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Melting of the steel frame

The administrative steel frame of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) was first praised by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George in the House of...

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Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

A comic tyrant

Winston Churchill once said, "The price of greatness is responsibility." Listening to Donald Trump at the United Nations, one could not help but...

11.10.2025 20

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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

Haroon Rashid Siddiqi

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...

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