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Background — the failure of Afghan security forces
In 30 days, the $90 billion enterprise of some 50 countries for over two decades, melted away
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Women participation and labour productivity
Increased women participation can impact an economy significantly
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When power is afraid
Power systems in the US and Pakistan are afraid of their people for the outcome of elections
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No greater disaster than greed
There is a famous adage in China that wealth does not last beyond three generations
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Adherence to constitutional obligations
With politicians in disarray, one had thought the judiciary would stabilise the situation
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Innovations in AI: scope in justice sector of Pakistan
Various countries are utilising AI to improve their legal systems
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Relationship between technology and critical thinking
While it is true that technology is affecting critical thinking, technology itself is an outcome of critical thinking
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America’s dual containment policy
The history of the US policy of containment shows that it is reactive rather than proactive
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Are social media platforms a double-edged sword?
Where social media has revolutionised communications, it has also exposed us to our inner demons
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Poverty of expression
Government memos and documents are written in a strange alphabet soup that is bizarre, archaic and often nonsensical
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Geopolitical exceptionalism vs cooperative inclusive approach
Exceptionalism will only aggravate conflicts and sharpen divisions
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China’s expanding geographic reach
China has moved forward and made its presence felt in the Muslim states of the Middle East
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Disorientation of the media
Electronic and print media should play a more responsible role in sustaining and promoting democratic societies
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Tough choices
China was the main reason behind Pakistan deciding to skip the US summit
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An empire or a republic?
The empire wants to hold on and the republic challenges the empire’s hold on power
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Gender equality and the fight against climate change
According to UNFPA, over 650,000 women were pregnant in the flood-affected regions of the country
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The meaning of life
We need to focus on what lessens the inherent meaninglessness of life and makes it worth living
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The doomed Asia-Pacific strategy of the US
China’s emergence as a peace-broker between Saudi Arabia and Iran is shattering America’s great plan
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Age of acceleration is upon us
We try to normalise the new world, but it remains on the edge of our understanding
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Pakistan-Iran relations — Audentes Fortuna Iuvat
Pakistan’s focus on improving its bilateral relations with both Iran and Saudi Arabia has been lackluster
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Home of the brave
Balochistan is portrayed as a lawless land where anarchy prevails and where law enforcement can do whatever they want
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While we fiddle
Hariri worries how geopolitics is underwriting these major revolutions in civilization and future of humanity
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Pakistan and the IMF trap
Our political elite will keep selling the people the mantra that the country cannot survive without a bailout
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Rethinking crisis mediation in the nuclearised subcontinent
American experts caution against the risk of a forceful Indian retaliation against Pakistan
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The day the bench broke
The whole idea of the Dam Fund was an example of judicial overreach
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Afghanistan — why Afghan army collapsed
The force was trained, mentored, and employed in joint operations by the US/NATO forces over two decades
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Need to ban supercession by elected lawyer representatives
Supercession by elected officials in courts is eating away at the public’s confidence in the legal system
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Moralistic judging
We are prone to making moralistic judgements by observing others' behaviour through our subjectively tinted lens
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A starving nuclear power
Pakistanis are starving not due to foreign sanctions but rather due to foreign interference
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Education and corruption
Society degenerates as corruption becomes a norm
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Elections: necessary but woefully insufficient
Over 22 million children between the ages of 5-16 are currently out of school in Pakistan
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I am a stranger in my own city
The area of Cantonment with its own aroma would always provide solace and peace of mind
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Modi mania and yagna gone rogue
What is actually transpiring in the present day India is exactly the opposite of the yagna ritual
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When vacuum in strategic decision-making deepens
Partisan state institutions are contributing to the prevailing political and constitutional crisis
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For God’s sake, change the scene!
Pakistanis have been watching a film over and over again for decades and are not bored with it
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Public health, AI and ethics
Before we jump on the bandwagon because everyone else is doing it, let us ensure we have the safety nets in place
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From obscurity to glory through poetry
Babur was the founder of the mighty Mughal empire in India, laying the foundations of a new Indo-Iranian civilisation
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Income inequality and poverty in Pakistan
Income distribution in Pakistan is more uneven in terms of the way it is distributed among the country’s citizens
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Lexus, Toshakhana and sanitation workers
The insatiable burden of a greedy minority is borne by the poorest, most downtrodden and exploited sections of society
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Modernity and morality
Technological progress without ethical moorings is bound to bring catastrophe to humanity
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Not being Saddam’s Iraq
Our leaders can learn a lot from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and avoid the fate that has befallen that country
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Therapeutic justice: role in family court cases in Pakistan
Therapeutic justice involves a shift from adversarial proceedings to a collaborative and supportive approach
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The country on the cusp
Anarchy seems to have set in for deciding the destiny of our country
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Solar farms or polar farms
When it comes to solar farms, there are customised conspiracy theories
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Identifying the ‘elite’ in elite capture
The definitions and classifications of the individuals and groups that formulate the ‘elite’ in Pakistan are vague
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What’s the point?
We should try to rekindle the flame of Pakistan’s national dream and create a brighter future for the country
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Can Xi help bring peace to Ukraine?
The West is skeptical that China has any role to play on the Ukraine war
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Toshakhana of shame
Greed does not leave even rich people alone
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Don’t criminalise ethnicity lest…
Pashtoons and the word ‘Tehreek’ are being demonised for political capital by the incumbent government
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Games elites play
Imran Khan is not getting the elections per government’s design