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The arrogance of closed borders
Protecting the borders of a discipline is a good idea, but so is letting good ideas come from outside the borders
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A continent of hope
When I look to Africa, I see a continent of hope, promise and vast potential
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An enabling environment for women
The key challenge is developing women to hold leadership positions
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Proxies, politics and house arrests
In Pakistan, a house arrest is more about politics & negotiation rather than legality in its nature of implementation
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Good news from Pakistan
The KSE-100 index cross the landmark 50,000 threshold recently
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Donald Trump is off to a poor start
The world is watching America’s 45th president as he settles down in his new office
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Careem and Logic
Since when has our government become so sensitive to the safety of lives and property of our travelling public?
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On something ‘non-controversial’
My final contribution to my children’s education was a word of advice at age 18, to read Bertrand Russell
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The Trump chaos
America is fortunate that it has ACLU and groups like it that will defend the 'rights of everyone in America'
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The first hundred days
There are a number of predictions about what is likely to happen in America and if Trump will survive
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Anti-Harassment Ombudsperson unappointed
These ombudsperson positions can be lethal to a misogynist government
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Wisdom with an expiry date
We can upend the whole strategy and re-look at how we look at ourselves and our country
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Structural changes for ending malnutrition
Approximately 48 per cent of the children under the age of five years are suffering from stunting in Sindh
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Taliban in disarray?
Several factions within the Taliban are vying for power
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Houston, we have a deadly problem
According to an estimate of US Census Bureau in 2010, there were 363,699 US residents of Pakistani descent
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Fighting the refugee xenophobia
Pakistan can’t afford to harshly react against a ban that falls short of applying to its citizens
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Inclusive or exclusive growth?
The problem of growing global inequality has now lowered prospects of economic growth in the long term
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Challenges India and Pakistan need to confront
India and Pakistan have not been able to live in peaceful coexistence since partition of the sub-continent
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From Washington to Davos
In Pakistan, Kashmir Day will be observed this Sunday with the usual zeal, force and frenzy
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A time of fear
Here in Pakistan the frisson of unease is palpable, especially among those that have been frequent fliers
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Dear Muslims: let’s lead by example on #MuslimBan
How should one respond to persecution and outright discrimination?
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Trade for a more inclusive Pakistan
Trade could help Pakistan advance on all three fronts, while driving job creation and poverty reduction
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Parliamentary Privilege
Our Constitution does not provide Parliamentarians any specific immunity against criminal actions
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A lot to talk about!
Most multinationals dole out hefty advertisements to the shows that they believe draw huge audiences
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Hope against hopelessness
The international community has been many times on its verge to declare Pakistan as a failed state
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Pakistan’s debt: putting the record straight
Economic indicators are always open to interpretation and debate
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The nuclear and missile race
Pakistan and India are once again in news for testing their advanced missile capabilities
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Mela memories
That moment alone was worth all the effort of the whole year
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Aiming high is Pakistan’s way forward
My visit to Pakistan began last week at the enormous Tarbela dam
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The discourse on democracy
Democracy is undoubtedly the most popular system of governance
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American nightmare for Pakistanis
The pandemonium at Departures was horrendous, the cacophony deafening
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New Partnerships, new opportunities
Working together for nearly seven decades, the US and Pakistan have improved the lives of millions of Pakistanis
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Some facts to consider
How serious is the Indian government about giving justice to the victims and survivors of the Sikh massacre of 1984?
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The wrong message
We have forgotten the August 11 speech of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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War on terror or on Islamic terrorism?
President Donald Trump has vowed to 'eradicate radical Islamic terrorism completely from the face of the earth'
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Globalisation: beginning of the end?
Trumponomics seems to be aiming for short-run and medium-term gains
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Famous writers and nursery rhymes
Have you ever wondered how famous literary artists like Joyce and Durrell might have composed nursery rhymes?
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Normalising Modi
Unlike America or European states, India’s institutions did not evolve over centuries but was congealed in haste
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We the People?
Tragic saga of life in Pakistan is not that Salman Haider got abducted, but that nothing suggests we are any safer
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Being anti (Pakistan)
The people we most revere in Pakistani history are the ones who criticised
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CPI gets mauled by Panama Papers
This year’s results highlight the connection between corruption and inequality
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Where is my place in Trump’s America?
My future is hanging in the balance, in the hands of a man I have only seen to be racist
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Pakistan clamouring for the Ellen touch!
Since 1980s, terrorism, political victimisation and ethnic violence have been taking the toll on Pakistanis lives
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Our Afghan refugee population dilemma
According to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Pakistan has some 1.5 million registered refugees
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Mending kids’ hearts
Paediatric heart disease is a term used to describe several different heart conditions in children
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Protecting our children
The world had long ago recognised the rights of children and young persons
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Unfulfilled promise of heritage tourism
Pakistan is home to one of the oldest civilisations in the world and boasts having numerous World Heritage Sites
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If in doubt — fake it
Fake news is here to stay
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CPEC: another Marshall Plan?
This is a mere indication of Gwadar’s significance for China and CPEC
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The road not taken
With years, the Objective Resolution has acquired monumental significance — second only to independence perhaps

















































