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Why Karachi’s Climate Activism Falls Short: A Call For Unity, Strategy, And True Engagement

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Mujtaba Baig

When The State Turns Its Back: Healthcare Workers Face The Brunt Of Privatisation In Pakistan

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Mirza M. Hamza

Tanker Trap: How Karachi Can Break Free From A Mafia-Driven Water Crisis

In Karachi, Pakistan’s economic hub with over 20 million residents, water scarcity transforms a basic necessity into a daily struggle. Residents in...

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Yousuf Nazar

A Question Of Image

So here I am just got on to a flight which will first take me to Abu Dhabi and then on to Italy for a short work trip and I switch on the online...

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Omar Quraishi

Rethinking Floodwater To Heal The Indus Basin

The bureaucratic push to 'green' Cholistan and Thar has resurfaced with renewed vigor, yet it remains anchored in outdated methods: canals that...

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Riaz Missen

High Fuel Prices, Empty Promises: Shehbaz Sharif’s Risky Bet On Balochistan’s Development

High Fuel Prices, Empty Promises: Shehbaz Sharif’s Risky Bet On Balochistan’s Development

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government recently made a controversial decision to block a planned reduction of Rs10 per liter in petroleum...

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Adnan Aamir

Tax Justice For The Middle Class: Why Budget 2025 Must Prioritise Salaried Workers

Tax Justice For The Middle Class: Why Budget 2025 Must Prioritise Salaried Workers

It is worth mentioning that while middle-class salaried employees are facing the highhandedness of Revenuecracy [they are the de facto legislators...

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Dr. Ikramul Haq

Pakistan’s Tightrope: Macroeconomic Stability And Simmering Discontent

Pakistan’s Tightrope: Macroeconomic Stability And Simmering Discontent

Pakistan’s brief economic reprieve—driven by record remittances, the lowest international oil prices in three years, falling inflation, and a...

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Yousuf Nazar

Fixing Karachi’s Commute: Solving Urban Transport Woes In Pakistan’s Biggest City

Fixing Karachi’s Commute: Solving Urban Transport Woes In Pakistan’s Biggest City

Urban transport has become one of the most severe problems in modern cities around the world, and Pakistani cities, especially Karachi, is no...

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Tariq Khalique

How PPP Lost Punjab?

How PPP Lost Punjab?

On November 30, 1967, the Pakistan People’s Party was formed in Lahore in the residence of Dr. Mubashir Hasan where former Foreign Minister...

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

Pakistan's Space Renaissance: Key Milestones And Future Goals

Pakistan's Space Renaissance: Key Milestones And Future Goals

Much has been said about Pakistan’s space programme. Despite being a regional space pioneer in the 1960s, Pakistan shifted its focus away from...

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Shayan Jamy

Rethinking Global Order: The Case For Adam Smith's Approach To International Relations

Rethinking Global Order: The Case For Adam Smith's Approach To International Relations

Adam Smith is no ordinary person. He was a Scottish economic wizard renowned in economics for fathering the classical version of liberalism we see...

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Rana Haseeb Naazir

Beyond Oil And Pilgrimage: Is Saudi Arabia Risking Its Sovereignty?

Beyond Oil And Pilgrimage: Is Saudi Arabia Risking Its Sovereignty?

As the world steadily transitions toward renewable energy and sustainable alternatives, oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia are being forced to...

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Meher Iftikhar