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Let’s stalk the pink chicks of Muzaffargarh

Let’s stalk the pink chicks of Muzaffargarh

A flock of greater flamingos has returned to South Punjab after 50 years, bearing news worth investigating.

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Umer Waqas

Is that a biscuit wrapper you’re breathing?

Is that a biscuit wrapper you’re breathing?
previous day 10

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Zil E Huma

Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan

Why regime change won't save free speech in Pakistan
previous day 40

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Hassan Abdullah Niazi

I’m on an admissions committee and universities need to talk about this

I’m on an admissions committee and universities need to talk about this
monday 20

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Dr Sumera Rashid

Iran’s post-war gamble on the young

Iran’s post-war gamble on the young
22.07.2026 30

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Owais Tohid

O, the passions of oily Turkish men

18.07.2026 30

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Fatima Rehman

Pakistan publishes its agriculture census, revealing the federation beneath our fields

16.07.2026 20

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Bilal Gilani

Why there is no lawyers’ movement in Pakistan today

14.07.2026 60

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Athar Minallah

The agent that infiltrated Pakistan’s red hot chilli peppers

10.07.2026 30

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Muzhira Amin

How to freeze your eggs in Pakistan

06.07.2026 30

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Aniqa Atiq Khan

Dunki 2.0 goes Crypto: hawala in Pakistan's $300 million smuggling machine

02.07.2026 60

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Sarah B. Haiderzaheer Abbas Sial

The Punjab government can cancel you with this law

27.06.2026 60

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Ali Javed Darugar

The Punjab government goes full Goonda

New law called Punjab’s Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behaviour Bill 2026. Enough said.

27.06.2026 150

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Ali Javed

Pakistan’s legal system isn’t built for children. This clinic is trying to change that

25.06.2026 50

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Yumna Khan

Balochistan just benched its best team

24.06.2026 30

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Zareef Rind

51 degrees and counting: Surviving heat in Jacobabad

22.06.2026 40

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Soha Macktoommuhammed Toheed

The leopard princess of Islamabad

19.06.2026 50

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Farhan Afsar

Scooty for the beti and EV for the biwi

17.06.2026 40

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Zahra Naeemlaiba Nayyab

Pakistan’s quarter-century Ponzi scheme, and the exit that has no architecture

15.06.2026 50

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Ali Hasanain

Budgeting on hope

13.06.2026 100

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Khurram Husain

How Pakistan stabilised its way into poverty in 21 graphs

12.06.2026 40

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Ali Hasanain

Pakistan's young population could power its economy. The Economic Survey shows why it won't

12.06.2026 70

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Durre Nayab

Pakistan passed at diplomacy, let’s get the degrees rolling now

11.06.2026 50

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Magnus Marsden

What’s eating Pakistan’s mangoes?

08.06.2026 60

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Alefia T. Hussain

The malnourished children of 2018 are teenagers now. What's the plan?

04.06.2026 40

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Muhammad Irshad Danish

If you need to use the toilet on the way to Turbat

04.06.2026 40

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Zeeshan Nasir

Delhi reclaims its Gymkhana. Lahore keeps its elite club for Rs5,000 a year

04.06.2026 60

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Usama Khawar

If you need to use the loo on the way to Turbat

03.06.2026 40

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Zeeshan Nasir

If you need to pee on the way to Turbat

Balochistan has 42,911km of roads, toilets should be spaced every 100km.

03.06.2026 80

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Zeeshan Nasir

The malnourished children of 2018 are teenagers now. Why?

01.06.2026 50

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Muhammad irshad danish

The shrinkage of Pakistan’s aid chart

29.05.2026 60

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Ammar Rashid

Behold, the Qabza Mafia of Karachi skies

25.05.2026 50

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M. afzal

Mutiny on the TRG bounty

23.05.2026 50

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Abdul Moiz Jaferii

I tried to buy a Cambridge paper online, this is what happened

20.05.2026 50

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Zil E Huma

How to buy a Cambridge exam paper online in Pakistan

The NCCIA is investigating leaks with the UK examiner as maddened students prepare for resits

20.05.2026 40

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Zil E Huma

A TikTok feature that Pakistan’s dirty money loves

18.05.2026 50

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Abdul Wahab

Karachi roads paved with good intentions but potholed with reality

16.05.2026 40

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Yumna Khan

Paved with good intentions but potholed with reality

Karachi’s great experiment with new construction materials is testing the limits of water damage to roads.

16.05.2026 50

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Yumna Khan

Pakistan has a supreme court. Then it built a supremacist one.

14.05.2026 70

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Usama Khawar

After the Raj, the most powerful weapon in Pakistan's arsenal is a name

12.05.2026 70

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Muzhira Amin

This is the sentence that protects every abuser in Pakistan

10.05.2026 50

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Manisha ropeta

India loses information war to country that wasn't technically allowed online

07.05.2026 60

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Usman Azeem

I’ve asked power in Pakistan one question for ten years on my podcast. This is the answer

05.05.2026 50

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Talha ahad

A resting place for a rebel prince in Abbottabad

02.05.2026 90

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Rabia sajjad abbasi

Pakistan, the country that almost ended polio 30 years in a row

30.04.2026 100

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Muzhira aminmariam ahmed

Why Iran plays the Sicilian Defence

27.04.2026 70

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Baqar hasan

Is Karachi disposable by design?

25.04.2026 60

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Andaleeb rizvi

The boatpeople basti who bothered a barrage

24.04.2026 70

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Alefia T. Hussain

Ink and rubble: The systematic assault on Iran’s intellectual soul

22.04.2026 60

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Zahra Ali Syed

The limits of Bushra Bibi’s power

20.04.2026 60

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Aisha Sarwari