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From productivity to proximity

Power does not operate only through direct violence. Institutions determine who can question whom, whose knowledge is considered legitimate, and whose...

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Muhammad Wajahat Sultan

Two universes, one truth

The Quran repeatedly invites human beings to look at ayat - signs. Some of these signs are contained in revelation; others are scattered across the...

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M Zeb Khan

Aap chronology samajhiye!

The Indian electoral system is back in the news because of the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), where critics claim that...

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Farrukh Khan Pitafi

Power and impunity

There are few things more corrosive to the rule of law than the belief that power brings immunity. In Pakistan, people with money and influence can...

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Editorial

Punishing Israel, barely

The coordinated announcement by Britain, France, Canada, and nine other nations to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements is a welcome step, and...

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Editorial

Failure to save newborns

The pain of losing a newborn child cannot be explained, only felt. The risk of this tragedy is regrettably exacerbated by both an inadequate...

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Editorial

Pirate hostage blame game

The Karachi police "showed their mettle" earlier this week by "fearlessly" detaining non-violent participants of a sit-in who were...

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Editorial

The checkmate moment

Houthi brinkmanship is driving the region toward a major conflict. The Yemeni militia's coordinated attacks on several cities in southern Saudi...

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Editorial

Commercial satellite constellations and the law of armed conflict

From the First Gulf War to the conflicts of 2026, space-based infrastructure has moved beyond merely supporting military operations to becoming deeply...

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Asfand Yar Asad Katchela

Entropy, AI and two different answers

The greatest fantasy of science fiction is to build an intelligence, powerful enough to solve the oldest problem of the universe - entropy, the...

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Nadia Kaleem

New toy, old system

An AI-generated ad infiltrates our screens while we gorge on our meals, before the YouTube video we selected begins. Synthetic faces have become...

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Sunya Sheikh

KU senior professor allegedly assaulted, detained after minor traffic dispute

Dr Professor Arif Khan Saqi, chairman of the University of Karachi’s (UoK) Islamic Learning Department, was allegedly severely assaulted and held...

08.09.2026 30

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Sajid Rauf

GSP+ tasks

As the GSP-Plus renewal is due, Pakistan has to brace itself to meet the EU's trade regulation benchmarks. Islamabad has no choice but to ensure...

08.09.2026 50

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Editorial

Our literacy deficit

International Literacy Day comes around each year with little cause for celebration in Pakistan. Despite decades of promises and successive education...

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Editorial

Sindh's healthcare gap

There is a peculiar, state-manufactured dysfunction currently plaguing Sindh's healthcare department that is entirely nonsensical at face value....

08.09.2026 30

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Editorial

Rs1.2tr debt repayment: a turning point or mere better handling?

Pakistan's decision to retire Rs1.2 trillion of domestic debt owed to the SBP ahead of schedule deserves more than a passing headline. It is the...

08.09.2026 30

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Hassan Naqvi

FCR - our failure to understand

It is much safer to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. Niccolo Machiavelli There is an intriguing coincidence at the very beginning of the...

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

Consider this my press conference

I have been accused of becoming antisocial so many times that I am starting to wonder whether I should hold a press conference and clear the matter...

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Yumna Zahid Ali

The book destruction business

Perhaps I am old fashioned. I never got a Kindle or any other gadget to read books on a tablet. Every book that I read, I want to experience the joy...

08.09.2026 40

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman

IT boom, AI fears

Pakistan's technology sector is enjoying an impressive moment. IT and IT-enabled services exports have reportedly reached $4.6 billion,...

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Editorial

Gaza: erasing progress

Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, Israel has left no stone unturned in ensuring that it breaks as many articles of the Geneva...

07.09.2026 40

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Editorial

Gora Sahib left, the linguistic hierarchy stayed

George Orwell was worried about what happens when language serves power. In his 1946 essay Politics and the English Language, he showed how political...

07.09.2026 50

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Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

Persistent Afghan problem

The war in Afghanistan in which the United States is still engaged in some way started in December 2001. It was launched to punish the Taliban...

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Shahid Javed Burki

Class-lV employees: elephant in the room

At educational institutions, the staff is divided into two broader categories: teaching and non-teaching. The non-teaching staff include cleaners,...

07.09.2026 30

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M Nadeem Nadir

When violence becomes a woman's fate

For many women, violence and discrimination are social stratification and family structures. From the moment a girl is born into a lower-middle-class...

07.09.2026 60

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Mujeeb Ali

Second-class citizens

An influx of recent news regarding femicide and rape against women and girls once again highlights the ever-persistent issue of gender-based violence...

06.09.2026 50

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Editorial

Dying delta

The Indus Delta is dying, and Pakistan is allowing it to happen largely out of sight. Journalists, environmentalists and policymakers have repeatedly...

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Editorial

Will relief follow?

Jamaat-i-Islami's sustained campaign against the petroleum levy appears to have yielded its first meaningful concession from the government....

06.09.2026 50

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Editorial

Karachi's climate marches need a bigger tent

Karachi has seen four climate marches in recent years that reportedly drew a thousand or more participants each, with organisers now escalating claims...

06.09.2026 20

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Mirza Mujtaba Baig

Who can mediate the US-Iran war?

Pakistan's diplomatic image-building peaked when a 300-member US delegation and a 71-member Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan on 11 April...

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

The bureaucracy that controls everything except results

Shockingly, fourteen newborn babies died in a fire at PIMS Islamabad on August 26. They had entered perhaps the most protected space society can offer...

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M Zeb Khan

CSS - the untold tragedy

"Hi, I hope you are well. I just encountered your column (CSS Mishap), and I can feel the pain of the deceased student because my (CSS) result...

06.09.2026 50

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Ali Hassan Bangwar

Hawala in the 21st century

Hawala networks are once again becoming a source of concerning headlines, as operators of the notorious informal money transfer system are reportedly...

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Editorial

An un-American law

It has become a convention for American legislators to act as a vanguard team in defending Israeli interests. In doing so, they often act above...

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Editorial

NY's AI school ban

New York City's decision to impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI from pre-school through eighth grade is an unusually...

05.09.2026 50

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Editorial

Kashmir PM, CPEC and the crisis of credibility

Four recent developments explain the credibility - or the absence of it - of Pakistan's self-centred, visionless rulers and the inability of the...

05.09.2026 30

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Imtiaz Gul

1914, by way of shipyard

A Chinese shipyard recently logged more new vessel orders in six months than all of most nations' merchant fleets. In the first half of this year...

05.09.2026 30

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Amna Hashmi

The Indian contagion

On August 15, 2024, I produced an hour-long video commentary for my YouTube channel (@fptalks) and tried to publish it. For some magical reason, it...

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Farrukh Khan Pitafi