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Eyes of judgment
Harassment can be direct, aimed at individuals, or ambient, creating a ubiquitous atmosphere
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Psychology behind lengthy sentences
The volume of a paragraph is directly proportional to the length, quality and number of its sentences
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Renewable energy sources: Pakistan should turn to China
Pakistan’s demand for electric power far exceeds the amount it produces from various sources
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Marital rape and Islamic principles: a delicate balance
The most respectful and dignified approach is to address these issues through open and honest communication
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Trumpomania is riding the European nerves
The European countries are adapting to this looming reality and have increased engagement with Beijing
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Pakistan’s politics and history: ignorance and denial
History hardly remembers the hangman, but the person hanged, beheaded for a righteous cause is remembered forever
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Why can’t I slow down in Ramazan?
The good thing about Ramazan is that being anxious feels really wrong and weird
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Thiefdom or democracy?
This vicious cycle is what characterises the seven-and-a-half-decade journeys of our society
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Asserting economic sovereignty
Pakistan’s economic problems are actually political in their fundamental essence
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Touch the right cord for healing to begin
Pakistan went several levels down in human development, which is reflected in how we choose to resolve our conflicts
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Fear of the unknown
Millennia later humans have mostly overpowered their surroundings, ripped apart the atom and honed its energy
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Disregarding the quest for a democratic order
The message is loud and clear: we need a cool-down period for healing and for putting the country back on the path
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UN crimes against Palestine
The Palestinians should have at least been allowed to take their part of the territory
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What don’t our politicos get?
Packages would cost tens of billions of rupees to the exchequer proudly announced by each chief minister
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Arab world and the Palestinian statehood challenge
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia did not reciprocate the crisis the way Muslim countries anticipated it would
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Right to veto: a stumbling block to averting atrocities
Veto restraint is vital when atrocities are occurring
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The rationality of Afghan bitterness towards Pakistan
Forced deportation was resorted to for a miniscule number, unwilling to go back
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Ichra incident and docile bodies phenomenon
The latter observation implies that the imagery violating their held narrative was not theirs
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Our software is updated
Suddenly or maybe not very suddenly, Pakistan is no longer that villain state that was accused of doing vicious things
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The enigma of black holes
The only way to determine decisively whether black holes exist or not was to observe one in nature
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Let’s huddle to find a way out of prevailing crises
Difficult to be free from the intricacies of rules of the statecraft that demand nothing but adjustments at all levels
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Regulating the automation of emerging technologies
Both major and smaller powers aspire the acquisition of latest technology to stay relevant
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Comprehending a fast-moving world
Those interested in making quick money through high profit margins participate in government sponsored projects
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Would Trump’s return change the global landscape?
When Biden became the oldest president ever to be sworn in back in 2021, it was Trump’s record he was breaking
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Normalising narrative on SRHR to achieve development
Sexuality is a private and sensitive matter in many countries and cultures including Pakistan
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Trump’s resilience on the road to power
Trump is least sensitive to criticism about his assertion that Russia should attack NATO
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Hostage to rankings
The fact that HEC relies on outside rankings to steer our scholars to particular institutions is deeply troubling
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Armenia’s geopolitical shift: navigating new alliances
The current diplomatic shift of Armenia is yet another threat to the Caucasus region
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Governance in the new era: despair to hope
More employment opportunities have to be generated through increased economic activity.
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Tail-carrier-ism
Native people danced attendance on their 'gora' rulers to assume faux social status among their communities.
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Negotiating a new trade deal
Informal negotiations could resolve trade disputes more quickly and amicably than litigation
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Dim prospects of Pakistan-India rapprochement
Modi following a clear new strategy to sidestep Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir
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We owe it to our next generation
Grand strategies that are premised on the wrong assumptions always lead the nations astray.
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2024 Elections: feudalism continues its reign
A total of 112 or 42% of returned members are described as agriculturists, a polite euphemism for feudalism
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Women’s empowerment odyssey
There is a pressing need to address systemic inequalities faced by women, particularly those living in rural areas
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Deviation and progress
Established norm contribute to stability, prolonged compliance unquestionably transforms them into tools of stagnation
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Home schooling
The local schools fail to serve their commitment to the students in particular and education in general.
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An ode to you
The concept of things happening for ‘the best’ helps people manage their emotions more appropriately
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Should Biden drop out of the race?
As per court rules, Donald Trump remains in the race, but can Biden successfully outcast him again
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Ban on girls’ education: Afghan humanitarian aid in peril
Close neighbours like Pakistan, Iran and China refuse to accept the Taliban edicts on the issue
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Of economy, foreign policy and terror threat
PM said that even the salaries of the armed forces are paid from the borrowed money
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Don’t expect the US to bolster democracy in Pakistan
America will work with whoever is in power to maximize its own strategic interests
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Bridging the finance gap for women-led businesses
Closing the economic gender gap is even more urgent due to the region’s poor performance
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The way ahead
With this kind of split PTI closed the possibility of any alignment by refusing to talk to the PPP
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Investing in women: economic imperative of gender equality
UNDP is at the forefront of championing gender equality in Pakistan
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In search of rationality in Afghan bitterness towards Pakistan
Oft-repeated Afghan claim that Durand Line was thrust upon the Iron Amir is a figment of imagination
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Roaring stories with silent heroes
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rallied political support to bolster his political image by using inciting slogans
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Computational finance and our financial institutions
Computational finance is a multidisciplinary field that combines finance, mathematics, statistics and computer science
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Steering the country towards a better future
Pushing PTI leaders in a corner, putting their leaders in jail is against the very spirit and ethos of democracy
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The acceptability dilemma
Massive rallies, processions and demonstrations have been observed across the globe in favour of Gazans