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Afghans, terrorists - and the border
Since Pakistan's birth in 1947, the only issue that seemingly unites Afghans of all shades is the "Durand Line"
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Abomination of desolation and grace
Every few centuries, human civilisation wreaks havoc to the point it starts daydreaming about the end of times
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The hidden educational cost of the oil crisis
For many students, faculty, the digital experience is a fragmented mess of lagging audio and dropped connections
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China's new ecological and environmental code
China's consolidation of its environmental laws into a unified code represents a notable development
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Hormuz — alternatives and peace
US seems desperate to clinch a deal as the cost of war has spiralled out of control
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Pakistan emerges where India could not
Islamabad's diplomatic intervention in global crises is a political setback for New Delhi
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Rethinking development: from growth to human well-being
Historically, development was measured almost exclusively in economic terms
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Free speech jokes
Trump has turned the US into a joke by launching an illegal war against a country that did not attack America
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Hormuz and the limits of open navigation
The Strait of Hormuz has once again moved from geography to law.
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Trump's strategic trap
What appears, at the outset, as decisive leadership can quickly turn into strategic entanglement
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War and religion
Political mafia of the US seems compromised by satanic frenetic cult mentality, posing as the deliverers of the end
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Epic blunder
Operation Epic Fury is turning more into an epic blunder
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Half the nation, all the potential: why we must invest in women
Too often, efforts to improve these conditions are framed as welfare initiatives or acts of social compassion
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The astonishing moderation
Robert Clive's career marked the moment when a trading company began transforming into an empire
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From Gulf conflict to kitchen costs
Concerns about shipping routes, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, have heightened supply interruption fears
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What is the university for?
A teacher's understanding of academic spaces, their purposes
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Let's distribute Eidi of forgiveness
Fasting demands from us the sacrifice of our selfish pursuits
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Revitalising agriculture: prospects and challenges
The widening demand-production gap intensifies food insecurity, forces costly imports
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Celebrating Pakistan-Nordic partnership
Today, the Nordic region is one of the most integrated regions in the world
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A generation on the frontlines of climate disaster
These figures exceeded national averages, pointing toward a deepening child hunger emergency
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Instability in Hormuz and our economic challenges
Nation depends heavily on imported fuels to sustain industrial activity, electricity generation and transportation
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Mission creep amid an elusive off-ramp
Ongoing Iran war has no political aims on either side, save Israel
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The whisper of the thumbprint and the aesthetics of continuity
To modernise the process or the cut is often to erase the history embedded in the drape
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Unrecognised environmental costs of conflict
Destruction unleashed by large-scale wars leads to commensurate levels of environmental damage
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The illusion of learning in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence has made access cheap and immediate
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Democracy and freedom deficit
Global Peace Index 2025 places Pakistan at number 144 out of 163 countries due to the frequency of political upheavals
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Beware of AI in education
Pakistan is deploying AI in education without a dedicated governance policy
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US-Israel folly
Over the decades, Khamenei proved less a transitional figure and more a consolidator of the system
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War next door, dilemma in Islamabad
If the war drags on, chances increase that Pakistan may eventually be forced to pick sides
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The harm-heal line
Led by General Shiro Ishii, Unit 731 tested biological weapons on the Chinese population
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Universities in K-P: from crisis to collapse?
Higher education appears trapped in a recurring cycle of deficit, agitation, bailout, renewed crisis
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Pakistan's economic paradox
The architecture appears capitalist, but the operating culture is relational
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Karachi's affluent enclaves redefine the soul of service
A metabolic exchange where the "wretched of the earth" provide the labour that sustains the elite
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US war on Iran and its larger consequences
Donald Trump has made no serious effort to explain why he chose to launch a large military operation in Iran
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Teacher-student relationship: mutualism, not commensalism
A teacher's expectations of students
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A life of quiet authority and enduring values
The passing of a civil servant, former Vice-Chancellor of Sindh University, has left a profound void
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Iran: when history is written backwards
History tells us that the unintended consequences of going to a war are the real consequences that shape history
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Our own one battle after another
War in the season of Oscars could well be a movie title itself
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India's gamble in a region at war
Within days, Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, which responded by closing the Strait of Hormuz
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Austerity's hollow veil
Country has responded with a historic 20% hike in fuel prices on existing stocks
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Afghanistan's terrorism noose and borders
SC meeting turned out to be a unanimous call for action on the Taliban
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Fatherland, motherland, slaughterland
By striking Iran, Israel guaranteed that US military bases situated in GCC countries would be retaliated against





































