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Why Kashmir irks India
Kashmiri diaspora and freedom advocacy groups have continued to highlight Indian atrocities in IIOJK
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Remember the region?
SAARC region continues to neglect intra-regional trade due to the unending acrimony between Pakistan and India
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Nuclear deterrence in South Asia
A strategic chain reaction is triggering an arms race in South Asia
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Complicit elites
The term ‘hybrid democracy’ gained currency and the army was frequently and openly maligned
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Geopolitics quicksand
Geopolitics a big quicksand that is pulling down everyone at different rates
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Christianity and religious life in Mughal India
Shah Jahan checked the growing Christian influence and purged the Jesuits, who had built the large churches
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Smoggy Lahore and Brain Fog
Brain Fog can be discerned in the rising statistics of depression
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Apple considering partly moving out of China — implications
May move to India due to Covid-19 restrictions and recent protests by workers in China
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Finding Arshad Sharif’s murderer
The investigation has nothing to do with finding the truth
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A return to ‘Why Nations Fail’
Power, prosperity and poverty remain a play in the construction of institutions
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Time for reconciliation
Political stability is imperative for economic growth
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Integrated deterrence: a coercive cold war approach
US interagency instruments, coercive strategies likely to cause more harm than good to international peace
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Insurgency on the rise
TTP taking advantage of weak coalition government and chaotic conditions in the country
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Before the next resolution
In many ways 2022 was different, and in myriad ways it was similar to the years before
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Delusions of saviour
It’s evident that people are tired of how the system is being run
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Iran’s situation: nefarious attempts at distorting facts
The reality on ground is totally different from the fallacious propaganda unleashed by media organisations
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How Pakistan can tackle TTP and ISKP
Pakistan’s decision-makers must reassess Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy
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Imran Aslam: a journalist with unparalleled strides
Imran Aslam knew how to net talent, and has been a godfather to innumerable persons who made big in journalism
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Pakistan’s population in the global context
Pakistan toady has a population of 221 million, almost seven times its size in 1947
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A continuum of gender-based violence
The societal mindset of Pakistan, represented in its deeply patriarchal society, perpetuates gender-based violence
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Our wheat problem
Slower growth in wheat production has made Pakistan increasingly dependent on foreign supplies
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Are we in a simulation?
Science and space apart, I can testify to the fact that people in Pakistan do live in a simulation
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Sindh: the sacred land
Sindh claims a distinctive historical, architectural, artistic, archaeological, mystical and aesthetic identity
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Why persecution of women in Afghanistan?
Harsh punishments like lashes and amputation of fingers and hands will further isolate the Taliban regime
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Learning from China
We need powerful leadership and only under such a leadership can the country progress
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Glorification versus embracement
International Day of Disabilities is an isolated projection that can't fuel the sensitisation required for inclusivity
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Greed — the elite’s sin
The definition of greed has been modified and termed essential for survival in the corporate world
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Management style of supreme commanders
An army chief, by virtue of his office, has no power to remove or install a prime minister
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Climate justice finally arrives
The impacts of global warming have become more frequent and ferocious
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Shoestring budgeting for women empowerment
Women’s economic empowerment is central to realising women’s rights and gender equality
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Pakistan’s rape problem
It is the certainty of punishment, rather than its severity, which can more effectively deter rape
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The morning after
The president did not throw the summary back at the PM; military did not take over to ensure only their man made it
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Why touch hornet’s nest?
Gen Bajwa opened old wounds from a long history of injustice to and discrimination of the majority population
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Need to prioritise Blue Economy
Blue Economy refers to the economics of using, protecting and redeveloping the marine environment
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Dear Chief...
Congratulations on assuming office of the COAS under such challenging circumstances
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The governance failure — an existential risk
Pakistan exhibits all the prerequisites of a dysfunctional state
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None flew over the cuckoo’s nest
Until now, none of us has escaped the nest where some of us can narrate the story from a place of sanity and freedom
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Death on a face — stories of HIV
Pakistan remains in denial mode as HIV infections soar
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Pakistan’s low investment conundrum
Macroeconomic stability and opening the market to global firms crucial to the country's economic survival
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COP27 — a pyrrhic victory
Pakistan attracted global traction for investing in nature-based solutions, showing a strong commitment to environment
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Developing a narrative to move forward
Progress requires leadership to inject a sense of realism and act beyond immediate self-interest
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The two sides of the coin called technology
There has been an enormous change in the tech world over the past few decades
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Good governance: remedy for terrorism
Police installations and security forces are under constant attacks, amidst extortion calls and target killings
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COP27: success conduces responsibility
Suffering nations, including Pakistan, demanded compensation for ‘loss and damage'
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Future of work
Everyone said that the future of work was going to be completely digital
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New army chief — and the challenges
Gen Asim is taking charge of the army command at a critical juncture
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The Sharm el-Sheikh COP27
Fund designed to help the most vulnerable countries address climate impacts beyond immediate weather conditions
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Indian military’s sabre rattling
Indian Military command has displayed immaturity, lack of operational understanding, recklessness and even cowardice
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Afghanistan’s lasting instability
The western media discourse takes a cultural approach to Afghan instability
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Russo-Japanese ties and Tokyo’s pro-Ukrainian stance
Japan has good reasons for wanting to transform its relationship with Russia