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Political disconnect

Political disconnect

Technical fixes are no panacea that will miraculously solve the country’s problems.

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Dawn

Maleeha Lodhi

BRICS consensus

The BRICS summit in New Delhi has come as a precursor to a change in realpolitik. High-level international diplomacy saw India lay out the red carpet...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Extraction and delivery

Extraction and delivery

In domains of extraction, there is an urgent need to reduce discretion and fragmentation of state authority, perhaps even with the use of automated...

30

Dawn

Umair Javed

Inflation, again

WITH petrol and diesel prices rising at a steady clip, households are bracing for another round of caustic price...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Lost in numbers

THE outrage against child abuse rages on. Sadly, state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand. All ...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Brain Drain

Brain Drain

Brain Drain September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Total collapse

Pakistan's collapse to a 3-0 clean sweep at Edgbaston closes one of the bleakest chapters in the team's recent Test history. The manner of...

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The Express Tribune

Editorial

Road to dignity

Road to dignity

Policy must be made by those who represent the people.

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Dawn

Zafar U. Ahmed

Indispensable Middle Power (Part-1)

Indispensable Middle Power (Part-1)

The unipolar moment may be receding, but the forces that benefited from it are not relinquishing their privileges quietly. Through military coercion,...

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The Nation

Ambassador G. R. Baluch

Reimagining the federation

When Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal proposed dividing Pakistan into 12 to 15 smaller administrative units—or, alternatively, setting up 160 empowered...

20

Pakistan Observer

Riaz Missen

Showing empathy

Showing empathy

The need for engagement is too often simplified.

20

Dawn

Huma Yusuf

How Shall She Live?

30

Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

Students in danger

It is no secret that human life barely holds any value in Karachi, given the fact that every other day brings news of a murder or a death. It is,...

8

The Express Tribune

Editorial

What may be said

PAKISTAN’S press freedom crisis is no longer something that can be dismissed as routine criticism. When nine ...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Caught in loop of endless political cycle

PAKISTAN has become remarkably good at surviving political crises and remarkably bad at ending them. Governments change, leaders are removed, arrested...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Zafar Khan Safdar

GSP+ implementation clock

EVERY few years, Pakistan holds its breath over a single acronym and every few years, it exhales as if the danger has passed. GSP has survived four...

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Pakistan Observer

Soha Nisar

AI stocks crash as top lab CEOs demand emergency technology slowdown amid extinction fears

AI stocks crash as top lab CEOs demand emergency technology slowdown amid extinction fears

Technology shares across major Asian markets experienced a sharp downturn following coordinated statements from top artificial intelligence (AI) lab...

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The News International

Hafsa Naeem Baig

Government Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

PCA ruling is a legal binding for India

The latest ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague has placed the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960 at the center of renewed...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Muhammad Khan

M M Alam…my friend, my hero

Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few” So said Winston Churchill during the battle of Britain paying...

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Pakistan Observer

Tariq Aqil

China state media slams Anthropic’s AI slowdown call as ‘Cold War’ strategy

China state media slams Anthropic’s AI slowdown call as ‘Cold War’ strategy

Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing down AI development in the midst of growing risks posed by the cutting-edge...

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The News International

Aqsa Qaddus Tahir

Southern Synergy

Southern Synergy

Southern Synergy September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Canada courts EU for ‘unique alliance’ as US trade war intensifies

Canada courts EU for ‘unique alliance’ as US trade war intensifies

Canadian president Mark Carney expressed his intention to seek “unique alliance” with the European Union bloc in the midst of escalating trade war...

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The News International

Aqsa Qaddus Tahir

Cartoon

Cartoon

Cartoon September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Cartoons Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Targeted Relief

Targeted Relief

Targeted Relief September 14, 2026 Newspaper, Opinions, Editorials Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ...

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

‘AI could go very wrong’: Sam Altman reveals 2 major risks

‘AI could go very wrong’: Sam Altman reveals 2 major risks

The debate surrounding the growing risks of artificial intelligence has turned intense as even the bosses of tech giants including Dario Amodei, are...

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The News International

Aqsa Qaddus Tahir

Glib talkers..!

IT was at my cousin’s office years ago that I met him. He was, according to my cousin, a star salesman, “Hear him Bob,” said my cousin, “He...

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Pakistan Observer

News Desk

What Your Transcript Doesn’t Say: The Struggle Behind Paper

It’s 2AM and Ali’s sitting on his window sill staring at the dead body in the middle of his street. Earlier in the day, the sound of children’s...

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Pakistan Observer

Shazneen Shahid

One Treasury, One Standard: The Path to Better Public Services

10

Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

The Evolving Strategic Landscape (Part III)

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Daily Times

Sajid Salamat

DHL and Alibaba teams up to bring AI to SME shipping

DHL and Alibaba teams up to bring AI to SME shipping

Shipping a container across borders still eats up hours most small business owners don't have. DHL Group and Alibaba now want to change that,...

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The News International

Pareesa Afreen

Crime Control in Sheikhupura

The true measure of police performance is not merely the number of cases registered or suspects arrested. The real success of an effective policing...

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Pakistan Observer

M. Nadeem Bhatti

Before AI Kills Us, Human Greed Will: A Plea from the World’s Poorest

Before AI Kills Us, Human Greed Will: A Plea from the World’s Poorest

I am not afraid that AI will kill me by 2030. AI does not need another country’s land. Perhaps AI will not destroy humanity. I am perhaps one of the...

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Minute Mirror

Arshad H Abbasi

The promised call came. I did not go

The promised call came. I did not go

In November 2001, my phone rang. The number was unknown, but the voice was familiar. “The man is ready to meet you again. Can you come to Kabul?”...

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Arab News Pakistan

Baker Atyani

The Buck Stops Here

The Buck Stops Here

In 1945, US President Harry S. Truman put a plain wooden sign on his Oval Office desk: “THE BUCK STOPS HERE”. It was a rejection of the old poker...

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The Nation

Air Marshal Aamir Masood

Beyond Safety Net (Part-2)

Beyond Safety Net (Part-2)

The practical necessity of this compassionate data architecture was vividly demonstrated during recent global shocks. When severe energy supply...

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The Nation

Jahan Ara Manzoor Wattoo

The Vote is Equal . Are Our Choices ?

The Vote is Equal . Are Our Choices ?

A citizen does not need a university degree to make a responsible political choice. Political parties should be expected to explain not merely what...

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Minute Mirror

Dr. Abdul Mateen Sheikh

Iran and the Order It Seeks to Destroy

Iran and the Order It Seeks to Destroy

Iran is Pakistan’s neighbour and a stable relationship with Tehran is essential to border security trade and regional connectivity. Pakistan should...

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Minute Mirror

Ali Inan

Petrol at Rs380 and the silence around it

Petrol at Rs380 and the silence around it

They are prices that can change the way people travel, work and even eat. When petrol prices moved towards Rs380 a litre during the beginning of the...

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Minute Mirror

Ali Sajjad

Austerity for the People, Spending for the State?

Austerity for the People, Spending for the State?

When electricity bills rise, fuel becomes unaffordable and the IMF demands fiscal discipline, the government must answer a simple question: who is...

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Minute Mirror

Altamush Saeed

Devolution without representation—III A democratic compact before a new map

Devolution without representation—III A democratic compact before a new map

International IDEA makes precisely this distinction: an election management body must be independent not only in law but in its governance, resources,...

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Minute Mirror

Huzaima Bukhari