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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Rubio nursing ambitions to become US President?

“So while the Arabic and Muslim countries were condemning Israeli attacks, Marco Rubio was in Tel Aviv reaffirming US’ unflinching support for...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Leading in times of Generation Zee

Weird. Weary. Aloof. Alienated. Disen gaged. Dist urbed. Disenchanted. These are some polite descriptions of the new generation of entrants in the...

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Andleeb Abbas

Sepulture of humanity

Over centuries humanity has been brutally murdered by humans. Relentless is the devilish pursuit. The blood-soaked pages of human history are a...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Nepal: ‘Double, double toil and trouble...’

AIn Macbeth witches smelling trouble cry out, “Double, double toil and trouble/Fire burn and caldron bubble”. Ironically, the leaders don’t see the...

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Dr Saulat Nagi

Physician, heal thyself: higher education sustainability

The latest economic survey of Pakistan has revealed that the country has 269 universities, a number that has doubled compared to a decade ago,...

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Wajid Islam

From criticism to commute: the real story of Shahrah-e-Bhutto

After the most recent monsoon spell, criticism has been leveled at the Sindh Government following reports that a section of Shahrah-e-Bhutto was...

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Nadir Nabil Gabol

Remembering labour leader Usman Ghani on his 30th death anniversary

Like the global labour movement, Pakistan’s workers’ movement has also witnessed waves of ebb and flow. From the earliest days of independence...

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Habibuddin Junaidi

Built of fire and faith, why Pakistanis are different?

Every few years, Pakistan gets tested. Not in boardrooms, not in speeches but in blood, smoke, and fire. And each time, just when the cynics write...

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Kashif Mateen Ansari

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There was a time when our economy was compared to India’s

“The way to steal cash…how can I put it…” “Legally you mean?” “Well, there is no legal cover when you are stealing cash.” “There are...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Future is not for sale; it is for all of us

The Industrial Revolution should have been humanity’s greatest awakening — a turning point when science, invention, and collective imagination...

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Dr Murtaza Khuhro

Public debt burden

The State Bank of Pakistan has recently released estimates of the stock of debt of the country as of the end of 2024-25. The total debt is...

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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

NAFSA: Reform or regression?

Pakistan’s decision in May 2025 to establish the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) was announced as a milestone in aligning the...

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Dr Tasneem Ahmad

Strategy of empty promises, not investments

Pakistan has seen economic stabilization for the past 18 to 24 months. Yet signs of fresh investment remain elusive. Promises and claims abound,...

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Ali Khizar

Why national crime syndicates essential?

National crime syndicates are essential because crime and related activity is the largest sector of the world (international) economy. Assuming the...

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Farooq Hassan

Back to tax basics

No matter how simple taxation laws are enacted in the beginning but they tend to turn into a cobweb of complexities over a period of time leading...

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Muhammad Naseer Butt

Gold expected to attract buyers during dips

The capping of US/Eurozone tariffs to 15% is reasonable and has given the European Central Bank (ECB) the opportunity to pause. Consequently, the...

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Asad Rizvi

Pakistan’s ‘charter of economy’

There have been periodic calls for continuity in economic policies, regarded as critical by successive economic team leaders, to achieve...

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Anjum Ibrahim

A city that was…a city that can be—II

In the aftermath of the 1971 war and from the results of 1970 elections, a fresh wave of displaced persons from East Pakistan, settled in Karachi,...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

The floods

This season’s floods have battered Pakistan’s economy once again, exposing its fiscal fragility and food security risks. Beyond the humanitarian...

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Farhat Ali

Facing rain challenges

It was just a few days ago that Karachi was turned from a bustling metropolis to a water-logged island of sorts with its residents, most of them...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nawaz Sharif’s action copied by President Trump?

“So we are a nation of contraries.” “Contraries?” “Yes.” “I thought we are a nation of trailblazers – look at the West’s deep state decision-making...

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Rubio nursing ambitions to become US President?

Anjum Ibrahim

Leading in times of Generation Zee

Andleeb Abbas

Sepulture of humanity

Sirajuddin Aziz

Nepal: ‘Double, double toil and trouble...’

Dr Saulat Nagi

Physician, heal thyself: higher education sustainability

Wajid Islam

From criticism to commute: the real story of Shahrah-e-Bhutto

Nadir Nabil Gabol

Remembering labour leader Usman Ghani on his 30th death anniversary

Habibuddin Junaidi

Built of fire and faith, why Pakistanis are different?

Kashif Mateen Ansari

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There was a time when our economy was compared to India’s

Anjum Ibrahim

Future is not for sale; it is for all of us

Dr Murtaza Khuhro

Public debt burden

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

NAFSA: Reform or regression?

Dr Tasneem Ahmad

Strategy of empty promises, not investments

Ali Khizar

Why national crime syndicates essential?

Farooq Hassan

Back to tax basics

Muhammad Naseer Butt

Gold expected to attract buyers during dips

Asad Rizvi

Pakistan’s ‘charter of economy’

Anjum Ibrahim

A city that was…a city that can be—II

Sirajuddin Aziz

The floods

Farhat Ali

Facing rain challenges

Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nawaz Sharif’s action copied by President Trump?

Anjum Ibrahim