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On July 25, 2025, a report on the Al Jazeera website claimed that Israel was planning to “hijack the Baloch struggle” in Pakistan. Since July 1948,...

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ARTSPEAK: THE COURT OF THE PEOPLE

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EXHIBITION: THE WEIGHT OF BEING

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VOLLEYBALL: THE PAKISTAN SPIKE

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LAW: LOCKED OUT OF JUSTICE

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SOCIETY: THE STAIN OF HONOUR

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE MYTH OF THE 'ISLAMIST NATIONALIST’

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NON-FICTION: SURVIVING THE DEEP STATE

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

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EXHIBITION: ENGENDERED ENCOUNTERS

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Nusrat Khawaja

IN MEMORIAM: PARTING WITH A GIANT

The last email Naim Sahib sent me is dated June 29, 2025 with the subject ‘an extraordinary novel.’ He seemed animated after having finished The...

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Harris Khalique

ARTSPEAK: OATHS, VOWS AND PROMISES

All through our lives, we make promises — to ourselves and to others. We promise to start exercising, to attend a social event, to submit a report...

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Durriya Kazi

LAW: PEACE BUILDERS WITHOUT PROTECTION

In the narrow corridors of a district administration office in Sindh, a meeting convenes under the heading “District Peace Committee.” The chairs...

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Danish Ahmed Soomro

CRIME: TRAFFICKING TRAMADOL FROM PAKISTAN

The first three months of this year witnessed three high-value drug seizures in Karachi involving the drug tramadol, a synthetic opioid painkiller....

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Adil Jawad

GARDENING: THE ZINNIA CHRONICLES

Bright, cheerful and easy to grow, zinnias are a favourite among gardeners for their long-lasting blooms and resilience. These sun-loving flowers...

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Dr Khwaja Ali Shahid

EXHIBITION: THE STILLNESS OF WINGS

Butterflies have appeared in visual art, poetry and prose for centuries across the world, often as symbols of freedom, transformation and life....

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Aarish Sardar

CRICKET: THE MAKING OF HARIS 2.0

In a clip that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) put out following Pakistan’s 3-0 sweep over Bangladesh last month, Mohammad Haris beamed as his...

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IN MEMORIAM: LESSONS IN INK AND LOVE

Trying to come to terms with losing my mentor Mrs Zubeida Mustafa at her funeral on July 11, I could see many others there as numb as me. I was...

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EPICURIOUS: AN UNEXPECTED HAVEN

The hip new food street on Tipu Sultan Road in Karachi, dotted with all the ‘it’ eateries, restaurants and cafes, is a fairly new phenomenon....

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Faisal Quraishi

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Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s (EU) top diplomat, declared in April this year that “the international order is undergoing changes of a magnitude...

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EXHIBITION: THE STILLNESS OF WINGS

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CRICKET: THE MAKING OF HARIS 2.0

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IN MEMORIAM: LESSONS IN INK AND LOVE

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EPICURIOUS: AN UNEXPECTED HAVEN

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