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70 years of service leadership
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 96th birthday and the 70th year of her reign has been a special moment
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Is globalisation weakening to eventually disappear?
It has increased the speed of interconnectedness, interdependence while reducing the world to the size of a village
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Why a (grand) dialogue?
Pensions, pays, perks and privileges now near a trillion annually
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Inequalities within Pakistan
Inequality also varies across rural and urban areas
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Tuesday economics
Economic policy is a matter of political choice and democracy is the means to exercise that choice
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Wholly profit
We love our prophet, they love their profit; learn the jargon of fighting
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Normalisation of rape culture
We normalise rape culture as a community; society tolerates, excuses, laughs at or does not question it enough
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Pakistan, Afghanistan and Pakistani Taliban
Geostrategically, no insurgency can survive without external havens and support
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Perils of hard security approach
High on rhetoric and low in sincerity, leadership miserably failed in foreseeing deadly consequences of policies
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Implications of the peace agreement with TTP
Talks gained importance because Pakistan’s expectations of the Taliban govt in Afghanistan did not materialise
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Dealing with the challenge frontally
Pakistan is a poor nation, with 30% of the population below the poverty line
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The question of recognition
UAE-Israel deal is actually an avowed expression of the convergence of strategic interests between the two countries
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Water crisis in Pakistan
The need of the hour is to switch to sustainable ways of living and introduce transformative actions and techniques
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Trust and higher education
Pakistani higher education institutions generally do not benefit from philanthropy
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The culture of labelling and how it limits us
Rules exist in the collective subconscious don’t hold space for the beautiful ways in which humans can be different
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Alarming polarisation of society
Leaders would be expected to conduct themselves to lessen despondency, frustration-instead some are igniting passions
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Revisiting the benefits of higher education in Pakistan
Research-policy-society contract in higher education in Pakistan is lacking
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Cleaning up Pakistan
This cultural shift promoting cleanliness requires changing the mindset of every single citizen of Pakistan
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Is people’s power an illusion?
The power of the ‘establishment’ resides in the institutions and elites of the country
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Famine as a weapon
Putin’s latest maneuver is to starve a good part of the world that is resisting him
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Afghan Taliban’s double game?
It is believed that the TTP is under immense pressure from the Afghan Taliban to show some flexibility
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Disruptions, hope, reform and optimism
Current economic crisis means change is around the corner
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An unending arc of crisis
The 75-year long struggle for stability in a volatile environment
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Unsatiating megalomania
Pakistan's institutional greed and lack of balance of power
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Financial advice from a non-economist
Pakistan is in deep trouble because of consistently bad choices with loans
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Austerity begins at home
Pakistan violates Article 38(a) of the Constitution by purposely promoting extreme inequality
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Punishing students for no sin of theirs
The international commitment to ‘Education for All’ needs a strategy that must be apolitical and uncompromised
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Article 15 — fend for yourself!
Consistent weakening of the state conjures up the image of an ailing father who once enjoyed great power
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Higher ethos and foreign funding
Beyond comprehension for a common man as to why a party that preaches accountability, avoids conclusion of the issue
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A missing element in Maryam’s discourse
Democracies stand on four pillars — legislature, executive, judiciary and media
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The tale of two Pakistans
Measuring problems like inequality is no easy task and each approach for doing so has its strength and limitations
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Politics in the post-truth world
At home we are in the midst of an experiment where one player is playing off a playbook of post-truth elements
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Why is Imran Khan dangerous for Pakistan’s democracy?
Khan has undermined Pakistan’s institutions and processes that oversee and uphold the country’s fragile democracy
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Pakistan, politics and PTI
PTI has proved having no political acumen, no competence, no experience to handle complex issues at ‘national’ level
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Sharifs’ Doctrine
I would have ignored political shenanigans if the Sharifs had not claimed major credit of atomic explosions in 1998
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Geopolitical, geo-economic significance of Balochistan
Opportunities and challenges become part and parcel of Balochistan which is struggling to cope with them
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The rise of the hated
Hatred rather than love, misinformation rather than information achieve hits and likes
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Disenfranchising diaspora is devoid of Constitution
No taxation without representation was the glorious stance that changed Westminster governance for good
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‘Culinary Tales From Balochistan’
The food of Balochistan is simple and reflective of the harsh terrains and punishing climate
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Pakistan, Taliban and women’s rights under Islamic governance
There are issues that are more pressing than deciding on the kind of ‘purdah’ Afghan women should practise in public
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Peace talks with TTP
Kinetic use of force against insurgents and terrorists has at times attracted scathing criticism
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The evil of silence
When it becomes clear that silence only emboldens the aggressor, or harms the innocent, it is no longer a virtue
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We are made of star stuff
In 1,000 years, we’ll have no choice but to become a Type 2 Civilization — an interplanetary civilization
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Political impasse — need for a dialogue
What is required is the will and moral courage of those who have the capacity, weight and muscle to rectify wrong
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Biden’s confusion-laden China policy
During Trump’s presidency, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unequivocally called for regime change in China
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Can Pakistan get rid of slavery by a long march?
In order to be rid of slavery, there is a need to say ‘absolutely not’ to the borrowed ideas
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America’s Asia excludes Pakistan
Biden was hoping to work with a cluster of Asian nations that had signed the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Pandemic monkey business! Now Monkeypox
Viruses are not making a queue to take turns to start epidemics and pandemics
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Not for the first time, Mr Khan!
Recent political crisis seems to be a continuation of what has been a ‘strategic norm’ established over the years
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Orwellian democracy
Democracy in post-colonial societies has morphed into an ugly Orwellian system