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A fleeting peace

A fleeting peace

How can people in Gaza live in peace while being under an everlasting state of siege?

22.01.2025 200

Dawn

Zahid Hussain

The Rise And Fall Of Justin Trudeau

The Rise And Fall Of Justin Trudeau
21.01.2025 20

The Friday Times

Zahid Hussain

Pakistan’s insurgency problem has consequences for the whole region

15.01.2025 70

Arab News Pakistan

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Felon in the White House

Felon in the White House

The president-elect has made some audacious claims.

15.01.2025 200

Dawn

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Jimmy Carter’s Legacy: What We Can Learn From It

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy: What We Can Learn From It
09.01.2025 60

The Friday Times

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Death and destruction in Gaza

Death and destruction in Gaza

THE new year has not brought much hope for an end to Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, which has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians since it began...

08.01.2025 200

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Addressing the larger issue

THE two adversaries have finally agreed to come to the negotiating table. The ruling PML-N and the opposition PTI seem to have taken a step back...

01.01.2025 10

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Controversial justice

FOLLOWING a nod from the apex court, a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) has announced its decision to sentence 25 PTI supporters to varying terms...

25.12.2024 10

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Struggling against terrorism

IT has been a decade since the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, which killed some 150 students and staff in December 2014. It was the...

18.12.2024 30

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A former intelligence chief on trial is a sign of Pakistan’s shifting sands

https://arab.news/84yw9 Something unthinkable has happened in Pakistan amid deepening political turmoil. A once powerful spy master and...

13.12.2024 4

Arab News Pakistan

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A geopolitical cauldron

YET another authoritarian regime has fallen. The Syrian rebellion has swept away the Assad family’s 53-year tyrannical rule. It was a protracted...

11.12.2024 10

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Silence of the lambs

“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.” — Franz Kafka It was well over midnight when the...

04.12.2024 20

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On a collision course

A PANICKING administration is desperately trying to prevent raging crowds from storming the capital, breaking through all the barriers on their...

27.11.2024 10

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At war with itself

IT could not have been more bizarre: the government is taking its war against social media to a new level. After banning X, the government now...

20.11.2024 10

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Smog could be the hazard that heals Pakistan, India’s toxic diplomacy

https://arab.news/mdjyw Smog has again hit both sides of the border with devastating effect as winter sets in, prompting calls for joint efforts by...

14.11.2024 50

Arab News Pakistan

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A summit to nowhere

AFTER silently watching Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza for the past one year, the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries have once more met in...

13.11.2024 10

Dawn

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The extension game

IT was yet another bizarre night. In less than an hour, the government managed to steamroll a series of laws through both Houses of Parliament amid...

06.11.2024 10

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Pak-India Relations – Time to Bury the Hatchet

Mr Zahid Hussain is a retired engineer, based in Canada. “India and Pakistan fighting over Kashmir are like two bald men fighting for a comb,”...

05.11.2024 3

Paradigm Shift

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The battle ahead

BARELY a week after bulldozing a controversial constitutional amendment through parliament, the ruling coalition is said to be deliberating a new...

30.10.2024 10

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A Pyrrhic victory

IT was the darkest night of the country’s parliamentary history. The spectacle of two opposition lawmakers from Balochistan — one on a wheelchair...

23.10.2024 40

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The wages of conflict

THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP...

16.10.2024 3

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As Pakistan gears up for SCO moot, tough challenges confront the organization

https://arab.news/95ku5 Pakistan is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting of ten regional...

14.10.2024 5

Arab News Pakistan

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American complicity in Gaza

“NO administration has helped Israel more than I have. None, none, none,” remarked US President Joe Biden recently as Israel’s genocidal war in...

09.10.2024 10

Dawn

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At war with itself

IT has gone beyond polemics. The internal fracas has split the country’s top judiciary. While tensions had been simmering for a long time, the...

02.10.2024 9

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On the brink

THE country seems to be heading towards a constitutional breakdown as state institutions clash within and among themselves. A defiant government...

25.09.2024 9

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Taming the judiciary

WHAT happened inside and outside parliament last weekend was nothing less than a tragicomedy. Rarely has Pakistani politics stooped so low. Some...

19.09.2024 20

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The mess with the IMF is of Pakistan’s own making 

https://arab.news/czqdh Pakistan’s deputy prime minister has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of deliberately delaying the...

11.09.2024 6

Arab News Pakistan

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Playing politics with May 9

THE latest wave of arrests of senior PTI leaders following the party’s recent show of strength in Islamabad is a reminder of the escalating...

11.09.2024 4

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The saga of Gen Bajwa

THERE have been few instances in Pakistan’s history where an army chief has bowed out without generating controversy. This might not be surprising...

21.08.2024 3

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Trial and retribution

IN a sign of the times, the once all-powerful spymaster is facing court-martial proceedings. Retired Lt-Gen Faiz Hameed is being charged for misuse...

14.08.2024 4

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Paris Olympics And The Obscurity Of Medal Comparisons

It was a great achievement for Pakistan's star athlete, Arshad Nadeem, to win a gold medal in the javelin throw event at the Paris 2024 Olympics and...

12.08.2024 1

The Friday Times

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State failure in Balochistan

https://arab.news/5nsyx Pakistan’s strategically located western province of Balochistan was once again in the eye of the storm for two weeks,...

11.08.2024 2

Arab News Pakistan

Zahid Hussain

People’s power in Bangladesh

PEOPLE’S power has toppled one more authoritarian regime. Another bloody day in Bangladesh ended in triumph for the uprising in that country....

07.08.2024 6

Dawn

Zahid Hussain

People’s power in BD

PEOPLE’S power has toppled one more authoritarian regime. Another bloody day in Bangladesh ended in triumph for the uprising in that country....

07.08.2024 30

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Trouble in Balochistan

EVENTS in Balochistan have been extremely disturbing of late. The past few days alone have brought tensions in the troubled region to a head. The...

31.07.2024 10

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Fallacy of digital terrorism

AFTER months of silence, we heard from the military’s spokesperson. The televised presser was supposed to be a briefing on counterterrorism...

24.07.2024 2

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Shadow of authoritarianism

IT is a desperate move that may bring down the entire edifice. The plan to ban the most popular political party in the country is the most...

17.07.2024 10

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Pakistan must review its reckless policy of expelling Afghan refugees

https://arab.news/wauut Amid international outcry over forced expulsions, Pakistan has decided to grant a one-year extension in the stay of...

12.07.2024 3

Arab News Pakistan

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