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Steady interest rate

The SBP's decision to maintain its policy rate at 11% reflects the precarious nature of trying to curb inflation while nurturing a fragile economic...

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Challenge of online child abuse and exploitation

Pakistan faces an immense challenge in cyber sphere. Apart from having no organised intelligence and monitoring mechanism in place to oversee cyber...

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Faisal Ali Raja

New world order: impressions and realities

The recently held SCO Summit and Tiananmen Square parade in China trumpeted the onset of a new world order based on China's rise, as America...

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Ahmer Shahzad

The language trap

Language seems just a word, but it shapes us, our conduct, our relationships, and our worldview of the beings. What is language, after all? A...

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Maryam Tamoor

New Orleans, Lahore and historic floods

Exactly 20 years ago, hurricane Katrina devastated multiple US states. It caused widespread devastation of both property and life. When the US...

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Dr Rana Jawad Asghar

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Policing in the age of AI

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly getting incorporated as a transformative tool in governance and public safety worldwide, and its...

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Tariq Abbas Qureshi

Disgusting mindset

There is a thin line between chauvinism and nationalism, and Indian cricketers ignored that completely. The brinkmanship exhibited in Dubai by...

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Editorial

World's biggest NGO?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech this year took a controversial turn when he hailed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as...

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Amna Hashmi

Why American power is declining

Over the 500 years, there is no country in the world other than the United States of American which started from scratch and transformed into a...

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

Who gets to publish?

The first time I heard about the idea of 'open access' (OA) publications was in 2004. I was a post-doctoral scholar and had gone to a research...

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Cost of AI

Pakistan is currently facing a dilemma between innovation and risks as citizens willingly and readily lean towards a positive outlook on Artificial...

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Karachi's transport mess

The Sindh chief minister's announcement of a comprehensive transport master plan represents the latest attempt to address the city's chronic...

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Terror uptick

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Watershed moment for Gulf region

When Israel carried out unprecedented airstrikes on September 9 targeting what it claimed were Hamas leaders in Doha, the shockwaves rattled not...

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Kamran Yousaf

Thank you, Modi Jee – Happy 75th Birthday!

A colleague visited India in April 2007. The city of New Delhi was decorated for the 14th SAARC summit and it was glowing with a new confidence of...

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Masood Ahmed Khan

Faith-neutral approach to education

Some high-achieving students suddenly began arriving late to school. They were warned, fined, and reported to parents. Nonetheless, their newly...

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M Nadeem Nadir

Pakistan should take advantage of China going green

There is now growing consensus around the world that continuing use of fossil fuels for producing the increasing need for energy is causing global...

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Shahid Javed Burki

Levelling the field

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Towards peace?

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China and Russia: alternative global governance initiative

China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was...

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Continuous at sea deterrence — India's gamble in Indian ocean

India's evolving strategic posture in the Indian Ocean is increasingly shaped by Continuous at Sea Deterrence, which seeks to ensure the permanent...

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Zaeem Mehmood

Do varsities still matter in the age of AI and micro-credentials?

Universities around the world are under siege. Rising tuition fees, declining graduate employability and the rapid spread of micro-credentials and...

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M Zeb Khan

Floods: the blessed curse?

For most of its existence, humankind has tried to make sense of, cursed, battled, and at times even invoked natural calamities over which it had...

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Women's right to alimony

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Terrorism resurgence and the need for unity

The anniversary of 9/11 reminds us that terrorism is not a relic of the past; it is a shape-shifting threat that continues to haunt nations,...

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Pakistan-US bonhomie

Scholars, policymakers, public office-holders and citizens may be wondering alike: how long will the new warmth in the Pak-US relations last? These...

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Dr Raza Muhammad

AI revolution with guard rails

The appointment of Diella, an AI-powered digital assistant, as Albania's first "virtually created" cabinet minister signals how far the world has...

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UNSC's feeble call

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Schengen vs American visa — and Pakistan

After several unpleasant incidents and personal experiences, I can no longer resist drawing a comparison between the relatively liberal American...

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Imtiaz Gul

Edge of dusk

Charlie Kirk was thirty-one when he was shot and killed at a university campus in Utah. You can disagree with his worldview or legacy, but he never...

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