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PARTLY FACETIOUS: By the way, where is Humza?

“You know the US learned lessons from us and we need to learn some lessons from the US.” “I don’t think it’s practical – the US is a...

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Anjum Ibrahim

World-class at home, respected abroad: the brand Pakistan playbook

Pakistan must strengthen both scale and recognition by building competitive industries at home, aligning stakeholders around a shared purpose, and...

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Zahid Iqbal

OPINION: The worst crime: wasting Pakistan’s youth in degree factories

An open letter to the Academic Councils of the universities, Vice Chancellors, Federal and Provincial Higher Education Commissions, Departments of...

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Dr Murtaza Khuhro

Need for good governance

All societies, cultures and nations need to have in place some standards of behaviour that is generally accepted by all the people across the...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

OPINION: Inflation expectations rise

Inflation is a politically sensitive indicator, calculated by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), which has prompted routine challenge by...

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Anjum Ibrahim

OPINION: Discos: privatisation plan won’t succeed without market deregulation

After PIA’s successful privatisation, all eyes are on power distribution companies (the so-called discos), which are at the top of the active...

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Ali Khizar

Pakistan’s FDI puzzle

Pakistan’s economy appears to be moving towards a more stable footing. Inflation has notably eased since the peak of 38 percent in 2023, the...

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M Abdul Aleem

Solar energy

Proposed amendments to the draft of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Prosumer) Regulations, 2025 are aimed at effectively reducing the...

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Syed Feisal Ali

OPINION: Solar energy

Proposed amendments to the draft of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Prosumer) Regulations, 2025 are aimed at effectively reducing the...

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Syed Feisal Ali

OPINION: ‘Export Emergency’

When a country’s largest export sector begins to openly warn of collapse, policymakers can no longer afford denial or delay. The Pakistan Textile...

04.01.2026 7

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Farhat Ali

OPINION: Pakistan’s manufactured unemployment: a blueprint of state failure—I

Pakistan’s unemployment crisis is no accident of fate. It is not the result of global headwinds or temporary shocks. It is a direct, predictable,...

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Fazeel Asif

Our dangerous roads

While we were celebrating the beautiful new number plates reflecting our culture and introducing new laws and setting up new parameters for all...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi