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The Quest for Peace
The quest for peace within the South Asia region has been unending and yet this goal has remained elusive. More specifically, talking about Pakistan and…
DAILY NARRATIVES
Zeroing IN
Still in Limbo
The enforcement of a Single National Curriculum (SNC) across the country was one of the pre-election promises of Prime Minister Imran Khan. It remains a…
The NewsMaker
Business Bonanza
The opposition parties may be working overtime to paint a picture of doom and gloom vis a vis the Pakistani economy, but in recent months…
Frontiers
Afghanistan: Difficult Choices
The war-weary Afghans are facing an uncertain future as the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces from Afghanistan has been gathering pace. In fact, the Americans…
Defence Line
Road to Nowhere
We are engaged in back door diplomacy with India simply because they approached us — or so according to the grapevine. Question: Why would they?…
Horizons
Not a Real Estate Issue
After the killing of more than 240 people in Gaza, and 12 in Israel — mostly civilians — the 11-day-long conflict between Israel and the…
ThinkTank
The Quest for Peace
The quest for peace within the South Asia region has been unending and yet this goal has remained elusive. More specifically, talking about Pakistan and…
Prespective
Has the Economy turned around?
The PTI government has released a provisional GDP growth number of 3.94 per cent, stirring up a political controversy. There are four common questions being…
ViewPoint
The Time of Reckoning
Like most every society across the globe, we too are a class-based society. However, the economic gap between the classes here is more pronounced than…
InFocus
The Way Forward
Good governance (GG) has become a buzzword in Pakistan and is used commonly to describe the state of affairs in government institutions, be they at…
Balance Sheet
A Success Story
For 30 years Pakistan has been chasing the elusive goal of trying to become an economic powerhouse, like the East Asian Tigers. Instead, we are…
Mood of the Moment
Money Matters
As if by magic, Pakistan’s economic numbers have suddenly started to look attractive. So, what caused this fiscal magic? And how do the market gurus…
Real Politik
Do or Die
Surrounded by political hounds and desperadoes, Prime Minister Imran Khan took a huge risk and survived — but only by the skin of his teeth.…
View from Abroad
‘A humanitarian crisis’
Marjan LucasHuman rights activist Marjan Lucas is a leading human rights activist based in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She has advocated for the rights of the…
Special Report
A Different Picture
Three hundred years ago, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of America said, “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read…
The Big Question
Is Peace with India Possible?
There has been no change in the ground situation in occupied-Kashmir, which was illegally merged into the Indian union territory by the hardline Hindu nationalist…
Scandal
Broadsheet: A Can of Worms
Who, in Pakistan, negotiated the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s agreement with the London-based assets recovery firm, Broadsheet LLC and why was the contract so…
Tomorrow's Pakistan
A Case for Devolution
If you want to destroy a nation, rob its people of hope. Pakistani society has never been in such a state of despair and so…
BookStore
The Personal and the Political
HostilityAuthor: Abdul BasitPublisher: Lightstone Publishers Pages: 334Price: Rs. 1,795 Mr. Abdul Basit If one wants to understand how timid, weak and self-centred leaders damage a…
Media Matters
The Task of Journalism
If they take away my ink and penGrieve I shall notFor my fingers shall dripIn the blood of my heartIf they seal my tongueComplain I…
Academe
Innovation in Education
Though sometimes reminiscent of him, I wouldn’t say that Wasim is Sancho Panza, the wise guy, a realist, a character from the Spanish novel Don…
Your Life and Health
Claims to prevent, treat or cure COVID-19 may put your health at risk. But who cares?
Does anyone in the government care about the misleading claims of businesses to prevent, treat or cure COVID-19? Who is monitoring these claims of health…
Retrospect
The Past is Another City
The City of Lights ... Karachi then. A city in total eclipse, Karachi today. The story of the city’s evolution is a saga of a…
Crystal Ball
Line of Fire, No More?
With the DGMOs’ hotline communication and joint ceasefire announcements, are India-Pakistan relations on the mend? Lt. General (R) Naeem Khalid Lodhi Apparently the ceasefire…
Dispatches from Chundrigar Rd.
Pakistan’s Fintech Revolution
We live in a digitalised world, where internet and technology have penetrated every aspect of human life. And on the heels of internet and…
Pakistani icon
From Starchitect to Barefoot Architect
Renowned architect Yasmin Lari still occupies the same house and the adjoining office she built for herself in 1972. The low slung edifice in a…
Dispatches from Chundrigar Rd
Pakistan’s Fintech Revolution
We live in a digitalised world, where internet and technology have penetrated every aspect of human life. And on the heels of internet and…
Musings
Demystifying diplomacy
I had the privilege of reading two notable books by former Pakistani diplomats last month; Pakistan’s Foreign Policy — A Reappraisal by Shahid M. Amin;…
Interview
The Sri Lankan Connection
Forging Stronger Ties Muhammad Saad KhattakPakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Of all the countries in South Asia, perhaps Pakistan’s relations with Sri Lanka have…
Your Say
Letters – June 2021
Time to Stand Firm This letter is with reference to the article ‘A Unilateral Flexibility’ by Amir Zia. The writer correctly points out that making…
From the Editor
The Core Issue
A secure and resilient marketplace is essential for our national security, economic security, and technological independence. COVID-19 has proved that the lack of domestic production…
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