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From Hero to Villain

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Malik Muhammad Ashraf

China’s Latin Gambit

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M A Hossain

Beyond Pipe Dreams

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Sajjad Hussain

Spirit of Quaid-e-Azam

Spirit of Quaid-e-Azam

Pakistan pauses to remember the man who defied history’s odds and redrew its map every 25 December. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is not merely...

yesterday 20

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Ezba Walayat Khan

Post-July Bangladesh

Since the assassination of a prominent student leader, Sharif Osman Hadi (a founder of Inquilab Mancha) on 18 December 2025, Bangladesh has once...

yesterday 20

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Dr Zamurrad Awan

Christmas Is Here

Christmas is here – and also Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s birthday, now 149 years ago – marked on 25 December. Christmas is usually marked...

yesterday 10

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Atle Hetland

Policy Rate Cut - An Analysis

In a rather surprise move the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its recent monetary policy review went on to reduce the interest rate by 50 basis...

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Dr Kamal Monnoo

English & Academics

The initiative of English courses at undergraduate level in Pakistani universities has proved beneficial in academic development. English as a...

previous day 20

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Dr. Saira Kazmi

Mr Modi: Runner-up in 2025

In war, one either wins or loses. In the May 2025 war, the runner-up trophy went to Mr Modi. This outcome reveals two critical truths for Mr Modi....

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Air Marshal Asim Suleiman

Europe Falters on Sustainability

The European Union is at a crossroads. For over a decade, Brussels took a lead globally as the most ambitious regulator of corporate responsibility...

tuesday 30

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Atif Mehmood

To Join or Not to Join

Pakistan today confronts a dilemma that lies at the very heart of its foreign policy tradition: how to balance principle with pragmatism in an...

tuesday 2

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Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Lights, Camera, Propaganda

Whenever a scene is ready to be immortalised on film, an old tradition is followed. The director calls ‘Lights, Camera, Action’. Yet for nearly a...

tuesday 20

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Faisal Ahmad

Second Chance at Basant

Second Chance at Basant

Next February, after nearly two decades of hush in the skies, the colorful and boisterous Basant festival will return to Lahore. That single stroke...

22.12.2025 10

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Salman Masood

Taxation & Women Hygiene

In 2025, Pakistan finds itself in the midst of a debate that should have been settled decades ago: should the state tax products that are...

22.12.2025 40

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Areeba Manzoor

Tranquil Leadership

Tranquil Leadership

The need for making available an enabling environment for enhanced performance and productivity is an essential that is known to all. Teams perform...

22.12.2025 3

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Sirajuddin Aziz