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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi

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Our Afghan imperative

Afghanistan is the heart of Asia — Allama Iqbal PAKISTAN was born into long-term hostility with its neighbour, India. Security was, accordingly,...

05.11.2025 150

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UN at 80

26.10.2025 30

The News on Sunday

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KP shows the way

We are at a ‘to be or not to be’ moment in which common moral sense must prevail.

17.10.2025 90

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Doing something good

What is to be done? What can be done? How can it be done? Where do we begin?

18.09.2025 100

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Building peace in South Asia

As long as India insists on regional hegemony, building peace and security will remain a pipe dream.

06.08.2025 250

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Pakistan-India relations

This is a losing situation for both countries and for South Asia.

23.07.2025 200

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Peace Prize for the war maker

All self-respecting Pakistanis were embarrassed by the government’s decision.

25.06.2025 100

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Post-Eid reflections

The only way out of this situation is a truth, justice, and reconciliation process that prioritises country above every other

09.04.2025 60

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Hard state, soft state

What is absolutely required is a Nelson Mandela-like initiative to help heal the country.

25.03.2025 200

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Trump’s colonial genocide

Our outrage overwhelms us. It does not motivate us to do anything constructive.

07.02.2025 100

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