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Learning losses

WHEN thermometers in Lahore hit 48°C last May, it led to closures across the region. From Dhaka to Manila, some ...

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World Bank’s view

PAKISTAN is at a critical point. Inconsistent and poor economic policies of the past have had an adverse impact on...

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Trumpian purge

Trumpian purge

IN his efforts to restore America’s supposed greatness, Donald Trump has launched a crackdown on migrants —...

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A free lunch

THE federal government appears to have gone back on its word to rescind the facility of free electricity for both...

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Murder on the seas

IT is time Pakistan asserted itself more forcefully and played a bigger role in busting international human...

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Gag orders

Gag orders

THE proverbial might of the pen is, in reality, unable to hold out against the barrel of the gun. The new HRCP...

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West Bank’s turn

West Bank’s turn

MERE days after pausing the Gaza genocide, Israel has turned its guns on the occupied West Bank. Though Israel had...

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Bureaucratic approach

WHEN bureaucrats fancy themselves as scholars, universities suffer. It’s a pity this is a lesson the Sindh...

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Stalled talks

Stalled talks

It would have been wiser for PTI to not react to the provocation. However bitter their differences, both parties need something from each other.

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Hindu exodus

Hindu exodus

THE vision of this country’s founding father was that of a Muslim-majority state where members of all religious...

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USC closure

THE PML-N government seems to have finally firmed up its mind on the future of the Utility Stores. The cabinet has...

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Digital dragnet

Digital dragnet

The Pakistani state must stop inflicting wounds on itself and learn to resolve its internal issues through social and political means.

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Killjoys

THE skies over Lahore have fallen silent. Punjab’s latest legislation banning kite flying represents a troubling...

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Controversial canals

THE Punjab government’s contentious plans to build new canals to facilitate corporate farming in the province ...

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A dying light

A dying light

IT appears that some Supreme Court justices will not go gently into the night. Though the institution’s authority...

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Gwadar airport

THE air connectivity established by the inauguration of PIA flights between Karachi and Gwadar is a major step...

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Fast-tracking M6

GRAND infrastructure projects in Pakistan often progress at the pace of a bullock cart rather than a bullet train....

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Errant ECP

Errant ECP

THE ECP has once again earned a detailed reprimand from the Supreme Court. That it still refuses to correct course is ominous

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Panda bond

ISLAMABAD’S plans to raise $200m from China’s capital markets through the inaugural issue of a Panda bond this...

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GB’s status

THE demand raised by the people of Gilgit-Baltistan for constitutional clarity and provisional provincial status is...

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Trump 2.0

Trump 2.0

Few have forgotten how disruptive Trump could be as president. There has been little indication that his 2nd term will be any different.

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Nutrition challenge

WHEN a country’s children go hungry, its future withers. In Pakistan, where over 40pc of children under five are...

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Lower growth

THE IMF has slightly marked down its previous growth forecast for Pakistan’s economy from 3.2pc to 3pc for the...

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At breaking point

At breaking point

The country’s jails serve as monuments to bureaucratic paralysis rather than justice.

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Varsity woes

GIVEN that most bureaucrats in our country are not really known for contributions to pedagogical excellence, it ...

19.01.2025 100

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EV policy

IT is pleasantly surprising that the authorities are moving with such purpose to potentially revolutionise...

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Kurram conundrum

Kurram conundrum

THE validity of the claim by state functionaries that the violence in KP’s Kurram district stems from a ‘tribal...

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Cheap promises?

TALK is cheap. Can electricity also be? The government has recently announced that Pakistan will benefit from the...

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Atlantic tragedy

Atlantic tragedy

AS reports emerge of another migrant boat sinking — this time in the Atlantic off the coast of Western Sahara — ...

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Al Qadir ruling

Al Qadir ruling

One wonders whether the case is as closed as PTI’s critics would have one believe.

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India’s dangerous game

THE latest inflammatory remarks by India’s military brass about Pakistan mark a troubling departure from the...

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World Bank loan

THAT the World Bank will give $20bn to Pakistan in the next 10 years to address some of the country’s most acute...

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Never again

Never again

The Gaza genocide has also revealed the utter helplessness of the Palestinian Authority in projecting Palestine’s case globally.

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Anti-abuse action

IN what is a social minefield for women, the Punjab police investigation department’s decision to deploy 1,450...

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Cyber circus

PAKISTAN’S cybercrime-fighting apparatus is proving rather good at harassing journalists and remarkably poor at...

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Peshawar meeting

Peshawar meeting

THE message from politicians regarding Afghanistan is clear: the state needs to talk to the Afghan Taliban, using ...

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Faceless customs

THE launch of the faceless customs assessment system as part of the government’s Tax Transformation Plan is a...

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Racist talk

WHEN racist tropes are amplified by the expansive reach of social media, the affected communities face real-world...

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Missing justice

Missing justice

IT has taken a tour of Pakistan’s provinces for Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to be “jolted” by the crisis of...

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Winter sports

FOR a country with huge winter sports potential, events in Pakistan are few and far between. Therefore, the start of...

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Mining tragedies

TWO recent deadly mining tragedies in Balochistan have once again exposed the hazardous nature of work in this...

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Left behind

Left behind

FOR a country that produced the world’s youngest Nobel laureate for championing girls’ education, Pakistan’s...

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Treasure of the Indus

THE Indus dolphin, or bulhan as it is known locally, is a remarkable species found only in the Indus River. Unlike...

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Odious trade

WHEN home feels like a sinking ship, people are forced to make ill-fated journeys for a better life. Last month,...

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Anything goes

Anything goes

IT seems that the dark days of the freewheeling internet have returned. Two of the largest global social media...

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Broken metropolis

KARACHI, Pakistan’s economic juggernaut, is the largest contributor to the nation’s tax revenue. The Federal...

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Gwadar’s potential

THE Gwadar deep-sea port, completed in 2007, was supposed to be a shining success for the other newly built ports in...

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Increased inflows

REMITTANCES sent home by migrant Pakistani workers have been a saving grace for the country’s faltering economy ...

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Destination Europe

THE country’s aviation authorities can rest a little easy. After a four-year banishment from European skies,...

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Fragile recovery

STATE Bank Governor Jameel Ahmed appears to be quite optimistic over recent economic gains. That is not unusual;...

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