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New hope

EDUCATION shapes the destiny of a nation. Sadly, Pakistan’s public education sector is experiencing a national...

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Solar policy

SOLAR net metering reforms are back in the limelight. On Thursday, Power Minister Awais Leghari announced that he...

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Gruesome murders

Long-term security can only be achieved when there is equitable development across Balochistan.

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Post-26th judiciary

A true mark of justice is that it occurs in real time.

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Rida Hosain

Poverty & extremism

Poverty is not the only factor behind violence.

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Mohammad Ali Babakhel

Better alone

Humaira Asghar Ali’s case is more fundamentally about how Pakistani society treats women who choose paths that diverge from

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Rafia Zakaria

Why did they flatten Gaza?

Social Darwinists and Bible Belt preachers propelled America into joining the Gaza genocide.

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Pervez Hoodbhoy

Beyond expectations

THESE are tough times, but the country is lucky enough to still be considered home by a large expatriate workforce, which keeps remitting a vital...

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PIA privatisation

THE government’s latest push to offload PIA signals a bold move, considering the failure of the first such attempt in October. Months after serious...

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Seizing the moment

THERE has been over a decade of virtual silence from both the federal and provincial governments with regard to our rapidly rising population...

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Zeba Sathar

Judicial oversight

PAKISTAN has adopted several climate policies, including the National Climate Change Policy (2021) and its Nationally Determined Contributions...

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Aisha Khan

Train in vain

TALK of ‘revival’ of the long-dead Karachi Circular Railway has turned into a running joke for denizens of this unfortunate metropolis. The last...

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Spurious drugs

“THE World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that close to $83 billion worth of counterfeit drugs are sold annually, and one in 10 medical...

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Naeem Sadiq

Creatures great and small

AS the world turns, and new, previously unimaginable, events shape our lives and perspectives, our responses to those events mould our mindset. Can...

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Samia Liaquat Ali Khan

Continued detention

THE continued detention of BYC head Mahrang Baloch and five other activists indicates that the state is uninterested in engaging non-violent Baloch...

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Dignity, liberty and justice

IF 2024 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. We saw how the national elections were manipulated. We saw how a coalition of failed...

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Tariq Khosa

Speech policing

THE order by an Islamabad judge to take down 27 YouTube channels is only the latest example of how Peca continues to be weaponised to silence...

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No negotiations

IT seems like the appeal from Kot Lakhpat Jail has fallen on deaf ears. “[…] The time for negotiations has passed,” comes the missive from...

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A world in change

TWO vast and deep revolutions are sweeping the world and transforming our relationship with things that we otherwise take for granted. One is the...

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Khurram Husain

Anosh Ahmed is expanding healthcare access through free medical clinics

Anosh Ahmed, a Pakistani-American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist, is reshaping healthcare access through a model of hands-on, strategic...

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The 15th Tulku

AN optimist is one who believes in reincarnation. In that sense, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the supreme optimist. The title ‘Dalai Lama’ —...

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F.s. Aijazuddin

Structural crash

A FIVE-storey building recently collapsed in Baghdadi, a dense neighbourhood of Lyari, killing at least 27 people and leaving many more maimed and...

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Dr Noman Ahmed

Killing fields

AS Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, along with their respective delegations, sat down to dinner in the White House on Monday, Israeli forces...

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Back to a regressive order?

THE federal government’s proposal to revive the jirga system in the newly merged districts is being seen as a prelude to the restoration of the...

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Zahid Hussain

The past is prelude

RECENT commemorations of the Emergency Indira Gandhi imposed on India in 1975 are frequently fraught with warnings about how the Congress might...

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Mahir Ali

Price of power

IMAGINE a country with a rambunctious and recently liberated media, filled with journalists sticking microphones up official noses and breaking...

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Abdul Moiz Jaferii

Tariff reform

NATIONAL security rests on strong defence and a strong economy. In May, our armed forces delivered on defence. It is now time to serve the citizens...

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Ijaz Nabi

Another plan

FAILING to plan is planning to fail, as the old saying goes. This seems to have occurred in the case of Karachi, a city, quite literally, left to...

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Crypto rush

STEP by step, Pakistan is, at least on paper, moving closer to recognising, adopting and regulating cryptocurrencies and virtual assets at the...

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Pet problems

PAKISTANIS’ obsession with exotic pets keeps ending in tragedy. Incidents like the recent lion attack in a Lahore neighbourhood, which left a woman...

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Just a film

THE 10-year-old film Spotlight was recently added to Netflix in Pakistan. It’s an old-time favourite; understandably so as it’s based on events at...

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Arifa Noor

Hindutva’s myopic diplomacy

THEY haven’t a clue about diplomacy on the big stage nor about getting along, leave alone being popular, with the neighbours. Hindutva and its...

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Dr Niaz Murtaza

Triple legal blows

THREE key verdicts from the Constitutional Bench have again stoked fears about judicial capture under the 26th Amendment. The decisions may not be...

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Dr Niaz Murtaza

Cotton decline

PAKISTAN’S cotton economy is in a crisis. Production has fallen from a peak of 14m bales 10 years ago to 5.5m bales during the last crop cycle,...

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Green tokenism

THE citizens of Pakistan have spoken. But is the state listening? In the aftermath of DawnMedia’s Breathe Pakistan conference held earlier this...

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‘South Asian Quad?’

THE concept of ‘minilateralism’ is relatively new in international politics. In an evolving global environment, states are avoiding hardcore...

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Khurram Abbas

‘Accelerating progress’: ELFA partners with Bykea to empower riders with affordable, sustainable mobility

A landmark partnership between EV Technologies and Bykea was formally announced at a recent event in Karachi, following the success of an extensive...

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