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Anaesthesia and obese patient

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News Desk

Rethinking poverty, wages and taxation

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Dr Atiq Ur Rehman

Exports need systems that work, not promises that repeat

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US steps back from global cooperation

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Sophia Siddiqui

Iran’s turmoil: Critical analysis

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

Somalia: Confusion in Islamic world

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M Abdullah Hamid Gul

Prophets and books

ACCORDING to a report in Musnad Ahmed collection of Ahadith, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: “From Adam to me, Allah sent a hundred and twenty-four...

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Hegemonistic world

Hegemonistic world

THE American President Donald Trump in an interview with ‘The New York Times’ said: “I don’t need international law” and his bellicose posture can...

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News Desk

Anatomy of a declining state

IN an earlier scholarly assessment, Professor Kate Sullivan de Estrada, Director of South Asian Studies at the University of Oxford, envisaged...

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Dr Muhammad Khan

Export of militancy across the globe

Export of militancy across the globe

AFGHANISTAN has evolved from a post-conflict state into a strategic sanctuary for transnational terrorist organizations, with consequences that...

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Tariq Khan Tareen

KP: From drift to direction

KP: From drift to direction

KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is no longer drifting, it is stalling. What was once sold as Pakistan’s most promising reform experiment now stands...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Economic renaissance

Economic renaissance

PAKISTAN has emerged from economic turmoil to achieve remarkable stability in 2025, showcasing one of the most impressive turnarounds in the...

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News Desk

How Punjab is rewiring governance

How Punjab is rewiring governance

PUNJAB’S digital governance push is beginning to alter the province’s administrative and economic landscape. At the centre of this shift is the...

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Qudrat Ullah

What is going to happen in Iran?

THE question is one, yet the answers are many—shaped by desires and the pain of old wounds. In this unfolding situation, the cunning of external...

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Dr Farooq Adil

When ballots face bullets

BANGLADESH’S gravest threat on the road back to democracy is not procedural delay or partisan mistrust. It is something more elemental: the erosion...

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M A Hossain

Why The World Can No Longer Ignore The Drug Economy!

Why The World Can No Longer Ignore The Drug Economy!

During last five decades, Cocaine has not only thrived in Latin America, as an illicit narcotics, but has gradually transformed into a political...

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US disputed power surge

OSTENSIBLY, Venezuela is at the centre of geopolitical storm that has significantly drawn global attention from North to South—sparking debates...

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Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi

BRI, Global South and New World Disorder: A Way Forward

BRI, Global South and New World Disorder: A Way Forward

Many international organizations and leading security experts have expressed grave concerns about the emergence of a new world disorder that poses...

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Dr Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan

CPEC: Pakistan Before the Corridor, Under It, and Without It

CPEC: Pakistan Before the Corridor, Under It, and Without It

Before the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was conceived, Pakistan’s economy was constrained by structural weaknesses that had persisted...

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

The water weapon!

The water weapon!

FOR over six decades, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) served as a rare cornerstone of stability in South Asia. Brokered by the World Bank, it...

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Faisal Ahmad

A world without rules: Gathering storm

A world without rules: Gathering storm

THERE are moments in history when the world changes quietly, almost imperceptibly and then there are moments when the change is so brutal, so...

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Lt Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat Retd

Might makes right

FROM the very dawn of creation, the universe has moved according to a divine equilibrium. Allah Almighty brought into existence innumerable...

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

Trilateral engagement

Trilateral engagement

THE first visit of 2026 by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to China for Strategic Dialogue on 4th January is...

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Tahir Khan

Happiness at a cost

Happiness at a cost

IN Pakistan, celebrations are moments of spectacle and emotion. Weddings fill streets with music, laughter and colour, turning ordinary...

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Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

Education: A path to enlightenment

HUMAN progress has always been inseparable from education. From the earliest stages of civilisation, societies established systems of learning to...

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Waqar Hassan

WEPX 2026: From Women-Centred Vision to Economic Outcomes

WEPX 2026: From Women-Centred Vision to Economic Outcomes

When governments speak of women’s empowerment, the conversation often remains confined to symbolism visibility without viability, participation...

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Globalisation in action

THE phenomenon of globalisation began after industrialisation. This technology has helped connect the world in social, economic, and political...

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Muneer Ahmed Mirjat

Critical mass and political change

Critical mass and political change

EVERY time mass protests erupt, a familiar assumption follows: political change is inevitable. Crowded streets, viral images, and relentless media...

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Ghayur Ayub

Escalation dominance vs flexible tailored deterrence

INDIA has harboured hegemonic and Great Power ambitions in South Asia. Whereas Pakistan treats India as a sovereign equal and demands the execution...

13.01.2026 30

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Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Social behaviour

Social behaviour

A few days ago, an article about Gen-Z was published. Shortly after, it was removed from the website. However, the printed version had already...

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Mir Mansoor