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No Sadiq Khans in Pakistan
A Sadiq Khan story is not unlikely in Pakistan — it is constitutionally impossible
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Refugees and migrants: a crisis of solidarity
This is not a crisis of numbers; it is a crisis of solidarity
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Pakistan’s water worries
There are a number of ways in which climate change affects water supply. All of them are relevant for Pakistan
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Cruelty at home
Walking away for a woman isn’t as easy as just walking out
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Choosing sides
Whose side is the Nawaz Sharif government on? One wonders what the agenda of Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is
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Among the believers
The details of the son watching his father die are in the documentary co-directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Naqvi
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Just forget about Panama
The normal way to kill a good scandal is to find something that will divert public attention away from the episode
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PTI rallies — hazardous for women
In ensuring its workers the basic right to human dignity, the PTI has clearly, and frequently, failed
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Modi’s electoral popularity
Political record: Modi is and remains our most popular politician by far
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The Middle East conflict: can the OIC step up?
47 years after its founding, OIC has achieved little by way of furthering Muslim interests on the international stage
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The game of screens
We are told political television is the new conscience of society
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Panama: from leaks to crisis
What could have been a ‘well left’, the PML-N moved down the pitch to seek adventure with the ball
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Wanted! An Eliot Ness
What is needed is half a dozen Eliot Nesses, men with clean hands and minds, to ferret out the truth
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Taxing ideas
Every year when the annual budget is about to be presented, a number of feel-good stories start appearing in the media
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Those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Limited immunity of foreign sovereigns is now the global norm
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Mobbed by hoodlums
“Are women routinely sexually assaulted at rallies like this one?”
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The messiah complex
We are always in search of the saviours who can redeem our miseries with quick fixes
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Reza Ali’s Pakistan
An economist estimated that Pakistan was 47 per cent urban in 1998, with the future projected at 70 per cent by 2030
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The electricity crisis in Gilgit
The biggest manifestation of corruption in Gilgit's power sector has come from the consumers
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Travails of empire
There is catastrophic inequality, worse now than during the Great Depression of 1929 and France in 1789
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Do donor agencies need to be accountable?
The need to improve accountability are measures which can help prevent the problems highlighted by Panama leaks
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The Middlesex Connection
The Information Minister says he cannot name the place where Mr Khan’s children lived
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Pakistan’s hidden gems
One school in Sheikhupura evolved into a large-scale movement that spread throughout the country
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Outsourcing our confidence
We live in a society where conformity is rewarded and straying from the norm is punished with judgement
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What the US stance on F-16s means for Pakistan
The US Congress has decided “not to subsidise the sale of eight F-16s to Pakistan"
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A complete encirclement?
We in Pakistan believe to have successfully thwarted Indo-Afghan-American conspiracies against us
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‘Maalik’ ban is our lowest ebb
The ban on Maalik was nothing short of a pelvic thrust in the middle of the ballroom
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Can women be protected by a bill?
Laws might fail if there is little understanding of society and human behaviour
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Pakistan’s multiple woes
The failure of US policy in Afghanistan is reflected in its frustrations against Pakistan
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The image phobia
Our national image, in the end, will come not from propaganda, but from our core values
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Press freedom in Pakistan
Pakistani media is subjected to ever-increasing pressure to report a narrow spectrum of controlled
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When ‘chhotus’ turn into Frankenstein’s monsters
The Rajanpur operation saw the loss of precious lives of police officials, as well as 24 hostages
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Rest, rest, perturbed spirit
Lollywood is coming back to life, indie films are being tossed together in Islamabad
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Change is coming to Saudi Arabia
Which way the Kingdom goes will have consequences for Pakistan’s future
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Fairy tale of a city
The local government changed Medellin, Colombia, from a drug capital into a modern and innovative city
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The curious case of the two Younus Khans
It is a tragedy that at the twilight of a stupendous career, Younus Khan is busy shooting himself in the foot
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Democracy be damned
The way our politicians continue to behave and the manner in which our parties are run leaves a lot to be desired
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The Panama leaks and Pakistani politics
It is becoming increasingly apparent that Nawaz Sharif is not in a position to protect Zardari loyalists
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In praise of those hardworking chorus girls
I've never read a teeny word of praise for hard-working underpaid dancers who prance around on sidelines of a T20...
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How I wasted 2 years for a diploma
I would frame my diploma from MS University as a testimony of how totally wasted those two years of my life were
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The anti-intellectual nation
If we ourselves are nonchalant about engaging with newer ideas, then how are we going to improve anything in Pakistan?
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The fairy tale of GNP per capita
Powerful economic propaganda makes innocent students believe in absolutely incredible myths about how economy works
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A gift of victimhood
If you want to know how moth-eaten our family values are, look at how majority of country treats its women & children
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Intriguing data
Come September, Pakistan would be ‘ready to go at it alone’ without the crutches of the IMF
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Hindus, Afghans and the politics of migration
The plight of the Afghan nationals is not unlike the challenges faced by Hindus who have migrated from Pakistan
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Corruption, criminality and terrorism
The connection between corruption and crime has been seen to be extended to terrorism as well
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Catch me if you can
Panama Leaks are truly a godsend for the PTI, or in Imran-speak, a veritable "suo motu by Allah himself"
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Our new poverty estimate
Policymakers in our country are fairly apt at reducing poverty by altering how poverty should be measured
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Turkey’s authoritarian ossification
To fulfill the EU dream, one of the boxes Ankara will have to tick is learning to accept media critique
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Only the Dead
Perhaps, we humans will never fully shed the baggage of our savage past