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Ali Hassan Bangwar

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The land that resists

The southeastern province of Pakistan, Sindh, is a region rich in history and culture. It has long stood as a symbol of resilience against various...

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Beyond constraints

Beyond constraints

Failures are an integral part of life's pursuits. Too often, we attribute our setbacks to external constraints — limited resources or opportunities,...

21.04.2025 40

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The garlanded buffalo

As a rule of thumb, public service delivery affects the public and animals. For instance, when services provided to humans are efficient and...

14.12.2024 7

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CSS result and bureaucratic complex

The recent announcement of CSS written results, like earlier ones, flooded social media, with congratulations to successful aspirants. While their...

07.12.2024 3

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Selling souls to the powerful

Literally, an absence of voice defines silence. However, this absence of voice rarely suggests a lack of implied meaning or messages. Silence, at...

30.11.2024 10

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AI: a siren's call?

Artificial Intelligence (AI), the defining technology of our time, relays the promises of unprecedented potential possibilities and profit....

23.11.2024 2

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Corruptissima re publica…

Though laws help build social order, ensure transparency, enhance predictability, promote productivity and establish social control, their sheer...

16.11.2024 3

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A cauldron of criminality

Imagine a scenario where dread, not hope, drives life, and crimes supersede dreams. Envision a setting in which sisters and mothers beg before...

10.11.2024 6

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In the service of public servants

The dynamics between rulers and the ruled have essentially shaped the fate and fortune of societies throughout history. Social and political...

03.11.2024 3

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Justice Isa's legacy

While preparing for the Civil Service exams a few years ago, I often heard a fellow aspirant praising the now-retired Justice Qazi Faez Isa as one...

27.10.2024 3

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A punitive state?

Throughout human history, the ruling apparatus has enjoyed unbridled authority over public welfare and a monopoly on violence. Initially, in the...

19.10.2024 2

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The crime capital of Pakistan!

A brewing extortion business. An established kidnapping-for-ransom industry. A criminalised and politicised police force. A protected cartel for...

13.10.2024 4

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A democratic betrayal?

Transparency in public affairs and a clear operational separation of powers among institutions are prerequisites for fostering a society that...

05.10.2024 3

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The extortion industry of Kashmore

Though extortion in all accepted forms, names and possible manifestations exists throughout our country - across national institutions, political...

29.09.2024 3

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Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah

Though power might be seen as an offensive protector of itself and its wielders' interests, the brute force underlying it rarely sustain its...

22.09.2024 1

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Democracy or no democracy

Our founders rightly envisioned a democratic political system, intending Pakistan to be inclusively prosperous. However, the country's democratic...

15.09.2024 3

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The (reverse) alchemists of Pakistan

Though the oft-repeated reminders that the country is a blessed land with bountiful resources might sound realistic to our cognition and pleasant...

07.09.2024 1

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Good dacoits, bad dacoits

Ideally and rightfully in righteous societies, the parameters of actions and actors, including those of good and evil, are determined by their...

31.08.2024 2

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In the clutches of the nexus

Professional, responsive and selfless media and civil society, built on informed public trust, form a unified front against the oppression of the...

24.08.2024 1

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The national security paradox

Transparent societies are the cause and manifestation of their openness to dissent and receptiveness to criticism. This openness opens up for them...

17.08.2024 1

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Freedom in chains

After two days, we will celebrate our beloved country's Independence Day. On that day, as usual, passionate speeches will recount how our nation's...

10.08.2024 2

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MDCAT: a false hope on the horizon?

Though the announcements of academic opportunities and exams in a transparent socioeconomic and political setting might elicit excitement among...

04.08.2024 1

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Reserved seats: SC verdict and aftermath

The recent historic verdict pronounced by the Supreme Court’s full bench on reserved seats has earned widespread applause from all quarters, except...

22.07.2024 2

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