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Israeli rampage

ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with...

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Media strangulation

AEMEND, in a recent statement, has only now drawn attention to the reality that has plagued Pakistani media for a...

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Decaying delta

Declined river flows have had a detrimental effect on the delta.

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Naseer Memon

Digital solution

The digital infrastructure must extend beyond urban centres.

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Syed Kashif K. Haqqi

Bold action to rescue SDGs in Pakistan

Gains that are made in human development terms are literally washed away by the effects of climate change on a regular basis.

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Mohamed Yahya

Digital graveyard

The more pressing issue tied to the proposed legislation is one of privacy in relation to ‘digital identity’.

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Farieha Aziz

Strange claim

THOUGH Pakistan-US relations have rarely been straightforward, a sensational claim by an American official, and US...

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Troubled waters

LURCHING from one crisis to the next, the Pakistani state has been consistent in failing its vulnerable citizens. According to reports, in the...

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Greek tragedy

AMONGST the biggest stories of 2023 was the stranding and eventual capsizing of a boat in the Mediterranean carrying hundreds of people trying to...

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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Guiding youth

PAKISTAN is currently the world’s fifth most populous country. The majority of the population consists of youth between the ages of 18 to 30. The...

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Amin Valliani

Tax amendments

A NEW bill to amend the existing tax laws introduced in the National Assembly on Wednesday is set to increase pressure on tax evaders — identified...

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Cricket breakthrough

IT had been made clear to Pakistan that a Champions Trophy without India was not even a distant possibility, even if it was their bitter neighbours...

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Youth mental health

IT was a couple of years before Covid-19 that I started realising that something was changing quite fundamentally on the mental health front for...

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Faisal Bari

Muslim civilisation and Pakistan

“Indeed Allah would never change a people’s state until they change their own state” — Al Quran. THE sudden collapse of the Assad regime and...

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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

Hiking gas rates

IMPLEMENTATION of a new Ogra recommendation to increase the gas prices by an average 8.7pc or Rs142.45 per mmBtu in Punjab and KP, and 25.78pc or...

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You and your tech

IF you are fond of technology but not all that savvy about understanding its technical specifications then we have something in common. Do you get...

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Khurram Husain

Germinating seeds

EVERY country is a continuum — even one as comparatively young as Pakistan. In 1947, Pandit Nehru cannily chose India, leaving the Quaid to...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Dreams to despair

LIKE many developing nations, Pakistan’s economy relies heavily on its migrant workers — individuals who leave home with dreams of a better...

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Rabiya Javeri Agha

Accessing the RSF

THE IMF is a relatively new player in the climate space. It has moved rapidly to carve a role for itself by formally recognising long-ignored lin­...

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Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

Madressah oversight

THE stand-off over the Societies Registration (Amendment) Act, 2024 — a draft law dealing with registration of madressahs — between the state...

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Kurram’s misery

THE unfolding humanitarian crisis in Kurram district, particularly in Parachinar city, has reached alarming proportions that demand immediate state...

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Polio’s toll

MONDAY’s attacks on polio workers in Karak and Bannu that martyred Constable Irfanullah and wounded two vaccinators is another dark reminder of...

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The spell that spaces cast

WHEN the Catholic armies entered the city of Granada in Spain in the late 15th century, they also took over Alhambra, the palace-fortress complex...

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Rafia Zakaria

Analysis: Under Trump, Pakistan to be viewed through ‘China, India lens’: experts

As President-elect Donald Trump picks people to staff his second administration, Washington-based scholars of US-South Asia relations are weighing...

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Anwar Iqbal

Seoul suspense

BACK in the early 1980s, when Akbar S. Ahmed was contemplating whether Pakistan could be Japan, he might have missed an opportunity to focus on a...

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Mahir Ali

Situationer: Kurram’s road to suffering

The temptation is to interpret what is happening in Kurram in hindsight; a place burning in the fires of hatred first stoked by the state some 40...

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Aurangzaib Khan

Faulting Rio trio

IS the world failing to control global warming? This question is gaining traction. The year is coming to an end; it will go down as the hottest on...

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Jamil Ahmad

Analysis: Will Champions Trophy suffer from chill in ties?

• Indian press, pundits call on New Delhi to reciprocate Pakistan team’s World Cup visit • BCCI pullout will take a financial toll on approx....

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Umaid Wasim

Struggling against terrorism

IT has been a decade since the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, which killed some 150 students and staff in December 2014. It was the...

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Zahid Hussain

Development expenditure

PAKISTAN’S infrastructure development woes are wide and deep. The country must annually spend at least 10pc of its GDP to cover the growing...

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Geopolitical games

AS the post-Assad dispensation takes shape in Syria, questions remain about how the international community will deal with the jihadists that are...

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Dangerous revisionism

The ongoing campaign by Sangh Parivar fanatics in India questioning the origins of mosques and other Muslim holy places threatens to stir up a...

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Digital ID bill

THEY appear to be at it again — bulldozing legislation. The government now has a plan to turn Pakistan into a ‘digital nation’ for which a bill...

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Impact on economy

THE damage from climate change-induced natural disasters to property, businesses, and critical infrastructure is evident worldwide. However,...

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Ajaz Ahmed

Abuse in school

WE were conducting our regular health check-ups at a government school in Machhar Colony, Lyari, when two students arrived at the door of their...

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Kishwar Enam

Risky slope

THE latest reduction of 200bps in the State Bank’s policy rate appears moderate in the backdrop of calls from business groups for a bigger cut of...

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Maulana on board

IN the wake of the 26th Amendment, it seems a weakened and tamed judiciary is now an accepted reality as the focus shifts to the legislation for...

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Arifa Noor

Kapoors of Bollywood meet Modi

“EVERYONE acts every day of their lives,” said Marlon Brando. Think about it. The air hostess acts with her plastic smile. The politician acts...

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Jawed Naqvi

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