PM's talks offer

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Editorial

Can America's progressives undo the damage of neoliberalism?

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Syed Mohammad Ali

The rarest resource

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Maryam Tamoor

Privatised – at last

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Editorial

System reset

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Shahzad Chaudhry

Drawing that is the medium and message

I shall start with a clichéd remark that speakers often use to cover up the time while they formulate a reasonable response to a comment that may...

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Sadia Pasha Kamran

COP30 Belem - quo vadis

The outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), held at Belem, Brazil from 10 to 21 Nov 2025, was anxiously awaited with the ardent hope...

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Shahid Najam

Changing world and shifting geostrategic construct

Wars have traditionally redefined the international order. The year 2025, as it ends, is marked by one of the longest wars in Europe's heartland in...

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Inam Ul Haque

Thank you Sindh Assembly: recognition must go beyond

What is more thrilling than a blockbuster thriller is life itself. Just when I had resigned myself to imagining that the plight of stranded...

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Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

Deepening diplomatic row

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Editorial

Super flu: next pandemic?

For one hundred years, public health professionals had been working to prepare the world for the next pandemic. They were worried about flu viruses...

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Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Death anxiety and humans

Humans have two selves. One is the physical self, consisting of mortal and decaying elements. The other is the symbolic self, consisting of...

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Muhammad Wajahat Sultan

Pakistan's two-front war

India's hegemonic ambitions seek to bind Pakistan's regional and diplomatic space. Through repeated allegations, reluctance to engage in dialogue...

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Saira Samo

Building great varsities: what LUMS, IIT and NUS teach us

In conversations about world-class universities, Pakistan often looks outward, yearning for a simple answer to a complex question: how do we build...

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Dr Asghar Zaidi

Tracks of tragedy

According to recently obtained data, Pakistan Railways has recorded a staggering 95 accidents between January 1 and December 20 this year. The...

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Editorial

Property law suspension

The decision by Lahore High Court's chief justice to suspend the operation of the newly enacted Punjab Protection of Ownership of Immovable...

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Editorial

AI governance begin?

Over the past few weeks, social media in Pakistan has exploded with frustration. Drivers across Lahore and Karachi have been posting screenshots of...

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Naveed R Khan

Regulating solar energy

Nepra's newly released draft Prosumer Regulations, 2025, ostensibly designed to "balance" the interests of electricity consumers and distribution...

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Reimagining Peak China narrative

China's Harbin Institute of Technology has recently allowed its doctoral candidates to graduate with a product or design instead of a dissertation....

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The way forward

The political opposition has come up with a coordinated narrative calling for resorting to democratic norms and undoing all extra-constitutional...

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Editorial

Knocking out archrival

Finals are meant to be close, tense affairs decided by nerve and nuance. Pakistan's Under-19 Asia Cup triumph over India was none of that. It was a...

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Editorial

No more boomers

The World Inequality Report of 2026 shows that Pakistan's 1% of the total population holds 24% of the entire wealth of the country, with the other...

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Zorain Nizamani

Golden children

On the global stage, human statues are performance artists who usually stand motionless in city centres for arts and entertainment. But this trend,...

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Editorial

Trump's 'gift' to Pakistan

The most significant headline for Pakistan in 2025 is undoubtedly the unexpected reset in relations with the United States. Few in Islamabad or...

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Kamran Yousaf

China's rescue from financial bankruptcy

I have drawn upon this account from the memoirs on which I am working these days because of its relevance for the times through which Pakistan is...

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Shahid Javed Burki

The action and the principle

I hope that when future generations talk about the tragedy at Bondi Beach in Australia that happened last week, in the same breath, they will also...

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman

From opinion to verdict - without evidence

The line between human rights advocacy and political storytelling becomes dangerously thin when allegations are amplified before they are examined....

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Omay Aimen

Force for Gaza

Pakistan's participation in the proposed International Stabilisation Force (ISF) for Gaza is shrouded in uncertainty. That is so owing to the delay...

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Editorial

1971 war — an unequal contest

For Pakistan, the 1971 War was an unequal contest in the face of heavy odds, missed opportunities and unrealised objectives. Faced with a...

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Dr Raashid Wali Janjua

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By using the faculty of reasoning, man tries and understand the phenomena around him. The serendipitous understanding is, however, wholly...

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M Nadeem Nadir

'Collective suicide'

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Editorial

How to rot with success

Another day, another judgement, another sentence. But is it really Imran Khan who is at the receiving end? On Saturday, the accountability court...

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Fahd Husain

Another conviction

The manner in which Imran Khan has been treated over the past year has reached a point where every verdict against him, regardless of its legal...

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When the ship reaches the shore

There is much to be learned from the great poets of our olden times. Mirza Ghalib, a spectacle of the early 19th century, and Hafiz Sherazi, a...

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

Karachi's dog bite crisis

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Editorial

More women voting

Pakistan's democratic landscape is in the middle of a quiet revolution, as millions of women have been showing up at the ballot box for the first...

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Editorial

Pakistan and Libya: defence diplomacy

Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces' (CDF's) recent visit to Libya and his meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces is...

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Kautilya knew

Long before Machiavelli, the Indian strategist Kautilya articulated a blunt theory of power in the Arthashastra. Writing in the fourth century BCE,...

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PM's talks offer

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Can America's progressives undo the damage of neoliberalism?

Syed Mohammad Ali

The rarest resource

Maryam Tamoor

Privatised – at last

Editorial

System reset

Shahzad Chaudhry

Drawing that is the medium and message

Sadia Pasha Kamran

COP30 Belem - quo vadis

Shahid Najam

Changing world and shifting geostrategic construct

Inam Ul Haque

Thank you Sindh Assembly: recognition must go beyond

Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

Deepening diplomatic row

Editorial

Super flu: next pandemic?

Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

Death anxiety and humans

Muhammad Wajahat Sultan

Pakistan's two-front war

Saira Samo

Building great varsities: what LUMS, IIT and NUS teach us

Dr Asghar Zaidi

Tracks of tragedy

Editorial

Property law suspension

Editorial

AI governance begin?

Naveed R Khan

Regulating solar energy

Editorial

Reimagining Peak China narrative

Dr Muhammad Babar Chohan

The way forward

Editorial

Knocking out archrival

Editorial

No more boomers

Zorain Nizamani

Golden children

Editorial

Trump's 'gift' to Pakistan

Kamran Yousaf

China's rescue from financial bankruptcy

Shahid Javed Burki

The action and the principle

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

From opinion to verdict - without evidence

Omay Aimen

Force for Gaza

Editorial

1971 war — an unequal contest

Dr Raashid Wali Janjua

Argument vs persuasion

M Nadeem Nadir

'Collective suicide'

Editorial

How to rot with success

Fahd Husain

Another conviction

Editorial

When the ship reaches the shore

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

Karachi's dog bite crisis

Editorial

More women voting

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Pakistan and Libya: defence diplomacy

Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Kautilya knew

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