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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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Eruption of youth: a South Asian malaise

The youth do not grow discontented because they dream too much, but because their rulers dream too little. Across South and Southeast Asia, a striking...

28.09.2025 40

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Judges at the crossroads

The judiciary in the Subcontinent since Independence has carried the burden of great expectations. It was meant to be the final arbiter between state...

13.09.2025 30

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Anatomy of indignity

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it. — Maimonides   There is a peculiar vulnerability that shadows...

01.09.2025 40

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When a physician speaks poetry

Dekhna taqreer ki lazzat ke jo uss ne kaha Mein ne ye jana ko goya ye bhi mere dil mein he Ghalib Dr Azra Raza has over the last several years won...

09.07.2025 20

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From forerunner to far-runner

As Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) marks 75 years of service with a ceremonial celebration at the Karachi Golf Club on 17 June 2025, it is not only a...

15.06.2025 10

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Fury beneath the earth

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.  — Mark Twain Karachi, a city not traditionally associated with seismic upheavals, has been...

08.06.2025 60

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Muzzled voices

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice. - Gore Vidal   The proposed amendments to the...

05.12.2024 3

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Shenanigans at the stock market

Pakistan's economy is on life support, reliant on IMF loans, multilateral aid and various avenues of borrowing. Yet, defying logic, the Karachi...

02.11.2024 2

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Subverting justice

All the rights secured under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous...

22.09.2024 2

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi