing nation in the world Pakistan has a burgeoning reliance on the interne
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Devious to a fault
It is difficult to grasp the enormity of the deception practised by elected representatives
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Trump-Kim summit — laugh well tonight
'Both are renowned lunatics, though one is a tad more than the other'
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Elections 2018: what’s the agenda
Political class provides jobs to its friends, relatives and constituents without merit
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US counter-drug experiences in Afghanistan
Massive corruption and widespread insecurity across large parts of Afghanistan remain other major stumbling blocks
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Future civil-military concurrence
The military can be best used as an institution capable of removing any obstacles
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Political parties and disaster risk reduction
Comparative analysis of manifestos of five parties reveals they are unaware of Pakistan’s commitment under SDG 2015-30
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Benazir Bhutto: a profile in courage
The world mourned her death, and extolled her courage in standing up to hardened terrorists
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It’s all in the optics
America has a long and dishonourable history of intolerance and an embedded fear of ‘The Other’ that might ‘infest’
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Who broke the world?
America, the long-standing global champion of human rights, just pulled out of UNHRC
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Journalism and activism
Journalists have to keep their activism to one side when reporting
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How should I vote?
There are still those dark forces that do not believe in democracy
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CPEC: beyond infrastructure
The CPEC road infrastructure can provide a very busy transit and trade route in future
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The youth matters!
The coming elections may be won by a leader and a party that has credible vision of change
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Fazlullah eliminated
Pakistan, Afghanistan and US forces have to earnestly cooperate to eliminate all symbols of terrorism in the region
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Donald Trump upends the global order
Trump has destroyed the work done over a period of 70 years, leaving all countries to fend for themselves
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Quarter of a million souls
The kids in Yemen may not live long to tell us how wrong we were
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Tackling our planet’s problems from outer space
Over 70 United Nations Member States now have established government space agencies
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Constitution and the country
Those who insist country, not its constitution comes first need to brush up their understanding of Pakistan’s...
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The great policy rush
Govts of Punjab and Sindh introduced several policies at a time when they were literally packing up
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‘Bakwas’ must stop
Shabnam's case was reported and tried as a dacoity and not rape as a euphemism for rape
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Compassion to tackle mental health
Suicide of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade earlier this month shocked everyone
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Eco-tourism: better for Pakistan, better for you!
The overall trend of tourism has increased in Pakistan, especially during Eid holidays
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What Pakistan can learn from the US
Politics in this country needs to rise else what good the military success will be if the country remains in shambles
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Palijo saeen
Politician Rasool Bakhsh Palijo breathed his last on June 7th 2018
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Of activism and resistance
For the past two decades, we have seen a steady rise in collaborations between NGOs and multinationals
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Democracy’s great fall
Quality of governance in both authoritarian and democratic rules always remained a subject of make-believe
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Nexus of media and political agenda
In broad terms media agenda have a great role in setting the public agenda
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The Tayyaba judgment
One of the most important judgments for the protection of children in Pakistan very quickly slid down the news agenda
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Hope and despair
Afghan blast, rising fuel prices in Pakistan invokes despair
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The critical 2018 elections
Such an election will mark new alignments of social and political forces
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Disrupting madness
MIT has launched the world’s first artificial intelligence-powered psychopath called ‘Norman’
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Are Pakistan-US relations on the mend?
Pakistan views US unilateralism with frustration, yet it would be a willing partner
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Energy sector audit by caretakers
Pakistan’s energy crisis stands tall to see off yet another government












































