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Mesut Kacmaz
The missionary spirit of the Gülen movement has motivated Turkish teachers to leave their home and live in Pakistan
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Telling different tales
In my opinion, journalists are gradually becoming the victims of their own work
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Trump at the UN
The world is watching, wondering where Donald Trump is headed
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Digital literacy and education reforms
Education in today’s world comprises technology as the core element of curriculum as it deeply affects our lifestyles
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The (un)healthy animals
Here is a needed sense of urgency at the global level to tackle anti-microbial resistance
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Education: a solution for Pakistan
The quality of education is as big a problem as lack of access to education starting from the primary level
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Invoking Bibi Zainab (RA)
Her life and narratives offer searing commentary on political oppression and the gendered nature of violence
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‘New script’ of Indo-Pak ties
Under the new scheme of thinking, Pakistan and India may be in for never ending showdown
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If Imran Khan is disqualified…
The case against PTI chairman regarding the purchase of his Bani Gala estate is slowly advancing towards a conclusion
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An unsung hero
In this batting line-up, I would welcome a player who can average 40-45 with a strike-rate close to 80
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Public debt and debt mismanagement
Pakistan has to fund the current fiscal deficit more via domestic borrowing with declining external borrowing
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Getting away with murder
'Benazir was brutally murdered by people who actively rejected the values that we at the United Nations stand for'
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Improving governance
Governance is to manage a country’s economic, political and administrative affairs
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CPEC and China’s food market
CPEC is expected to lead to a reduction in logistics costs but will not automatically translate into greater exports
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The puzzle of hostile or friendly neighbours
India-Pakistan should resolve their conflicts peacefully and pave the way for prosperity, development in South Asia
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The unfounded fear of ‘love jihad’
‘love jihad’ is an illustration of the myopic and xenophobic mentality which is increasingly gaining traction in India
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Lahore’s Shahbaz growth rate
Between 2010 and 2014, the annual average GDP growth rate in Pakistan was 3.9 per cent, it was 5 per cent for Punjab
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Navigating the gathering economic storm
Foreign remittances need to increase by $3-3.5 billion
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The Bipin Doctrine
Pakistan military must have placed required military means and equipment to deter any Indian military aggression
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Death, family — and community
There was nothing fake or theatrical about the grief
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Merkel carves out another win
Arguably, it was the toughest election victory carved out by Merkel
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Is mending relations with the US possible?
Washington applies different standards while dealing with New Delhi and Islamabad on nuclear issues
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A stellar judgment
Much of the controversy surrounding the country’s blasphemy laws stems from the utter lack of understanding
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Elections and democracy
Voting may not resolve political conflicts but quality of democracy will improve with each successive electoral run
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Let’s trounce traffickers of human misery
People are labouring in farms and factories, coerced into the sex trade and tricked onto fishing boats
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Charging into the graveyard of empires
A victory at this stage for America would mean simply maintaining an American presence in the region
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Notes to a modern-day political ‘princess’
It is self-evident that the role of the former PM is 'Lord, the counsellor' to 'the Princess'
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How we lost Kashmir
The UNGA has ended on an ugly note for Pakistan and there is no point in hiding from this or remaining in denial
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The hazardous airport
I am not the only one who feels that Islamabad airport is an international embarrassment
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Thank you, Syedna
In many ways, the event of Dawoodi Bohra community in Karachi, is as important as the visit of World Eleven to Lahore
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Treatment of women in Pakistan
Pakistan does not treat its women well
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Pakistani media’s misplaced priorities
Read articles in any newspaper or watch any talk show on TV, only one issue dominates — politics
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UN, S Asia and the far-right narrative
India will continue doing what it has envisaged in Afghanistan, and it wouldn’t seek Pakistan’s approval, anyway
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A plot twist amid landmark changes
With the next elections barely a year away, it would be hard to test the applicability of most of the new provisions
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A worrying trend
One hopes that govt would undertake CPEC in the right earnest and link it up with all important cities of Pakistan
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Securing small-scale fisheries sustainably
Implementation of guidelines at various levels requires collaboration of several ministries, departments and agencies
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Where our media stands
Polarisation and partisanship would eventually bring them nothing except disgrace
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Beyond election observation
The NA-120 by-election provides many lessons; let’s harvest them by empowering the ECP and the voters
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Abnormal normality of PML & N
The climactic moment of the political opera may yet be around the bend
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Media capture: not inevitable
Too many countries are finding themselves trapped between rising authoritarianism and a sycophantic media
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Rakhine or another Srebrenica?
UN has called for a de-escalation of the situation, reestablishment of law and order, protection of civilians
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Restoring voter status
Your vote can make or break the future of your country
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Decline of some groups means rise of others
In Pakistan, the role of Muslim religious and sectarian political parties has always been important
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The disaster of international arbitration of RPPs
Pakistan, as it did in the Reko Diq case, try to reach a settlement with Karkey to pay less than the arbitral amount
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Children of a lesser god
Aung San Suu Kyi was absent from the UN General Assembly due to 'pressing needs' at home.
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Bangladesh’s unravelling secularism
A country that has seen much tragedy since half century existence can overcome its troubling legacy of dynastic rule
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When East overtakes West
This is the result of a GDP growth rate of over six per cent per year in the past 12 years, Bangladesh is better
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Navigating a way out of a traffic imbroglio
The pace at which vehicles are multiplying today and the impact on traffic volume are fast leading us towards anarchy
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Steps to empower women
For some reasons, mainly male chauvinism, the Women Reservation Bill has not been passed by parliament
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The medium is still the massage
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