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From US militarism to Chinese peace building: Opportunities for Saudi Arabia in Houthi challenge

From US militarism to Chinese peace building: Opportunities for Saudi Arabia in Houthi challenge

Houthis of Yemen are now knocking at the door of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the conflict in the Gulf, which followed the US-Israeli attack on Iran...

yesterday 10

Minute Mirror

Dr Hassan Shehzad

AI Is Making Professional Knowledge Cheap. Systems Thinking Is Becoming Expensive

A company that understands its information flows, decision rights, dependencies, incentives, users, feedback mechanisms, and failure conditions can...

yesterday 10

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Lexx Che

Welfare State and Education

Welfare State and Education

Many of our students are seeking opportunities in universities around the world, not only in America, Canada, or Europe, but also in Central Asia and...

yesterday 20

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Amir Ali

Democracy to Chaos: Chaos to Anarchy

Democracy to Chaos: Chaos to Anarchy

  Liberal democracy was sold as a system founded on the slogan “government of the people, for the people, and by the people.” It was supported by...

yesterday 10

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Shakeel Ahmad Ramay

Inside H R Giger’s Alien: The Biomechanical Horror That Changed Film, Art and Design

Once that principle is understood, a designer can borrow something from Giger without reproducing his most recognizable surfaces. Its dark surfaces...

yesterday 10

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Lexx Che

Public office & public accountability—II Tax secrecy & parliamentary power

Public office & public accountability—II Tax secrecy & parliamentary power

In our July 2026 examination of parliamentary access, we challenged the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) reliance on confidentiality when a Senate...

yesterday 10

Minute Mirror

Huzaima Bukhari

Poetry, Resistance & Humanity—IV When Freedom Changed Its Uniform

Poetry, Resistance & Humanity—IV When Freedom Changed Its Uniform

Asghar Raza Burfat and Inam Ali Kubar, “Abdul Karim Gadai and His Poetic Work,” The Grassroots 48, no. Burfat and Kubar, “Abdul Karim Gadai and...

yesterday 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Every Girl Deserves a Childhood and a Future

Every Girl Deserves a Childhood and a Future

The 2026 theme, “End child marriage and invest in girls’ rights,” connects protection from early marriage with the opportunities girls need to...

previous day 30

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Rabia Mustafa

No to AI as a Writer

No to AI as a Writer

An email is not a novel, and AI may suit some kinds of writing better than others. I suspect people turn to AI because they do not want to do the...

previous day 10

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Syeda Salma Tahir

Public office & public accountability—I The declarations we must compare

Public office & public accountability—I The declarations we must compare

Section 15-A, inserted by the Civil Servants (Amendment) Act, 2025, requires digital filing and public availability through FBR of declarations...

previous day 10

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Huzaima Bukhari

Linguistic Ecology: The Language of the Environment

Linguistic Ecology: The Language of the Environment

Therefore, documenting ecological vocabulary, recording oral histories, collecting environmental folklore, and studying local narratives can help...

previous day 10

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Shoukat Lohar

Pak Army Exposed Another Alleged Indian False Flag Operation

Pak Army Exposed Another Alleged Indian False Flag Operation

The DG ISPR said that the Pakistan Army is addressing this issue. The DG ISPR reiterated that Pakistan, its army and its people would make no...

previous day 20

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Abdul Basit

Securing Food Future

Pakistan’s National Climate Change Policy (2012) and National Food Security Policy (2018) both emphasize the urgent need for climate-resilient...

previous day 30

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Dr Imran Aziz Tunio

The Illusion of Vision: Uraan Pakistan- How Pakistan’s Supreme Planner Became the Hulagu Khan of the Economy of Pakistan

The Illusion of Vision: Uraan Pakistan- How Pakistan’s Supreme Planner Became the Hulagu Khan of the Economy of Pakistan

Would Ahsan Iqbal, as a responsible BOG member, conduct a financial audit of SDPI to show the 260 million Pakistanis and the global community how much...

previous day 10

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Idrees Abbasi

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Under Emergency Rule: A Constitutional Precedent That Could Reshape Pakistan’s Federation

Likewise, political disagreement between federal and provincial authorities does not, by itself, demonstrate that a provincial government has become...

previous day 3

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G.m. Chandio

Is The system paralysed, or is Society

Yet, amid all this discussion, one fundamental question seems to have escaped our attention: If the system is paralyzed, is the system alone...

previous day 1

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Dr. Abdul Mateen Sheikh

The Black Powder Pakistan Cannot Afford to Overlook

The Black Powder Pakistan Cannot Afford to Overlook

One overlooked material deserves particular attention: acetylene black, a highly conductive form of carbon used in specialized industrial...

previous day 10

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Dr. Muhammad Bilal Tahir

Muslim Unity and the Designs of Great Powers

The question that demands serious reflection is whether these calamities are merely the consequences of internal failures or whether external powers...

previous day 30

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

Gender Differentials in Pakistan: Beyond the Gender Gap

My husband would frequently take our son along when going out, and one day my daughter remarked, “There are only a few places for women, but so many...

previous day 20

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Prof. Dr. Rubeena Zakar

The envelope that exposes Pakistan’s prison system

The envelope that exposes Pakistan’s prison system

The arrest of the superintendent of Attock Jail for allegedly attempting to bribe Punjab’s Inspector General of Prisons has raised a question far...

previous day 10

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Ahsan Zia

Trump misses the Nobel again

Trump misses the Nobel again

President Trump has made no secret of his desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I believe the Nobel Peace Prize should recognise more than the ability...

previous day 20

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Ali Sajjad

Administered Prices, Unchecked Levies

Administered Prices, Unchecked Levies

We have consistently argued that petroleum levy is easy revenue with a heavy cost, used in place of structural tax reform. The import-cost side is...

sunday 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Whispers, Warmth, and Swedish Heart: My Life in Eskilstuna

Whispers, Warmth, and Swedish Heart: My Life in Eskilstuna

Moving to a new country can feel daunting, but from the moment I set down my bags, Eskilstuna enveloped me in a quiet, comforting warmth. The Gentle...

sunday 20

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Sitara Asghar

​Her Silence, His Immunity: The Grammar of Gendered Blame

A young woman comes home and says a man on the bus would not leave her alone. In my opening scene the judge is a woman, so this is not simply men...

10.10.2026 10

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Sheikh Abdul Rashid

World Mental Health Day: Listening to People, Changing Lives

WHO’s theme for World Mental Health Day 2026 is “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change.” It recognizes that people who have...

10.10.2026 10

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Rabia Mustafa

The Perilous Fault Line: Center-Province Discord and the Price of Blood

Today, as the spectre of violent militancy reasserts itself across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the response emanating from the political corridors in...

10.10.2026 10

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Staff Report

NCCIA Lahore Cracks Down On Cybercrime – 281 Arrested From 7 Illegal Call Centers, Rs 1.92 Crore Recovered

NCCIA Lahore Cracks Down On Cybercrime – 281 Arrested From 7 Illegal Call Centers, Rs 1.92 Crore Recovered

*MAJOR OPERATION AGAINST ILLEGAL CALL CENTERS* Atif Ameer revealed that *7 illegal call centers* have been raided, leading to the arrest of *281...

09.10.2026 40

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Asad Kharal

Jhang registry scam reaches Lahore High Court: Chief Justice Alia Neelam lashes out at anti-corruption Punjab

_Calls IO’s Conduct “Deception of the Court” | Seeks Complete Overhaul of Anti-Corruption System by 12 October_ *The *Lahore High Court* has...

08.10.2026 20

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Asad.kharal

8 October 2005: When the Earth Shook, the Pak Army Stood with the Nation

8 October 2005: When the Earth Shook, the Pak Army Stood with the Nation

The people of Pakistan feel proud of their army. It was a moment when the Pakistan Army stood with the nation. It was a moment when the nation stood...

08.10.2026 30

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Abdul Basit

Trapped in the Digital Cage: How Screen Addiction Is Stealing Our Children’s Childhood

Trapped in the Digital Cage: How Screen Addiction Is Stealing Our Children’s Childhood

Consequently, many children are losing something precious that no application, game or device can ever restore: their childhood. A child may become...

08.10.2026 20

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Shoukat Lohar

Rebuilding tax justice—III When judgment itself becomes the problem

Rebuilding tax justice—III When judgment itself becomes the problem

Section 132 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, substituted through the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024, commands that the Appellate Tribunal Inland...

08.10.2026 20

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Huzaima Bukhari

The Tunnel and the Light

The Tunnel and the Light

To sharpen the question, I offered a contrast, India, a country whose majority is not Muslim, once chose APJ Abdul Kalam, a Muslim, as its president....

07.10.2026 20

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Syeda Salma Tahir

The Second Innings

The Second Innings

Old age here is not merely a problem of the body. Levy’s own work warns that contempt for the old springs from social attitudes, not from individual...

07.10.2026 20

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Sheikh Abdul Rashid