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Huma Yusuf

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Regressive decision

Regressive decision

We should be as worried about the TikTok ban as American users.

20.01.2025 70

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A new order

WHEN Cole Porter sang ‘Anything Goes’ in 1934, his ironic lament was restricted to the scandals of American Depression-era high society. Today the...

06.01.2025 200

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The larger tragedy

TRAGICALLY, though not unexpectedly, there are more Pakistani bodies in the waters off Greece this month. They include a 13-year-old boy from...

23.12.2024 30

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Issue-based politics

TODAY is day 15 of the UN’s 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. Before you stop reading, bored by the prospect of a...

09.12.2024 3

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The greatest asset

IT’S not easy being a child in Pakistan. Just this past week, children across the country have endured the following: some caught polio; some were...

25.11.2024 4

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Climate summit

OVER 140,000 people displaced by flooding in Sindh this August are living in unbearable conditions. They sleep in tents, scrape by on one meal a...

11.11.2024 4

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The Muslim vote

AS the US election approaches, a question dominates the news cycle: how will Muslim Americans vote? Muslims comprise one per cent of the US...

28.10.2024 1

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Back in the news

“YOU can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.” Those famous lyrics are going to haunt American officials after next month’s US...

14.10.2024 2

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Taking back space

AN anti-MAGA America First family. That’s how an American friend recently described his family’s politics: vehemently anti-Trump and opposed to...

30.09.2024 20

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SCO’s ambitions

INTERIOR Minister Mohsin Naqvi last week told the Senate that the coordinated attacks across Balochistan were aimed at subverting the upcoming...

02.09.2024 30

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Predatory instincts

THE government installs a ‘web management system’. Unidentified men whisk away a YouTuber who posts satirical content. A fashion designer threatens...

19.08.2024 3

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Digital gender gap

PAKISTAN’S human rights battles are now playing out across its digital landscape. The X ban drags on, fantasies of data localisation persist, and...

05.08.2024 10

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Restricting women

A WOMAN following the news these days can be forgiven for wondering what century she is in. Sexist policies are proliferating globally, and the...

22.07.2024 2

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