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When merit is rigged

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Nadeem Ul Haque

Power crisis

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Iftekhar A Khan

India’s war on civilians

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Amir Jahangir

Reforming public service

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Hassan Murtaza Syed & Mariam Sakeena

Barred from view

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George Cassidy Payne

This is femicide

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Mir Adnan Aziz

More than an environmental concern

As Islamabad fixates on India’s latest provocations over the Indus Waters Treaty, a far more alarming – and largely ignored – crisis is silently...

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Sabur Ali Sayyid

Check and balance

Separation of powers is a principle that divides a government into three distinct branches, each with its own responsibilities and independent...

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Dr Farrukh Saleem

The elite and their billions

Long years ago, around 40 in my recollection, I had written a column on “the poverty of our affluence”. The idea was to highlight the obscenity,...

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Ghazi Salahuddin

Leaning to the left

A new, essentially left-wing political party is on the verge of being announced in Pakistan. Among its leading figures is Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...

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Kamila Hyat

From the sky to the stadium

Air Marshal Nur Khan, a distinguished military leader, served as the sixth commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force from 1965 to 1969. He played...

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Mozammil Haq

Why the US supports Israel

Twenty-one months into the protracted conflict, the Gaza massacre is marked by an ever-increasing number of innocent civilian casualties, with the...

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Ali Hamza Chaudhry

Shrinking spaces and more

We live in an age and time when the canvas we play on is constantly expanding, taking in ever more daring perceptions and ideas. It is improbable...

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Raoof Hasan

Treacherous calculations

The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide. However,...

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Ramzy Baroud

The Rafale fumble

Picture this: May 7, 2025, South Asia’s night sky lights up with the biggest air brawl this century – 110 planes zipping around like a Hollywood...

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Iqbal Latif

Unplug the fiscal leak

The government has made a plan to address the power sector circular debt as part of its commitments to the IMF. The goal is to reduce circular debt...

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Afia Malik

UN plastics treaty

The United Nations Plastics Treaty is billed as the world’s best chance to tackle plastic pollution, but unless it confronts the power of the...

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Sam Cossar-Gilbert

The Zion-Hindutva axis

Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu are not only ideological contemporaries but increasingly are also walking parallel paths that could either...

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Masood Lohar

Celebrating freedom

August 14 is not only the day of independence of our beloved motherland, but also the day of renewal of the pledge of allegiance. It reminds us...

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Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani

Race against starvation

On July 27, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released the results of the secondary education certificate exams, also known as tawjihi. Like...

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Ahmad Abushawish

A bridge, not a battleground

Pakistan has successfully reached a trade agreement with the US. President Donald Trump, known for his tough negotiating style, had launched a...

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Hassan Baig

Rewiring the supply chain

In today’s global economy, supply chain transparency has become essential. International buyers, regulatory bodies and consumers now demand...

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Hina Ayra

The global trade race is on

Pakistan has a history of dropped catches. Just when opportunity swings our way, we let it slip through our fingers. Today, we face another...

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Dr Nasir Iqbal

MAGA-MIGA hangover

In a carefully choreographed display of political theatre, Modi leaned into the spectacle, telling a cheering crowd that when MAGA (Make American...

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Asad Baig

The case for a Pakistani model?

I ask myself why so many of us write articles from time to time suggesting that Pakistan learn from other countries how they achieved their...

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Qir Hussain

Is 19pc tariff a good deal?

The cat is finally out of the bag. All Pakistan’s exports to the US will now be facing a flat tariff of 19 per cent. The new tariff rate is 10...

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Hussain H Zaidi

Timeless principle

There is a timeless moral tenet that has guided civilisations for centuries: ‘Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others to do unto you’....

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Fazal Karim Dadabhoy

Starvation Hasbara

Horrifying images of masses of Palestinians, children in particular, dying of starvation and thirst, have topped media feeds in recent weeks, and...

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Lynn Feinerman

Fixing Karachi

Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab is a good man – and he’s trying to do his best to improve the city’s roads and related physical...

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Omar Quraishi