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A country of hope and despair
It may sound odd but several nations have actually undertaken reforms when the situation has been near desperate
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Climate-induced human migration
Climate change has become increasingly important in recent years
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Enough is enough
Muslim communities must share some of responsibility for what is happening and not tolerate those promoting hatred
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The life and times of Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
Pirzada has completed his innings and returned to the pavilion
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Technology-enabled nations
The future belongs to nations that are investing and capitalising on advanced technologies
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Behind violent extremism
The only hope is that the Muslim intelligentsia will lead the way forward
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Chasing random numbers
Growth in higher education should be based on fixing the existing problems and improving quality
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Rethinking the budget
We need an end to the era of generic, administrative and departmental budgets
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Climate change is real, people
As a nation, we must use the Trump decision to bring our focus on a problem that has enormous implications
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Our demographic situation
All these numbers will get to be revised by the 2017 census
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Altering the moral pattern
It is best to stay within the established pattern and not challenge its morality too often
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What do universities look for in students?
Even the most outstanding students need a guide
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When numbers are used as an economic shield
Nearly all global agencies have reprimanded Pakistan on the authenticity of its data
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A porous democracy without women voters
The state has breached 12 million citizens’ basic fundamental rights
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A dearth of female journalists in Balochistan
The lack of women journalists in the newsrooms is depriving half the country of voice in the media
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Tackling poverty in rural Sindh
Sindh's rural society is dominated by the feudal elite
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Who is winning in Afghanistan?
ISAF and the Afghan government it supports are losing the war
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Ramazan, budget and prices
Ramazan has little effect on overall Consumer Price Index
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These are beefy issues
CBI court has charged L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti with criminal conspiracy
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CPEC: calling the shots
Pakistan is on the cusp of changing its fortunes through the bounties of CPEC
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Do we have economic freedom?
Economic Freedom Index is not a sacrosanct scorecard neither is it a predictor of investors’ confidence
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Pre-election generosity?
Our latest PDSP also offers little to the poorest of the poor, expect temporary relief
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Extremism and education in Pakistan
Extremism could be effectively prevented and countered through viable educational infrastructure
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An enduring legacy of wit and humour
Abba had the most wicked sense of humour
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Fixing the zinc problem
Zinc deficits span the globe
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Youm-e-Takbeer: staying the course
Dialogue and communication is the key to ensure regional stability between both nuclear-armed adversaries
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Pro-women laws without structures
Laws are important to set legal norms and obligations for a state to honour and fulfill
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The mirage of binding ICJ judgments
Pakistan should forcefully defend its position at all international forums, including the ICJ
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The ISIS Nazi
Suppression or perceived injustices to a group causes them to form their own unit, essentially gangs
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Dangerous nuclear rivalry
Pakistan has matured as a nuclear power and realises the huge responsibility that rests on it
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Peacekeeping must adapt to new reality
UN peacekeepers are one of the ways in which we deliver on that universal aspiration and make the world safer
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Thank you, Dr Nishtar
My own interactions with Dr Nishtar have always been intellectually rich and stimulating
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Pakistan and India — thermonuclear love
To ensure a future for our nations and to resolve our differences we will first have to try and put them aside
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The Third World Girl
Campaigns on menstrual hygiene erase specificities to create the homogenous ‘Third World Girl’ in need of saving
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Farewell Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski worked for his country but in many ways what he did then now haunts the US today
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Trump’s Riyadh speech and its implications for Muslim world
Trump's approach towards the Muslim world will have consequences for years to come
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An eye opener for educators
Learning should not be restricted to a particular age, gender, class or marital status
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Why neighbours dislike or suspect India
Our failure has been that we have not been able to overcome that fear and distrust and build relationships
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An alliance unholy
House of Saud and the White House have always cosied up in the past to pursue mutual enemies
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The PML-N manifesto 2018-23
PML-N’s fifth is not what it states to have achieved, but what it has not been able to achieve
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Kushners unveiled
Jared Kushner is perhaps the most powerful man in the White House today
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For whom the bell tolls
At the age of seventy, we have grown into a nation of certifiable cribbers
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Indian obsession gone wrong
The idea was to delegitimise Pakistan at the global forum and push it to the edge.
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Budgeting for a real world
Budget-makers while preparing the annual balance-sheet did not take into consideration UN report
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‘Democratic’ political leaders
Discussions of political leadership in Pakistan are exercises in finger-pointing.
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A Jalianwala Bagh-like situation
Forty-two died, in perhaps the single largest custodial killing in the history of independent India.
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Enhancing the Pakistani mind
What we need to do is to study in depth the thought over the past centuries of leading thinkers of humanity
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Pakistan’s US problem: the first betrayal
United States never explicitly made any commitment to defend Pakistan against Indian aggression
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Herding cats
Brick kilns dot the landscape everywhere
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Pakistan shining?
Our leaders must pay more attention to the plight of the common man and woman