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War for water

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Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani

On India’s aggression, the world stays mute

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Zahra Niazi

The noise after the fire

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Muhammad Umar

Missiles, markets and missed opportunities

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Dr Hafiz Muhammad Usman Rana

The great Indian shame

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Muhammad Zaman Khan

The donor has left the room

In Gabriel Garcea Marquez’s ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’, a whole town knows a man is going to be killed. Everyone sees the signs. No one...

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Hassan Hakeem

Pahalgam, Panipat and denial

I was just a child when I first visited Kashmir on a summer holiday. It was a land so breathtakingly beautiful, so softly surreal, it felt as if...

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Shaukat Ahmed

Unpacking governance dysfunction (Part - I)

Pakistan’s polycrisis – its economic volatility, political turbulence, social fragmentation, and institutional decay – has one common...

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Syed Asad Ali Shah

Modi’s war agenda

The latest warmongering antics from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are not rooted in strength or strategy but in desperation. They stem from a...

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Omay Aimen

A war over water?

The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) by India following the Pahalgam terror attack marks a critical escalation in Indo-Pakistani...

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Atta-Ur-Rahman

Climate in the classroom

As climate change accelerates, its impacts on education systems are becoming impossible to ignore. From submerged schools in Bangladesh to...

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Raza Hussain Qazi

Fourth estate or first estate?

Whenever I turn on Indian TV channels, I see nothing but jingoism, braggadocio, flag waving, gasconade, hot air, rodomontade, bluster, cacophony...

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Justice Markandey Katju

A case for bilingual legislation

Successive governments in Pakistan have begun their respective tenures with lofty policies aimed at good governance, poverty eradication, universal...

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Mohsin Abbas Syed

Resistance is duty

Within minutes of the tragic Pahalgam attack, India had already identified its scapegoat: Pakistan. Long before rescue teams arrived at the scene,...

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Dr Sharmila Faruqi

Mines and minerals

Since the good news of minerals worth trillions of dollars was announced, politicians of various hues went into action to oppose the exploration of...

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Iftekhar A Khan

Faith, forgiveness and the future

May 6 is etched in my memory – not because it ended in tragedy, but because it nearly did. That afternoon in 2018, as I stepped out from a routine...

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Ahsan Iqbal

Strategic adaptation

Pakistan is now perceived globally and regionally as a country that has mastered the art of strategically adapting to modern warfare, global...

tuesday 9

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Dr Taimur Shamil

Our peri-urban crisis

While Pakistan's metropolitan hubs are expanding rapidly and rural areas still get targeted development support, peri-urban areas – those...

tuesday 5

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Junaid Zahid

An opportunity to forge unity

The unfortunate and gruesome terrorism incident at Pahalgam, followed by India's knee-jerk reaction – without any investigation or evidence –...

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Shah Mahmood Qureshi

A sacred trust

Tampering with rivers and nature transcends mere environmental concern; it touches upon deep spiritual, ethical, and philosophical dimensions found...

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Shahameen Jehan Sheikh

Letters and leadership

Among the many new academies, institutions and organisations that Z A Bhutto established within just five years, from 1972 to 1977, the Pakistan...

05.05.2025 3

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Dr Naazir Mahmood

The making of Marxism

Time has scarcely dulled the power of Karl Marx’s ideas, whose 207th birthday the world marks today (May 5). His vision of a post-capitalist...

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Sarmad Khawaja

Building a skills corridor

Pakistan stands at a clear turning point in its path of progress. The country’s growing youthful population presents the opportunity to harness the...

05.05.2025 20

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Muhammad Jehangir Khan

Inside the fight against online harassment

“I cannot even begin to explain how much of a nightmare that time was. It felt hopeless”, said the father of two minor daughters who became...

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Ayesha Sarwar Nooral