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Oh! My Mirror: The Loneliness We Don’t See Behind Closed Doors

Oh! My Mirror: The Loneliness We Don’t See Behind Closed Doors

Loneliness, therefore, is not necessarily about the number of people around us. Through counselling, I have repeatedly observed another painful...

yesterday 10

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Dr. Afaf Manzoor

Levies, surcharges and royalties – protests and solutions

Levies, surcharges and royalties – protests and solutions

There are also ten other Levies, Surcharges and Royalties, such as Natural Gas Development Surcharge, Royalty on Oil and Gas, Discount on Local Crude...

yesterday 10

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Hadia Batool

Sindh’s Digital Shift in Education

From student attendance monitoring and digital teacher verification to technology-enabled non-formal education and the planned digital management of...

yesterday 10

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Irfan Ali

Twenty-five years after 9/11—IX From heroin & Kalashnikovs to synthetics & drones

Twenty-five years after 9/11—IX From heroin & Kalashnikovs to synthetics & drones

11–15; UNODC, World Drug Report 2026, section on the expansion and geographical flexibility of synthetic drug manufacture. International Narcotics...

yesterday 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

What Does a University’s Rank Really Tell Us?

What Does a University’s Rank Really Tell Us?

For Pakistan, the bigger question is whether these rankings reflect what matters most: research that translates into innovation, funding and national...

previous day 10

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Dr. Muhammad Bilal Tahir

Reimagining the Art of Translation: Propagation of the Best Known and Thought in the World.

Reimagining the Art of Translation: Propagation of the Best Known and Thought in the World.

Whenever a philosophical idea travelled from one culture to another, whenever a scientific discovery reached a distant society, or whenever a poem...

previous day 10

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Shoukat Lohar

The Junior Advocate: A Glimmer with a Dark Side

The Junior Advocate: A Glimmer with a Dark Side

But for the junior advocate, income may be zero. The profession promises dignity, independence and intellectual growth, but the young advocate may...

previous day 10

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Uzair Abid

The MDCAT results and the crisis of our collective mindset

The MDCAT results and the crisis of our collective mindset

It was as though the students of Thar were not human beings but creatures from another world, as though their brains lacked the cells found in the...

previous day 4

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Dr. Abdul Mateen Sheikh

The Demolishment of Attention Span

The Demolishment of Attention Span

The youth nowadays can never in a million years imagine how life was like a few decades ago for their grandparents who spent their entire lifetime...

previous day 10

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Aayesha Sohail

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VIII Narcoterrorism without a central command

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VIII Narcoterrorism without a central command

The 2019 mutual evaluation by the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering, endorsed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), identified drug...

previous day 10

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

The Architecture of Coexistence: Strategic Autonomy and Guardrails in US–China Rivalry

The Architecture of Coexistence: Strategic Autonomy and Guardrails in US–China Rivalry

Trade, technology, Taiwan, military influence and the struggle for global leadership gradually pushed Washington and Beijing from rapprochement...

previous day 10

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Staff Report

Engineers, AI and Synthetic Intelligence Experts, Not Bureaucrats: A Blueprint to Save Pakistan’s Governance

Engineers, AI and Synthetic Intelligence Experts, Not Bureaucrats: A Blueprint to Save Pakistan’s Governance

Because in the end, Prime Minister, the question is not whether you worked hard. Not a reshuffle in which the same officers swap chairs, like musical...

previous day 20

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Arshad H Abbasi

Enforcing CDA Regulations Through AI: From Paper Bureaucracy to Digital Transparency

Enforcing CDA Regulations Through AI: From Paper Bureaucracy to Digital Transparency

Had such a system existed in Murree, 453 approvals would have been 453 public, auditable records, not 453 private favours. The hills of Murree will...

thursday 10

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Arshad H Abbasi

Social media and how it has sustained a totalitarian way of governance

Social media and how it has sustained a totalitarian way of governance

However, that abundance of information has not created the type of awareness which can be the vehicle for social change or for that matter awareness...

thursday 20

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Naqi Akbar

Modi’s hardline policy and its implications for Pakistan

Modi’s hardline policy and its implications for Pakistan

Since the emergence of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India in 2014, the nature of foreign policy of India has undergone a transformation with...

thursday 20

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Tuba Khan

Lost in the Wind: The Basant Calendar Confusion

Lost in the Wind: The Basant Calendar Confusion

When the government first announced that Basant would be celebrated on March 12, 13 and 14, many people were delighted. The government has announced...

thursday 2

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Zohaib Saleem Butt

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VII Who calls disorder reform?

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VII Who calls disorder reform?

Romanticising the Taliban and answering every border failure with force have both imposed costs on civilians without settling the problem.11 The...

thursday 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

China’s Long Road from Struggle to Strength

China’s Long Road from Struggle to Strength

Behind the skyline of Shanghai, the factories of Shenzhen, the high-speed railways crossing the country and the extraordinary expansion of its...

thursday 10

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Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal

Diplomacy Without Trust

Diplomacy Without Trust

When two of the world’s most powerful countries disagree over trade, technology, security and competing visions of the international order, the...

thursday 1

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Fizza Sajawal

At the grave of the great writer Shakespeare

At the grave of the great writer Shakespeare

Our great poet and philosopher Allama Iqbal had himself been so overwhelmed by the beauty and splendour of this place that he addressed the Almighty...

30.09.2026 20

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Afzaal Rehan

The Iraqi Template

The Iraqi Template

The people of Mosul, whose fields and wells were the prize, were not in the room. Britain sponsored Iraq into the League of Nations as the final...

30.09.2026 20

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Tanweer Ahmad

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VI From short-term gain to permanent harm

Twenty-five years after 9/11—VI From short-term gain to permanent harm

Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Terrorism Index 2022, p. 22; Global Terrorism Index 2025; Global Terrorism Index 2026, pp. Institute for...

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Is the Terrorism index true? A closer Look

Pakistan responded and denied the allegation and challenged India to provide evidence, stating that if any armed group from Pakistan was involved,...

30.09.2026 20

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Amir Ismaiel

What Makes a Great Teacher?

What Makes a Great Teacher?

A great teacher also makes students feel valued. A good teacher does not simply teach a lesson; a great teacher inspires students to believe in...

30.09.2026 20

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Sajjad Hussain Cheehani

Manufactured Desire

Manufactured Desire

Not because it tells what people already want but because it lets a system guess what they will want next. People who have followers turn lives into...

30.09.2026 20

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Syed Tahir Rashdi

Pak Army to Support Kuwaiti Forces in Multiple Fields

Pak Army to Support Kuwaiti Forces in Multiple Fields

The agreement, under which the Pakistan Army will support Kuwaiti forces in multiple fields, is regarded as a significant development in the...

30.09.2026 20

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Abdul Basit

Education is Not a Degree, It’s Character Building

Let us teach our children how to say vote of thanks from the heart, not just as a formality on stage. Let us teach them that a degree will fill their...

30.09.2026 30

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Aslam J. Bhatti

Why Pakistan needs to understand the roots of sexual violence

Why Pakistan needs to understand the roots of sexual violence

The repeated reports of rape, gang rape and sexual abuse of women and children in Pakistan raise a question that goes beyond individual criminal...

29.09.2026 30

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Khuwarzam Iftikhar

Food We Produce but Never Eat, Food We Buy but Never Eat

Food We Produce but Never Eat, Food We Buy but Never Eat

Reducing food loss and waste can improve food security and nutrition, conserve natural resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase...

29.09.2026 10

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Rabia Mustafa

From CDA to the IMF: A Teacher’s Plea for Hope, Honesty, and Redemption

From CDA to the IMF: A Teacher’s Plea for Hope, Honesty, and Redemption

Let the honor also be a signal to every other official hiding wealth in borrowed names: come forward, restore what is not yours, and the nation will...

29.09.2026 10

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Amjad Butt

Is the United Nations Obsolete

Is the United Nations Obsolete

The United Nations (UN) was established in 1945, rising from the devastating aftermath of the Second World War with a vision to foster international...

29.09.2026 20

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Syeda Salma Tahir

Dialogue should come before governor’s rule

Dialogue should come before governor’s rule

The discussion about imposing governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a serious development and should not be treated as a routine political...

28.09.2026 1

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Staff Report

AI, science and a troubled young mind

AI, science and a troubled young mind

Breaking Bad is a fictional story about Walter White, a chemistry teacher who enters the criminal world and uses his scientific knowledge for illegal...

28.09.2026 10

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Ali Sajjad

They Speak, We Don’t Listen

They Speak, We Don’t Listen

This category should not automatically be equated with Deaf people or sign-language users because people experience and communicate their hearing...

28.09.2026 10

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Dr. Afaf Manzoor

Oh! My Mirror: They Speak, We Don’t Listen

Over the years, my work in special needs and rehabilitation has brought me close to Deaf children, young people and adults and taught me a profound...

27.09.2026 10

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Staff Report

Twenty-five years after 9/11—III Heroin out, guns in

Twenty-five years after 9/11—III Heroin out, guns in

Part IV will examine that second bargain.9 EndnotesIkramul Haq, Pakistan: From Hash to Heroin (Lahore: Annoor Printers and Publishers, 1991), chapter...

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Real tasks beyond diplomatic role

Real tasks beyond diplomatic role

The political importance of such arrangements is evident, but their lasting economic value will depend on whether they produce joint defense...

27.09.2026 20

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Paradox and the Path to Prosperity: Beyond Personalities to Institutions

Pakistan’s Paradox and the Path to Prosperity: Beyond Personalities to Institutions

Energy must become a commodity, not a political weapon. But they must agree that the economic ship will not be torpedoed every time the captain...

27.09.2026 20

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Tanweer Ahmed