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Healing Amid Hostility

A hospital is responsible not only for diagnosing and treating patients but also for providing psychological comfort. Healthcare professionals can...

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Tehreem Fatima

Buried Alive in Silence

In the first six months of this year, 3,172 cases of violence against women and girls were officially recorded in Pakistan: 644 murders, 514 cases of...

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Fe’reeha Idrees

A Tale of Two Countries

There was considerable excitement when the revolutionary economist and leader Javier Milei took over the reins of Argentina. Much was expected of him...

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

Geopolitics of AI Empires

Everyone is hunting chokepoints now. Washington warns allies against depending on China while looking for ways to exploit their dependence on the...

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Manzoor Malik

A Manifesto for National Preparation

Global powers are restructuring for high-intensity conflict and economic isolation. In the United States (US), defence analysts warn that Washington...

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Syed Ali Shehryar

Darkest Day in Kashmir

Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control, in Pakistan and worldwide, observed Black Day on 27 October 2026, marking 79 years since Indian troops...

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Muhammad Zahid Raffat

A Shared Heritage

The India–Pakistan relationship is often described as if hostility were the settled preference of both peoples. Political crises, military...

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Punjab’s Economic Pivot

Punjab carries much of Pakistan’s economy. Home to more than half the country’s population, it generates roughly 55 per cent of national GDP and a...

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Qudrat Ullah

Dishonesty’s Short Life

Dishonesty’s Short Life

Man is born honest. Every newborn is blessed with a minuscule of divine traits. The purity of the soul is pristine and clear. Man suffers from no...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Pakistan’s TTP Quagmire

The killing of Counter-Terrorism Department Deputy Superintendent of Police Imranuddin Khan and three colleagues—Sub-Inspector Afzal Awan, Constable...

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Fawad Hussain Chaudhry

Most Important Election

The Michigan Senate race between the Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, and his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, is this year’s most important...

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Dr. James J. Zogby

Beyond Emergency Relief

Tharparkar suffers from repeated droughts. The desert needs a long-term plan focused on water security, resilient livelihoods, healthcare and...

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Ali Nawaz Rahimoo

Pakistan’s Diplomatic Renaissance

In global politics, a country’s strategic influence is evaluated not only by its military strength or economic profile but also by its diplomatic...

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Zaid Bin Inam

Educated But Uncivil

At a red light on any main road in Lahore this week, watch the tinted window of an expensive vehicle come down. A coffee cup, a wrapper, and a tissue...

31.10.2026 20

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Muhammad Awais

Golden Handcuffs

The October sun in Islamabad is a merciful dictator. It forces the city to slow under its golden gaze. At a corner table of a plush restaurant – the...

31.10.2026 20

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Najm Us Saqib

Sold by Circumstance

Behind the gates of Karachi’s middle-class and elite homes, children scrub floors, mind babies and cook meals — not simply as employees, but...

30.10.2026 20

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Omar Mehboob

From Kashmir to Gaza

Today is October 27 as I write this piece. It is a solemn date observed across Pakistan and globally as Black Day for Kashmiris. On this day in 1947,...

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Faisal Ahmad

Prescription Authorisation

Pharmacy is undergoing a significant transformation worldwide, evolving from dispensing medicines into a clinical discipline focused on patient care,...

30.10.2026 50

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Dr Zeeshan Khan

Pakistan’s 30 Years Mining Journey

Pakistan’s 30 Years Mining Journey

Ever since the recent US-China trade war, sparked by US President Trump’s punitive tariffs against Chinese imports and prompting the Chinese...

29.10.2026 20

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Mairaj A. Ariff

Protracted Wars and Conflicts

We keep saying that all wars end – at some stage, it must be added. But when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Oslo last week, he also...

29.10.2026 40

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Atle Hetland

October 27: Kashmir Black Day

October 27 is a significant and painful day in the history of the Kashmiri people. Pakistanis and Kashmiris living around the world observe it as...

29.10.2026 20

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Ahsan Ansari

Kashmir Is Still Waiting

The status of Jammu and Kashmir has remained unresolved since 27 October 1947, when Indian troops entered Srinagar following the disputed Instrument...

28.10.2026 30

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Zaman Bajwa

The Road Less Travelled By

Now that emergency and Governor’s Rule have been implemented in KP, after considerable peace offerings to the former PTI government and its leaders,...

28.10.2026 30

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Ayesha Manzoor Wattoo

PTI and the Weight of Social Media

Never before has a rumour needed so little time to become a belief. A clip stripped of context, a doctored image or a fabricated quote can now reach...

28.10.2026 40

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Omay Aimen

AI Must Speak to the People

My recent engagements with the global AI community, most recently in Seoul, South Korea, have left me reflecting on a fundamental question: as...

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Ali Mustafa Dar

Sport Humbles and Heals

Sport Humbles and Heals

Sri Lanka answered collectively. Pavan Rathnayake anchored the chase with 130 off 106, Avishka Fernando and Dasun Shanaka fell agonisingly short of...

27.10.2026 30

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Irtiza Shafaat Bokharee

The Road Less Travelled By

Pakistan is on the verge of a revolutionary transition where everything requires a drastic overhaul. The entire system of more than 50 years has...

27.10.2026 30

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Ayesha Manzoor Wattoo

From Istanbul to Islamabad

Pakistan has a basis for this role. It helped broker the June MOU and has kept channels open to Tehran and Washington, working with Qatar and other...

26.10.2026 40

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Sport Humbles and Heals

Sport Humbles and Heals

Sport rarely keeps to the script. This week, a football giant was dismantled by a club that was in the lower leagues not long ago, a batter scored the...

26.10.2026 40

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Irtiza Shafaat Bokharee

Need and Greed

Need and Greed

Perhaps man, at his evil best, with deliberate intent, smudges the strong lines that demarcate need from greed. A time arrives when greed is made to...

26.10.2026 50

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Umerkot’s Unseen Drought

With 54% of its territory swallowed by dunes, Umerkot bears the brunt of neighbouring droughts while remaining completely invisible to state relief,...

25.10.2026 30

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Shewa Ram Suthar

October 7th’s Fallout

Israel’s three-year-long war on Gaza has had a transformative impact on multiple levels—all relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian arena. Most...

25.10.2026 40

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Dr. James J. Zogby

From Istanbul to Islamabad

Washington, Tehran and Tel Aviv are exchanging threats as commercial shipping, energy supplies and civilian lives face growing danger. The Strait of...

25.10.2026 30

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

The Elephant in the Room

24.10.2026 50

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Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Shared Threat for Neighbors

24.10.2026 50

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Faisal Ahmad

ME’s Geopolitical Conundrum

24.10.2026 50

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Imran Malik

The Migration of Talent

23.10.2026 40

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Dr. Muhammad Tayyab Khan Singhanvi

ME’s Geopolitical Conundrum

23.10.2026 70

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Imran Malik

The Crucible of Soldiering

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Saleem Qamar Butt

Who Mothers the Mother?

22.10.2026 30

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Marria Qibtia Sikandar Nagra

Protecting SMEs

22.10.2026 40

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Muhammad Zahid Rifat

Ending Poverty in Our Time?

22.10.2026 50

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Atle Hetland

Towards Judicial Governance?

21.10.2026 20

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Hafiz Muhammad Saleem

Opening European Doors

21.10.2026 20

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Fatima Mirza

Politics of Dissent

21.10.2026 30

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Zaid Bin Inam

The Elephant in the Room

20.10.2026 50

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Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Guardians Unguarded

20.10.2026 40

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Najm Us Saqib

Bilawal Bhutto has Arrived

19.10.2026 50

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Legalised Hegemony

19.10.2026 50

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Adeela Naureen And Waqar K Kauravi

Education for All

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Ahsan Ansari