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IMF’s Verdict

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Sajid Salamat

Kabul’s Blame Game

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Sajid Salamat

Palestine Betrayed Again

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Sajid Salamat

Suthra Punjab: Clean Promises, Dirty Deals

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Sajid Salamat

Lyari: A Caricature of Home

Lyari: A Caricature of Home

News travels fast in the narrow lanes of Lyari. Usually, it is news of a football match, a poetry recital, or the passing of an elder. Recently,...

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Sajid Salamat

Governance and Institutional Reforms

Governance defines the frameworks and processes through which a nation manages its affairs. It shapes every sector of society and determines...

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Sajid Salamat

Strained Indo-Bangladesh Ties: The Human Cost of Border Enforcement

Strained Indo-Bangladesh Ties: The Human Cost of Border Enforcement

India’s actions along the Bangladesh border have created a serious humanitarian crisis and deep diplomatic tensions. This has led to the loss of...

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Sajid Salamat

Sustainable Industrial Development

Industrial growth has played a significant role in shaping the world as we see it today. Without it, the world might have been a very different...

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Sajid Salamat

Why Pakistan Needs a Central Friday Sermon?

Every Friday, millions of Pakistanis enter mosques seeking spiritual clarity and moral direction. The sermon they hear shapes their understanding...

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Sajid Salamat

Combating Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Pakistan

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is an emerging and deeply concerning dimension of gender-based violence in Pakistan. While GBV...

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Sajid Salamat

Context Missing

Context Missing

The HRCP press release on “Judicial independence, freedoms and safety under siege” once again highlights a familiar issue: the organisation...

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Sajid Salamat

Women in Pakistan: Between Progress and Patriarchy

In Pakistan, women find their place between reverence and repression. They are hailed as the “light of the home,” yet denied the right to decide...

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Sajid Salamat

Politics of Obesity

A recent U.S. proposal to restrict visas for individuals with obesity or chronic metabolic conditions has intensified a global debate: Is health...

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Sajid Salamat

STRAINED INDO-BANGLADESH TIES: THE HUMAN COST OF BORDER ENFORCEMENT

India’s actions along the Bangladesh border have sparked a serious humanitarian crisis and deep diplomatic tensions. This leads to the loss of...

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Attia Naveed

Should AI Have Legal Rights?

The debate around artificial intelligence (AI) has moved far beyond discussions of efficiency or technological progress. We are now confronting...

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Sajid Salamat

Iqbal’s Modern Day Nation-State

Allama Muhammad Iqbal emerged as a major Muslim thinker on nationhood during a period of profound political and intellectual upheaval in British...

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Sajid Salamat

Can Eastern and Western Canada Ever Bridge the Divide?

Canada is often celebrated as one of the most diverse, modern, and tolerant nations in the world. This country welcomes millions of immigrants from...

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Sajid Salamat

Systematic Religious Dispossession in India

Systematic Religious Dispossession in India

In a nation that proclaims itself a secular democracy, the reality of land-ownership reveals deep fractures-fractures aligned not simply with...

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Sajid Salamat

Afghanistan’s Illusion of Trade Routes

In international relations, geography often dictates economic realities more firmly than political rhetoric. Afghanistan, a country long troubled...

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Sajid Salamat

Pakistan’s Population Promise Amid Political Reforms

Three recent benchmark initiatives in Islamabad, the constitutional amendment, the Dawn Population Summit, and the PBS DataFest 2025, signal...

24.11.2025 20

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Sajid Salamat

A Simple Answer to a Complicated Problem in Wrong

Not only Amercians have fallen prey to pursuing a seemingly simple answer to a complicated and complex problem and badly failed. Venezuela is the...

24.11.2025 1

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Sajid Salamat

Can Words Fix What Power Breaks?

Can Words Fix What Power Breaks?

The International Monetary Fund predicts that Pakistan could increase its GDP by 5 to 6.5 per cent over five years if it addresses corruption and...

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Sajid Salamat

Six Runs, Three Balls, One Hero

Six Runs, Three Balls, One Hero

In Doha, where contests often stretch beyond skill into the realm of nerve, Pakistan Shaheens crafted a victory that was equal parts collapse and...

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Attia Naveed