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Pakistan’s digital governance dilemma

I n a rapidly evolving digital age, Pakistan is at a pivotal crossroads. A nation of over 240 million people, more than half of them under 30, is...

18.05.2025 6

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Ashrafuddin Pirzada

Exploring new trade opportunities

T he humanity heaved a collective sigh of relief on May 10, following a ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in South Asia, India and...

18.05.2025 10

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Abdul Rauf Shakoori

A coastal belt in peril

S indh’s coastal belt has long supported commerce, dynasties, cultural pursuits, agriculture and aquaculture. However, it is now facing a crisis...

18.05.2025 10

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Furqan Hyder Shaikh

A silent pandemic

Z ahid Ali never imagined he could have a heart attack at 39. Fit-looking on the outside but hiding a growing bulge around his waist, he thought...

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M. Waqar Bhatti

History’s lessons and precarity of peace

D espite my fundamental disapproval of binaries—those reductive distinctions that often obscure more than they reveal—I find myself compelled, if...

18.05.2025 5

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Tahir Kamran

The PERA-meters of regulation

It’s called the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority. It is a government body set up under the Punjab Enforcement and Regulation Act, 2024,...

18.05.2025 1

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Alefia T Hussain

The peacemaker

O n Saturday May 10, United States President Donald Trump announced on his social media account: “After a long night of talks mediated by the...

18.05.2025 2

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Dr Samee Lashari

A case for internal strength

E arly in the evening on May 10, an announcement was made on behalf of the US president and the secretary of state that India and Pakistan had...

18.05.2025 4

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Dr Hasan Askari Rizvi

A cycle of horror

T hree weeks ago, when the Pahalgam terrorist attack occurred, my first reaction was a sense of fatigue, a never-ending, desolate fatigue. At that...

18.05.2025 1

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Avinash Kumar

A life in letters and ideas

I n the spring of 1991, the prestigious quarterly Urdu literary magazine Aaj devoted an entire issue to the selected writings of Colombian author...

17.05.2025 4

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Gobind Menghwar

Of dangerous proportions

T he night of May 6 marked a perilous turn in South Asia’s most militarised rivalry. In a coordinated move, India launched surgical strikes across...

11.05.2025 7

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Dr Ejaz Hussain

Water deficit and infrastructure investment

W hen New Delhi announced last week that it would “keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance,” anxiety spiked across Pakistan. Per capita water...

11.05.2025 9

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Ahad Nazir

Weather changes demand policy revisions

L ondon is famous for its unpredictable weather; right? Well, Islamabad just said, “Hold my chai” with a weather rollercoaster that saw 35°C heat...

11.05.2025 1

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Faaiz Gilani

When girls succeed

E ducation is a pillar of national progress, yet Pakistan allocates just 1.9 per cent of its GDP to this sector — far below the UNESCO benchmark of...

11.05.2025 2

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Dr Nishat Riaz

Dreading peace

S peaking to the BBC Radio 4 about the travails of Partition and its enduring legacy, Dr Farhat Mahmood, a veteran Pakistani historian, made a...

11.05.2025 7

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Tahir Kamran

Trade union rights for all

P akistan is the fifth most populous country in the world, having a population of 241 million, of which around 61 percent live in rural areas. It...

11.05.2025 2

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Iftikhar Ahmad

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Guts and glory E xpectations for the third season of Velo Sound Station were sky-high. We expected this show to be different, primarily because it...

11.05.2025 1

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Maheen Sabeeh

Shrinking space

O n a spring morning in rural Sindh, journalist Abdul Rehman left home to cover a land dispute. He never returned. He was one of five journalists...

11.05.2025 2

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Ashrafuddin Pirzada

Liberal resurrection

O n Monday, April 28, the Canadian people registered a miraculous turn-around in the modern history of developed democracies. In power since 2015,...

11.05.2025 1

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Dr Samee Lashari

A tribute to innocence

R oses of Humanity, a powerful, immersive art installation that commemorates the children lost in Gaza, opened recently at Ustad Allah Bux Gallery,...

11.05.2025 3

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Qurat Ul Ain Khalil

On finding, leaving and carrying home

H Home #itscomplicated is a collection of essays edited by Saba Karim Khan, an author, award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator. Her debut...

10.05.2025 10

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Fatima Arif

Prudent economic management

T he government has demonstrated a remarkable commitment to economic stabilisation, reflected in a series of structured reforms and prudent...

04.05.2025 3

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Dr Ikramul Haq

Clouds of war

I ndia is once again in the grip of war hysteria against Pakistan. After the Pahalgam attack, its right-wing media, ethically duty-bound to play a...

04.05.2025 2

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Mubasher Bukhari

Rhetoric, accusations and regional tensions

T he long-standing rivalry between India and Pakistan has once again been reignited following the recent attack in Pahalgam in Indian-administered...

04.05.2025 2

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Tahir Kamran

Year in review

B etween May 2024 and April 2025, Pakistan’s media industry found itself at a crossroads, grappling with mounting legal restrictions, financial...

04.05.2025 3

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Adnan Rehmat

The anatomy of hatred

T he fears of a dangerous escalation between India and Pakistan last week were real, given an explosive mix of militant violence, threats of...

04.05.2025 1

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Dr Rafi Amir-Ud-Din

In conversation with Hassan Sheheryar Yasin (HSY)

Instep: You contributed to Hulu’s Deli Boys by designing costumes for the comedy series. Could you tell us how that opportunity came about and what...

04.05.2025 1

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Maheen Sabeeh

A not-so-clean bill of health

D octors and paramedics across the Punjab have been on strike since April 5. Consequently, the Out-Patient Departments of all public health...

04.05.2025 2

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Ahsan Malik

Battling childhood diabetes

C hildhood diabetes (Type 1 diabetes) is a different type of diabetes than the adult-onset diabetes (Type 2 diabetes). Adult-onset diabetes (Type 2...

04.05.2025 2

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Dr Atif Munir

Tense standoff

G unfire once again shattered the uneasy calm along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, as Pakistan and India exchanged volleys in the wake...

04.05.2025 1

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Hunain Mahmood

Using a tariffs opportunity to triumph

U S President Donald Trump’s imposition of additional tariffs, especially on Chinese products, has created an unprecedented opportunity for some...

04.05.2025 1

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Dr W A Tipu