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WILDLIFE: PAKISTAN’S LOST RHINOS

Seals, manuscripts, one Mughal miniature and a handful of travellers’ notes are all that remain of a species that once ranged the

26.07.2026 30

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Masood Lohar

HISTORY: THE KING SINDH NEVER FORGOT

At its height under Jam Nizamuddin II, or Jam Nindo, the Samma kingdom stretched from Sibi to the Arabian Sea,

08.06.2026 50

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HISTORY: WHEN PERSIA FREED THE JEWS

When Cyrus the Great defeated Babylon, he handed the exiled Jews something they had not had in decades…

12.04.2026 60

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HISTORY: THE LAST STAND

For decades, the Hindu Shahis held the line between Central Asia and Hindustan. Their struggle against Mahmud of Ghazni was the...

08.03.2026 90

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The treaty tremor

Floodwaters can be steered into wetlands, abandoned lakes, and depleted aquifers.

28.12.2025 80

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Capitalism reborn – again

11.11.2025 50

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HISTORY: GURUS AND KINGS

The stories of the martyrdoms of the Sikh Gurus are moral parables — reminders that true faith does not lie in dominance

02.11.2025 30

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The Great South Asian oddity

18.10.2025 40

The News International

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New Gulf order

24.09.2025 50

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Masood Lohar

Changing geography

23.08.2025 60

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Masood Lohar

The Zion-Hindutva axis

08.08.2025 50

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The Zion-Hindutva axis

08.08.2025 50

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Being prepared

The Russian quake wasn’t our tragedy, but it is our warning.

03.08.2025 90

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Masood Lohar

Why Oborne saw Gaza coming

22.07.2025 40

The News International

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Climate hypocrisy

12.07.2025 70

The News International

Masood Lohar

ESSAY: THE PRINCE OF SYNCRETISM

Scholar, translator and heir to the Mughal throne, Dara Shikoh was declared a heretic for believing Hindu sages and Sufi

06.07.2025 30

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Masood Lohar

The shadow of neo-Zionism

29.06.2025 50

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The Bhutto reboot

17.06.2025 40

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The ‘end of India’

06.06.2025 30

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Modern-day slavery

22.05.2025 50

The News International

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ESSAY: HOW A DREAM WAS TRANSFORMED

Born from Sufi and Bhakti traditions, Sikhism was India’s great interfaith experiment… until persecution and betrayals turned

18.05.2025 30

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Let rivers flow

The IWT remains technically functional but ecologically flawed.

17.05.2025 150

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Masood Lohar