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Fortifying Pakistan’s future
Improving nutrition isn’t as easy as just fitting equipment to flour mills
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The options for Nawaz Sharif?
Strain in civil-military relations can intensify if PML-N actively mobilises parliamentary support
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Rise of the Shehbaz League?
The House that Sharif built still holds many cards
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How ‘The Greatest’ got his name
Widow of boxing legend Muhammad Ali visits Pakistan
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The Sharif divide
Coming months filled with promise of political upheaval
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Science and Sir Syed
Sir Syed's work can help reconcile science and religion
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New leader on foreign aid front
Pakistan set to become biggest recipient of Chinese aid
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Is the new NGO tax a good idea?
NGO tax to be challenged in court
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Crisis, what crisis?
Politics leading cause of economic woes
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Our pet obsession
When political expediency leads to discriminatory discourse
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The dynamics of Pak-US foreign policy failures
Pakistan's foreign policy at critical juncture
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The world’s quest for electric vehicles
The trend of electric-powered cars has grown far beyond initial hybrids like the ubiquitous Toyota Prius
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The curious case of Joshua and Caitlan Boyle
Did the Boyles become a bargaining chip to keep Omar Khadr quiet and eventually put the blame on the Haqqani Network?
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A decaying state
Cast an eye over the foreign press and media and the reporting of Pakistan and it is pretty much one track
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Impact of women voters
Not many people would know but the women of Lahore played a big part in the PML-N’s victory in NA-120
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Small steps towards better relations
If Taliban were to capture power in Afghanistan it would strengthen the hand of the TTP and other militant groups
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Refoming the process of removal of judges
In neighbouring India, the powers of removal of a judge are now subject to parliamentary oversight
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Political consciousness of youth
The youth population blossomed as a revolt against the system of absolutism and totalitarianism
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Tricky compensation
Court wants land allocated to the legal heirs of the deceased lawyers to be transferred to the Balochistan Bar Council
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Dangerous drug inspectors
Pharmaceuticals — drugs for prescription primarily — are big business
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Putting a foot down
Many should have been disqualified years ago
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Elections are the way out
There are a number of fallacies touted as democratic reasoning against early elections that need to be dispelled
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Stop policing women’s clothes
Why do women’s clothing elicit so much attention?
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Colonial impact on our mindsets
One legacy of British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent is the clerical mindset they had left people with
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America’s ‘dangerous game’
The Pakistani nation is notorious for its susceptibility to conspiracy theories
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The summit on health
Health may be a provincial matter, but ultimately it is a national matter concerning all citizens
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Merchants of hate
This is not the first time the Ahmadi community has been attacked by a politician or an opinion leader
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Building irrationality into public policymaking
The Bhutto period saw major disruptions and a sharp slowdown in the rate of economic growth
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Youth bulge challenges
This report has only reinforced the dismal picture of Pakistan portrayed by other similar human development indices
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Somalia blast
This year the US military has accelerated drone strikes and other efforts this year against al Shabaab
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An unpardonable offence
The school authorities have suspended the two transporters but much more needs to be done
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Shelving pay rises
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah was about to treat himself to a 300 per cent raise in his own salary
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Rural growth for a food secure Pakistan
Sindh is in the process of drafting its new agriculture policy
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Working at cross purposes
Nation is quietly awaiting some messiah to put an end to their misery
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Reviving Manchhar Lake
Freshwater inflow has declined significantly relative to saline, toxic effluents discharged into it
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Khaki shadows?
Khaki shadows are indeed lengthening but democracy does not seem to be under any imminent threat
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Is Trump leading the US down a dark path?
It is time for Trump administration to have second thoughts about 'America First'
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Pakistan’s policy on ICSID arbitration
Pakistan has faced at least seven ICSID cases
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Even you, Brutus?
The political crisis in contemporary Pakistan has a comparable analogy to history’s precedents
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Comprehensive National Power
The globalisation process has turned the world into an increasingly interdependent entity
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Are refugees outsiders?
The Bangladeshis are going through a peculiar problem of exodus of Rohingyas
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Energy security in Pakistan
Pakistan has been in the throes of a severe energy crisis for a decade now
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Securing Pakistan’s nuclear assets
Pakistan has successfully defied American discrimination and intimidation
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Campus violence: causes and remedies
Campus violence is on the rise in universities across Pakistan, according to recent media reports
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Decent wage and social justice
Workers organised a seminar this week in Lahore in Bakhtiar Hall on the issue of decent wage and social justice
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The new world order and Pakistan
Rarely, in modern history and even less so otherwise, have international relations experienced such fluidity
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On disaster reduction day — lessons for Pakistan?
On 30th July 2010, as much as 600,000 cusecs of water were released from Tarbela Dam
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Safe and sound — in Pakistan
As in how safe am I really and am I as safe as I think I am or as unsafe as others think me?
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Introducing basic changes in FATA
Extending the jurisdiction of superior judiciary to Fata is indeed a great leap forward in mainstreaming the region
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It’s a girl!
'It’s a girl'-this statement scares most families regardless of their socioeconomic and educational backgrounds