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I returned to Pakistan, but its young need a reason to stay

“Sir, why did you return to Pakistan from abroad?” The question came from a graduate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, one of...

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Muna Khan

Pakistan’s political impasse may finally be breaking

Pakistan may finally be edging toward a political breakthrough. After months of unacknowledged contacts, the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...

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Nasim Zehra

What Pakistan’s newsrooms leave off the plate

The main course was done. I had exactly three minutes before the roasted grapes cooled, the lemon cream cheese softened and the sourdough lost its...

30.09.2026 20

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Niha Dagia

How not to fight terrorism in Pakistan

How not to fight terrorism in Pakistan

A sudden bang broke the silence during Friday prayers at a mosque in my neighborhood, F-11 in Islamabad. For a moment, the congregation froze. Nothing...

28.09.2026 70

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

The long shadow of Pakistan’s colonial past

In the heart of Karachi stands a 19th-century Gothic building that now houses a bustling spice and produce bazaar. A weathered plaque says it was...

26.09.2026 50

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Owais Tohid

Who gains from Pakistan’s 1940 arbitration law?

For more than two years, Pakistan has deliberated over a reform that should have been among the least contentious items on its legal agenda: replacing...

23.09.2026 40

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Muhammad Siddique Ali Pirzada

Still hanging by a wire

I cried in a cinema in New York, which is not something I do, and certainly not in a room full of strangers who had never heard of Battagram. My...

21.09.2026 40

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Muna Khan

The inflation risk hiding in the Red Sea

Pakistan’s inflation rate returned to double digits in August, climbing to 11.1 percent from 9.2 percent in July and matching June’s level. The...

17.09.2026 40

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Javed Hassan

Pakistan’s $3 billion agricultural test

A high-level Saudi delegation led by Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadley visited Islamabad late last month and the...

15.09.2026 50

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Javed Hafeez

The promised call came. I did not go

In November 2001, my phone rang. The number was unknown, but the voice was familiar. “The man is ready to meet you again. Can you come to Kabul?”...

14.09.2026 40

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Baker Atyani

The Gulf’s tourism boom runs on open skies

Arabian Travel Market opens in Dubai on September 14 after two postponements, and it arrives as the region’s tourism sector emerges from a test few...

13.09.2026 40

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Sara Danial

Terrorism after 9/11: Out of the headlines, not out of business

Friday marks 25 years since the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. The attacks transformed international security...

11.09.2026 60

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Abdul Basit Khan

Twenty-five years on, Pakistan still cannot count its dead

On Friday morning in lower Manhattan, relatives will walk onto a small stage and read names aloud. There are 2,983 of them, and the reading will take...

09.09.2026 50

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Muna Khan

Zia’s Pakistan is the only one most women have known

Four women in a room, on a chai break during the final assignment of a personal development course. One of them was describing a country the other...

08.09.2026 60

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Muna Khan

More provinces will not make Pakistan safer

The idea of creating new provinces has resurfaced in Pakistan at a moment when the state is fighting resurgent terrorism and an unstable economy....

08.09.2026 10

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Sanaullah Abbasi

US diplomacy mimicking failed colonial approaches

In general, if one is committed to reaching a deal, there is no logic in avoiding meeting with the key parties to a conflict. Therefore, it is natural...

08.09.2026 50

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Daoud Kuttab

How Europe can save a trillion euros and win AI race

On June 12, the US Department of Commerce informed Anthropic that it had to secure an export license for any foreign person, inside or outside the US,...

08.09.2026 30

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Eric Hazan

Flexibility, security: why Iceland belongs in the eurozone

Iceland will hold a referendum on Aug. 29 on whether to resume EU membership negotiations. Should Icelanders vote “yes”? As a member of the...

08.09.2026 10

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Willem H. Buiter

I’m Pakistani. Saudi Arabia taught me Urdu

I did not learn Urdu in Pakistan. I learned it in Madinah. It may sound unlikely, yet it perfectly explains my relationship with Urdu. I grew up in a...

08.09.2026 50

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Dr. Talha Al Kashmiri

Free Lunch?

This country’s currency is at its weakest since 1986, debt levels are unsustainable and economic growth has largely stalled. Recently, its exchange...

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Dr. Aqdas Afzal

A strategic partnership for regional stability and prosperity

Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic have evolved considerably in recent years, developing into a broader strategic...

08.09.2026 20

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Dr. Abdulaziz Sager

Fourteen in a locked room

“When they speak of inquiries, of compensating families, of resilience, of rebuilding, we know what they’re not saying: that this was preventable,...

08.09.2026 50

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Muna Khan

Ebola is back and the IMF’s relief fund is empty

Almost every major global health emergency has exposed the same flaw in the international financial system: When disaster strikes, the institutions...

08.09.2026 30

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Marina Zucker-Marques

The credit score that follows you home

Ninety-two percent of the money Pakistanis send home now arrives digitally, according to figures from the government’s cashless initiative review....

08.09.2026 50

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Mehreen Durrani

Graveyard of Ideas

Someone once explained two easily confused words to me rather simply: “Illusion is building castles in the air; delusion is when you start living in...

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

Sovereign capital and corridor economies

The Gulf and Central Asia are often discussed as if they are competing for the same economic future. Every disruption in the Middle East prompts...

08.09.2026 40

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Hina Ayra

Five years with the Taliban: a love affair that was never linear

Half a decade later, the group many feared for its insurgency then, and fear for its intimidation now, still wields power. Through onslaughts,...

08.09.2026 50

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Naila Mahsud

PIMS tragedy: Will 14 tiny lives finally force us to change?

There comes a point after tragedy when one feels stumped: exasperated, angry, inadequate. Fourteen newborn babies died in the fire at Islamabad’s...

08.09.2026 50

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Nasim Zehra

Graveyard of Ideas

https://arab.news/y8mwk Someone once explained two easily confused words to me rather simply: “Illusion is building castles in the air; delusion is...

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Dr Syed Kaleem Imam

The credit score that follows you home

The credit score that follows you home https://arab.news/2u8wp Ninety-two percent of the money Pakistanis send home now arrives digitally, according...

28.08.2026 30

Arab News Pakistan

Mehreen Durrani

Ebola is back and the IMF’s relief fund is empty

Ebola is back and the IMF’s relief fund is empty https://arab.news/c8ndv Almost every major global health emergency has exposed the same flaw in the...

28.08.2026 40

Arab News Pakistan

Marina Zucker-Marques

Fourteen in a locked room

Fourteen in a locked room  https://arab.news/y2bz9 “When they speak of inquiries, of compensating families, of resilience, of rebuilding, we know...

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Muna Khan

Free Lunch?

https://arab.news/8xggm This country’s currency is at its weakest since 1986, debt levels are unsustainable and economic growth has largely stalled....

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Dr. Aqdas Afzal

I’m Pakistani. Saudi Arabia taught me Urdu

I’m Pakistani. Saudi Arabia taught me Urdu https://arab.news/j87w7 I did not learn Urdu in Pakistan. I learned it in Madinah. It may sound unlikely,...

24.08.2026 40

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Dr. Talha Al Kashmiri

A strategic partnership for regional stability and prosperity

A strategic partnership for regional stability and prosperity https://arab.news/bxt4g Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French...

24.08.2026 60

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Dr. Abdulaziz Sager

Flexibility, security: why Iceland belongs in the eurozone

Flexibility, security: why Iceland belongs in the eurozone https://arab.news/56u4w Iceland will hold a referendum on Aug. 29 on whether to resume EU...

22.08.2026 50

Arab News Pakistan

Willem H. Buiter And Anne C. Sibert

How Europe can save a trillion euros and win AI race

How Europe can save a trillion euros and win AI race https://arab.news/gxgfy On June 12, the US Department of Commerce informed Anthropic that it had...

22.08.2026 50

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Eric Hazan

US diplomacy mimicking failed colonial approaches

US diplomacy mimicking failed colonial approaches https://arab.news/yvnhq In general, if one is committed to reaching a deal, there is no logic in...

22.08.2026 50

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Daoud Kuttab

More provinces will not make Pakistan safer

More provinces will not make Pakistan safer https://arab.news/w2bxd The idea of creating new provinces has resurfaced in Pakistan at a moment when the...

21.08.2026 70

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Sanaullah Abbasi

Zia’s Pakistan is the only one most women have known

Zia’s Pakistan is the only one most women have known https://arab.news/yc8yy Four women in a room, on a chai break during the final assignment of a...

20.08.2026 70

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Muna Khan

Pakistan’s militants are fighting from the air now

Pakistan’s militants are fighting from the air now https://arab.news/vsya4 Pakistan’s militant landscape has shifted in recent months, in both...

19.08.2026 70

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Abdul Basit Khan

World Humanitarian Day: When helping those in need becomes everyone’s responsibility

World Humanitarian Day: When helping those in need becomes everyone’s responsibility https://arab.news/5wyr8 World Humanitarian Day, observed...

19.08.2026 50

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Dya-Eddine Said Bamakhrama

Pakistan keeps converting relevance into rent

Pakistan keeps converting relevance into rent https://arab.news/vxu7x Pakistan has rarely lacked geopolitical importance. It has often lacked much...

17.08.2026 60

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Javed Hassan

How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse

How corporations can mitigate an AI jobocalypse https://arab.news/npbm5 Artificial intelligence-related job displacement is coming, though no one...

16.08.2026 40

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Raghuram G. Rajan

Let us not forget multilateral institutions

Let us not forget multilateral institutions https://arab.news/c3j5s Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently...

16.08.2026 60

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

The dwindling shield and the regional security equation

The dwindling shield and the regional security equation https://arab.news/mtawm From late February, Iran launched a sustained ballistic missile and...

16.08.2026 70

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Zaid M. Belbagi

Netanyahu peace plan veto prolongs Gaza’s misery

Netanyahu peace plan veto prolongs Gaza’s misery https://arab.news/vc9ta Those who were surprised by Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to reject...

16.08.2026 50

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Yossi Mekelberg

Pakistan at 79: The ones who can, still leave

Pakistan at 79: The ones who can, still leave  https://arab.news/64qkz In mid-August 1947, British rule ended in India and the land was divided along...

14.08.2026 40

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Sara Iram Gill

The Gulf stops waiting for Washington

The Gulf stops waiting for Washington  https://arab.news/r5g9k The mutual defense pact signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sent several...

12.08.2026 50

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Owais Tohid

Pakistan’s balancing act in the Gulf is getting harder

Pakistan’s balancing act in the Gulf is getting harder  https://arab.news/j43k7 Pakistan has emerged as a critical regional stakeholder since the...

11.08.2026 90

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Umar Karim