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Why are our public 'servants' so arrogant?

In Pakistan, the phrase public servant has become almost ironic. Judges, doctors, police officers, clerks, and even low-ranking security staff often...

24.10.2025 60

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M Zeb Khan

If the East could meet the West!

When I first arrived in England, it felt like stepping through a looking glass into another world. From the moment I landed at Heathrow Airport, I was...

05.10.2025 20

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M Zeb Khan

Religiosity without religion

One of the most unsettling paradoxes in Pakistani society today is the gap between outward religiosity and inner moral emptiness. Many individuals who...

24.09.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

Do varsities still matter in the age of AI and micro-credentials?

Universities around the world are under siege. Rising tuition fees, declining graduate employability and the rapid spread of micro-credentials and...

15.09.2025 30

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M Zeb Khan

Disaster, destiny and our responsibility

When a tragedy strikes in Pakistan, the most common reaction is: "It was God's will." This simple phrase has profound power and implications. It helps...

03.09.2025 90

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M Zeb Khan

Between complacent bureaucracy and cruel market

Every society wrestles with a fundamental question: how much should the state take care of its people, and how much should it leave to the market?...

24.08.2025 20

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M Zeb Khan

Marketing strategy of extremists

In the rugged terrains of Pakistan's tribal belt, and increasingly in the digital corridors of our cities, extremist groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban...

13.08.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

The urgency of reforming madrassa system

In a remote village in Shangla, a young boy was recently beaten to death by his teachers — for the "crime" of being absent from his madrassa for...

03.08.2025 70

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M Zeb Khan

Reimagining exams in higher education

In recent years, the steady decline in the quality of higher education in Pakistan has become a matter of grave concern. While many factors, like...

21.07.2025 60

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M Zeb Khan

The Quranic ethics for defending truth

In today's world, defending the truth has become an increasingly exhausting and often futile endeavour. The problem is that truth is no longer...

11.07.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

Iqbal, China and the Muslim world

More than a century ago, Allama Iqbal issued a timeless call: for Muslims to rise above rhetoric and embrace real work grounded in knowledge, science...

29.06.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

Is Iran really an existential threat to Israel?

The dominant Western narrative portrays Iran as a looming existential threat to Israel. This framing is not just misleading — it distracts from the...

19.06.2025 20

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M Zeb Khan

Popularity does not equate to power or reform

In the complex and often chaotic theatre of Pakistani politics, few figures have inspired as much devotion and division as Imran Khan. Once hailed as...

05.06.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

Danger of decontextualising terrorism

When violence erupts — in Gaza, Kashmir or any other conflict zone — governments, media and international actors often rush to frame it in...

22.05.2025 40

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M Zeb Khan

The weakness of power

It is always tempting to grab unchallengeable power and to enjoy its use. But power has limits which many of us either do not understand or...

08.05.2025 30

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M Zeb Khan

Beyond the rhetoric: choosing peace in South Asia

In the wake of the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, the familiar drumbeat of war rhetoric has returned with unnerving speed. Television channels...

29.04.2025 30

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M Zeb Khan