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Worsening crime scene in Karachi
Possibly it is time for a complete overhaul of the policing system in Karachi
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Is Web 3.0 a $100 billion opportunity for Pakistan?
The emerging ecosystem is expected to grow from around $1.5 trillion to almost $50 trillion by 2030
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IK’s visit to Russia: context and circumstances
Growing Sino-Russian partnership has a very meaningful context in how Russia-Pakistan relation may also gain impetus
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How Hindu nationalism will disintegrate India
Dangerous scenarios depicted, cannot be ruled out because India drifts into the web of extremism, violence and fascism
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The different facets of life
No single account, experience or synthesis, sums up the diverse domains of life holistically
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Pakistan’s gender gap in mobile connectivity
A staggering 201 million adult women remain unconnected in South Asia
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Pious greed
Where the rich get richer and the poor do not realise things are being taken from them, religious manipulation works
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Hostage to guns and militias
Successive governments have promoted violence and militancy by legislating pro-gun laws
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The Korean wave
South Korea is very powerful at advertising and trading its way of life
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Implications of the resumed IMF deal
Civil society representatives foresee adverse impacts of the IMF driven spending cuts on the already marginalised
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Pakistan’s criminal gas wastage and IMF
Plugging methane emissions and leakages would hardly require $500 million
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Good old GT Road and the ministerial topper
Too many people j-walking, too much traffic left to manage itself are the problems
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CM Usman Buzdar and south Punjab: is he walking the talk?
The actions of Buzdar simply fulfil promises of his leader – PM Imran Khan
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TI report — much ado about nothing?
In Pakistan, we are not able to deliver the essential prerequisites for investments
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World at the nib of a new global order
‘Change’ being the only permanent and unaltered fact of IR may be in the offing
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What does Hijab mean to us?
Hijab is a personal choice of self-representation, a fundamental right
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Mr Prime Minister, now I am really confused
Imran Khan promised the resurrection of a Pakistan where talent and merit would rule
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Beijing was once Lahore
Beijing’s air quality management system is supported by monitoring and evaluation
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Cultural hegemony and politics of hijab
Cultural values of the weaker culture and gradually wipes it out
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Assessing government’s performance
There is a strong view that there are several negative outcomes of this type of rating and few advantages
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Mantra of civil service reforms: empty promises
PTI had been most vociferous in its election campaign by according the highest priority to the change of system
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Pakistan-India détente any time soon?
Pakistan’s policy towards India is designed to prolong the status quo
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Governance, democracy and trade unions
Democracy without constitutional liberalism is eroding liberty, promoting conflict and war
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A voter’s dilemma
Democracy promotes accountability, transparency and rule of law only when it truly represents the people
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The third question
The global study estimated that more than 1.3 million people died in 2019 alone from AMR
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IMX-22 will reinforce Pakistan’s sea prowess
With a coastline of around 990 kilometers, it has a lethal enemy to lookout on its east
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False-flag operations as India’s policy tool
Under the BJP government, there have been 19 major attacks in occupied Kashmir alone in five years
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Inflation as political burden
Pakistan is not alone where rise in prices has become a political issue
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Dis-honour killings
Like hundreds of other such cases, the perpetrators of these crimes will almost never be brought to justice
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Rise or fall — the role of selectorate
Political awareness of people has skyrocketed and it is not possible to politically survive with unfulfilled promises
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Dangerous Russia-Ukraine standoff
According to American satellite reports, Russia has mobilised more than 100,000 forces along its borders with Ukraine
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Accident vs design
History of biology on Earth can be traced more to chance than design
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Fear of the dark
What makes a man take another person’s life? Is it nature or nurture?
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Need for Good Samaritan law
A person who helps others during any sort of emergency is a Good Samaritan
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Arabic: language and education
Our educational outcomes are abysmal by any metric
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Hats off to Harry and Nixon
Today the USA is ignoring the looming threat to the dollar by Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies
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Why we can’t have nice things
Those responsible for failures often usurp the talking points of their critics and weaponise against them
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Was Jinnah secular?
He did not dread Islam, he loved the idea of Islam and strove for an ideal Muslim state
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The losing fetish for camp politics
The comfort of a fixed camp is easy but denies us access to all markets, finance, trade and investment
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Beware the power of digital platforms
Digital technologies can readily be used to fuel hate, to surveil, or even to muffle dissent
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How low can higher education go
Shenanigans call into question claims of the govt being a champion of accountability
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Ukraine crisis — and Russia, China and the US
While Western media builds war hysteria; the Ukrainian government and public downplay the threat of Russian invasion
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Contradictory UN report
The report notes how Al-Qaeda congratulated the Taliban, implying a connection between the groups
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Why insurgencies and terrorism?
The state took a backseat which emboldened such organisations and led to their growth in numbers
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Time for us to reciprocate China’s spirit?
China’s unflinching support to Pakistan is manifested in the Winter Olympics motto: Together For A Shared Future
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One-term US presidents… coming soon
The era of charismatic leaders sounds like a fairytale from a distant past
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The ‘Death Market’ of College Road
Is this our very own Wuhan waiting to happen?
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India and Pakistan must engage
They have to engage sooner than later to find a political solution and restore sanity and human dignity
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Pakistan’s bureaucratic callousness
Pakistan’s colonial and power hunger bureaucracy has been a great contributor to this degenerative national plight
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Kashmir on fire
The complex Kashmir issue has been lingering on for ages with no immediate signs of a resolution