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Karachi's waste problem

The inauguration of Sindh's first engineered sanitary landfill at Jam Chakro is a welcome and long-overdue step towards addressing Karachi's...

21.10.2026 30

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Editorial

Another polio reminder

The confirmation of a polio case in Karachi is a reminder that no part of the country can be considered safe from the crippling disease. The city had...

21.10.2026 30

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Editorial

Taliban's unfinished victory

The Taliban won Afghanistan's war for power. They have yet to secure a peace that includes their opponents, protects former soldiers and...

21.10.2026 40

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Ali Zafar

Abandoning Gaza

For Palestinians who have endured years of relentless bombardment and starvation, the prospect of losing humanitarian assistance is yet another cruel...

20.10.2026 30

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Editorial

Mental health crisis

Pakistan's first nationally representative mental health survey has revealed a quiet but serious crisis gripping the nation. Evaluating nearly...

20.10.2026 90

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Editorial

A global troika

Diplomacy is the art of navigating a path through adversity. Russian President Vladimir Putin's off-the-cuff proposal for a trilateral summit...

20.10.2026 40

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Editorial

Kala Chapra and Lawrence of Arabia

TE Lawrence's autobiographical masterpiece, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, remains one of the most influential accounts of irregular warfare, featuring...

20.10.2026 30

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

Russia's Pakistan signal?

Three Russian security visits to three regional capitals last week deserve attention, particularly from Pakistan. On October 14, Russian Interior...

19.10.2026 150

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Kamran Yousaf

Teaching grammar and bilingualism

The bilingual sentence-wise translation in learning English tenses always remains elusive for the students of English as a second language. I...

19.10.2026 60

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M Nadeem Nadir

Canada's troubling conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism

Canada's Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Justice Minister and Attorney General Sean Fraser released the federal government's...

19.10.2026 100

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Faisal Kutty

Real parliamentarians: where democracy meets everyday life

When rainwater enters a street, a sewer overflows, garbage remains uncollected, or drinking water stops flowing, an ordinary citizen rarely thinks of...

19.10.2026 30

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Dr Shahid Hussain Kamboyo

The PHL

The decline of Pakistan hockey, once the pride of a passionate nation, is a painful reality. A sport that formerly brought home multiple World Cup...

18.10.2026 50

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Editorial

Ceasefire façade

A ceasefire under which children continue to be slaughtered is an affront to humanity and a mockery of international diplomacy. More than 340...

18.10.2026 30

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Editorial

New name plate?

The government's reported plan to create a new tax collection agency - or at least restructure the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) - may be the...

18.10.2026 30

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Editorial

The hidden burden of being a man

Every morning, on my way to work, I notice a shopkeeper from the neighbourhood dropping a woman off nearby. One day, out of curiosity, I asked him who...

18.10.2026 30

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Dr Sidra Shoaib

Sisyphus in the land of saviours

Ever since humankind has been on Earth, people across time and space have tried to overcome trials and make life worthwhile. In their respective times...

18.10.2026 30

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Ali Hassan Bangwar

Civilisationalism and the future of the world order

Sir Halford Mackinder argued in the early 20th century that geography matters because location shapes power. More than a century later, this...

18.10.2026 80

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Am I brave, or a falsified feminist? Or was it a British insult, sir?

A short scroll through social media and some of Pakistan's leading newspapers has made me realise, once again, that perhaps we are becoming a...

18.10.2026 30

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Dr Rakhshinda Perveen