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The leopard princess of Islamabad

The leopard princess of Islamabad

It’s the big cats that need saving, not us.

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Farhan Afsar

Scooty for the beti and EV for the biwi

Scooty for the beti and EV for the biwi
17.06.2026 10

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Zahra Naeemlaiba Nayyab

Pakistan’s quarter-century Ponzi scheme, and the exit that has no architecture

Pakistan’s quarter-century Ponzi scheme, and the exit that has no architecture
15.06.2026 10

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Ali Hasanain

Budgeting on hope

Budgeting on hope
13.06.2026 100

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Khurram Husain

How Pakistan stabilised its way into poverty in 21 graphs

How Pakistan stabilised its way into poverty in 21 graphs
12.06.2026 20

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Ali Hasanain

Pakistan's young population could power its economy. The Economic Survey shows why it won't

Pakistan's young population could power its economy. The Economic Survey shows why it won't
12.06.2026 40

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Durre Nayab

Pakistan passed at diplomacy, let’s get the degrees rolling now

Pakistan passed at diplomacy, let’s get the degrees rolling now
11.06.2026 20

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Magnus Marsden

What’s eating Pakistan’s mangoes?

08.06.2026 40

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Alefia T. Hussain

The malnourished children of 2018 are teenagers now. What's the plan?

04.06.2026 20

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Muhammad Irshad Danish

If you need to use the toilet on the way to Turbat

04.06.2026 20

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Zeeshan Nasir

Delhi reclaims its Gymkhana. Lahore keeps its elite club for Rs5,000 a year

04.06.2026 30

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Usama Khawar

If you need to use the loo on the way to Turbat

03.06.2026 20

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Zeeshan Nasir

If you need to pee on the way to Turbat

Balochistan has 42,911km of roads, toilets should be spaced every 100km.

03.06.2026 40

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Zeeshan Nasir

The malnourished children of 2018 are teenagers now. Why?

01.06.2026 30

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Muhammad irshad danish

The shrinkage of Pakistan’s aid chart

29.05.2026 30

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Ammar Rashid

Behold, the Qabza Mafia of Karachi skies

25.05.2026 30

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M. afzal

Mutiny on the TRG bounty

23.05.2026 30

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Abdul Moiz Jaferii

I tried to buy a Cambridge paper online, this is what happened

20.05.2026 30

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Zil E Huma

How to buy a Cambridge exam paper online in Pakistan

The NCCIA is investigating leaks with the UK examiner as maddened students prepare for resits

20.05.2026 20

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Zil E Huma

A TikTok feature that Pakistan’s dirty money loves

18.05.2026 30

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Abdul Wahab

Karachi roads paved with good intentions but potholed with reality

16.05.2026 30

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Yumna Khan

Paved with good intentions but potholed with reality

Karachi’s great experiment with new construction materials is testing the limits of water damage to roads.

16.05.2026 30

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Yumna Khan

Pakistan has a supreme court. Then it built a supremacist one.

14.05.2026 40

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Usama Khawar

After the Raj, the most powerful weapon in Pakistan's arsenal is a name

12.05.2026 50

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Muzhira Amin

This is the sentence that protects every abuser in Pakistan

10.05.2026 30

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Manisha ropeta

India loses information war to country that wasn't technically allowed online

07.05.2026 40

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Usman Azeem

I’ve asked power in Pakistan one question for ten years on my podcast. This is the answer

05.05.2026 30

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Talha ahad

A resting place for a rebel prince in Abbottabad

02.05.2026 70

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Rabia sajjad abbasi

Pakistan, the country that almost ended polio 30 years in a row

30.04.2026 80

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Muzhira aminmariam ahmed

Why Iran plays the Sicilian Defence

27.04.2026 60

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Baqar hasan

Is Karachi disposable by design?

25.04.2026 40

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Andaleeb rizvi

The boatpeople basti who bothered a barrage

24.04.2026 50

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Alefia T. Hussain

Ink and rubble: The systematic assault on Iran’s intellectual soul

22.04.2026 40

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Zahra Ali Syed

The limits of Bushra Bibi’s power

20.04.2026 40

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Aisha Sarwari

When death becomes a statistic: Necropolitics in the age of moral silence

17.04.2026 40

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Risa tohid

Necropolitics and the manufacture of indifference in Iran and beyond

By keeping regions in a state of collapse, global actors create a legal grey zone where the standard costs of doing business, fair wages,...

17.04.2026 40

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Risa tohid

The underground architecture that has sustained Iran’s military capacity in the face of US-Israeli attacks

15.04.2026 50

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Sher Ali Khan

No Strait answer: Can international law stay afloat in Hormuz?

14.04.2026 50

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Aniqa Atiq Khan

Peace was within reach. Then came the missiles. Will it be different this time?

13.04.2026 40

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Oves anwar

The US-Iran ceasefire appears to be holding. What next?

13.04.2026 60

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Muzhira Amin

‘This likely isn’t over’: Journalists, analysts react to ‘stalemate’ in US-Iran talks

12.04.2026 40

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Prism

Phone-a-friend: Mapping PM Shehbaz, DPM Dar’s call-a-thon leading up to the US-Iran ceasefire

11.04.2026 40

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Zil e humayumna khan

From battlefields to data centres: The US-Iran war in the age of AI

10.04.2026 40

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Raja Muhammad Atif Azad

When Washington came to Pakistan: a brief history

10.04.2026 60

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Muzhira Amin

At the impossible table: The diplomatic maze awaiting the world in Islamabad

10.04.2026 50

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Faiq Zafar

From battlefields to data centres: The US-Iran war in the AI age

10.04.2026 100

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Raja Muhammad Atif Azad

US-Iran talks in Islamabad: Who is involved and why it matters

09.04.2026 70

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Prism

How we got here: Inside Pakistan’s backchannel diplomacy that led to the US-Iran ceasefire

08.04.2026 60

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Aniqa atiq khanzil e huma

Diplomacy pays off: A timeline of events leading up to the ceasefire between US and Iran

08.04.2026 80

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News Desk

Rs20 million fine for a deleted tweet: The cost of irreverence?

04.04.2026 50

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Farieha Aziz