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OPINION: Who is making money in Pakistan?

There are reports of factory closures, at least 150 over the past two years with the majority of the remaining units operating at 50 percent...

yesterday 30

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Anjum Ibrahim

OPINION: PIA privatisation: price, politics, and basic arithmetic

PIA privatisation has triggered the usual storm of outrage, suspicion, and conspiracy theories. Everyone has an opinion on whether the airline was...

yesterday 20

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Ali Khizar

Pakistan Outlook-2026

In certain areas, there are clear signs of substantial growth that have contributed to the recovery of Pakistan’s economy. A significant boost...

yesterday 40

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Asad Rizvi

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The gap between the leadership’s narrative and reality

“There is one very obvious lesson that should be learnt and yet not being learnt.” “Hmmmmm.” “What?” “Few understand the widening gap between the...

sunday 2

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Anjum Ibrahim

OPINION: PIA: curtain falls on state ownership

After an intense and unusually well-publicised competitive second round of bidding, the consortium led by Arif Habib Group has acquired 75 percent...

sunday 20

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Farhat Ali

OPINION: Benazir: a symbol of democracy, resistance & people’s politics

In the political history of Pakistan, there are names that are not only names, but the name itself is the representation of a complete era, a...

sunday 3

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Sharjeel Inam Memon

OPINION: Stray dogs and manholes

Even as I write this article I can hear the barking of dogs in the distance. There has been such a solid growth of the dog population over the...

sunday 10

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Growth model and IMF conditionalities – IV

In the ‘IMF [International Monetary Fund] Country Report No. 25/332’ it could be seen that for reaching the ‘binding’ primary surplus target the...

27.12.2025 6

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Dr Omer Javed

The war of screens

In the modern geopolitical arena, wars are no longer fought solely with ballistics and border skirmishes; they are fought in the collective...

26.12.2025 80

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Nadir Nabil Gabol

OPINION: Balancing grades and well-being in education

Education in Pakistan is currently at a crossroads. It should be a tool for personal growth and societal progress, yet the overwhelming academic...

26.12.2025 6

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

Emerging markets best showcase of digital resilience

In the global race toward digital transformation, it is no longer the wealthiest, technologically advanced nations, that are setting the pace, but...

26.12.2025 7

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Fahad Zahid

Balancing grades and well-being in education

Education in Pakistan is currently at a crossroads. It should be a tool for personal growth and societal progress, yet the overwhelming academic...

26.12.2025 20

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

Pricing Trump into financial markets?

The year ends with financial markets wearing two expressions at once. One is relaxed, almost festive. Equity indices hover near record highs, the...

26.12.2025 8

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Shahab Jafry

Mercury and the challenge of regulating beauty sector in Pakistan

Walk into any cosmetic store across Pakistan you would be greeted with shelves filled with colorful promises of “instant glow”, “fairness in seven...

26.12.2025 30

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Muhammad Usman

OPINION: Pricing Trump into financial markets?

The year ends with financial markets wearing two expressions at once. One is relaxed, almost festive. Equity indices hover near record highs, the...

26.12.2025 8

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Shahab Jafry

PARTLY FACETIOUS: SIS or ISI?

“A former officer of the SIS has been declared sanctioned…” “You are so badly informed. First General Faiz Hameed is not a former SIS officer but a...

25.12.2025 1

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Anjum Ibrahim

Environment-friendly natural-coloured cotton

Natural-coloured cotton holds a distinct position at the global level due to its inherent pigmentation environmentally-friendly characteristics and...

25.12.2025 10

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Sajid Mahmood

Rise of incompetent leaders

Deliverables missed. Targets unachieved. Teams in disarray. Trouble sprouting. All these are signs of leadership failures. All these are signals of...

25.12.2025 2

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Andleeb Abbas

OPINION: Rise of incompetent leaders

Deliverables missed. Targets unachieved. Teams in disarray. Trouble sprouting. All these are signs of leadership failures. All these are signals of...

25.12.2025 4

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Andleeb Abbas

OPINION: Rethinking Pakistan’s smog crisis

Outdoor air pollution is a prominent environmental health problem that affects not only the low and middle income countries but also high-income...

25.12.2025 30

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Farah Naz

Rethinking Pakistan’s smog crisis

Outdoor air pollution is a prominent environmental health problem that affects not only the low and middle income countries but also high-income...

25.12.2025 30

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Farah Naz

Jigsaw’s missing piece

This writer resisted temptation to use the plural, ‘pieces’, as against the singular, largely to zero in on a few of the missing pieces and not...

25.12.2025 1

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Sirajuddin Aziz