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Let’s re-start

“Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on...

Published 11 Feb, 2026 04:48am

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Merz warns great power politics makes world ‘a dangerous place’

DAVOS: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Thursday that the international order is “unravelling at a...

Published 23 Jan, 2026 07:45am

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Reconciliation: an option never to lose

I had just entered college, and in those growing years, I would passionately watch every single speech and press...

Published 31 Dec, 2025 06:40am

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‘Thus passes the glory of the earth’

‘Sic transit gloria mundi’ is a Latin idiom I learnt in my first year of college during the English literature...

Updated 03 Dec, 2025 06:21am

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Barrister Umair formally starts political journey

LAHORE: Barrister Umair Saif-ul-Malook Khokhar, the son of Malik Saif-ul-Malook Khokhar, President PML-N Lahore and...

Published 26 Oct, 2025 05:51am

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Rare earth: politics, promise and peril

As China tightens its export grip, Pakistan’s mineral wealth is back in global focus. This puts to test...

Published 25 Oct, 2025 05:54am

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Price of peace

On an extremely wintry but sunny Sunday morning, Saleem Jan, the President of the Bank where I worked and I were...

Published 08 Oct, 2025 06:12am

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Crafting the leadership narrative

Words. Lines. Paragraphs. Sente nces. Phrases. They uplift you and they put your down. They do and they undo. They...

Updated 01 Oct, 2025 07:52am

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A new contract: how Pakistan can end politics of poverty

“There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the upper.” Victor Hugo, Les...

Published 05 Aug, 2025 07:38am

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Future of politics closely tied to IK: Fawad

LAHORE: Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has stated that the future of Pakistani politics is closely tied to...

Published 22 Jul, 2025 07:44am

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End of politics?

Since the Pahalgam attack on April 22, politicians have almost disappeared from prime-time TV shows in Pakistan. The...

Published 01 Jul, 2025 06:54am

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Is Khan being released?

Excitement is in the air. Something is about to happen. A domestic ceasefire may be in the offing. Talk of some deal...

Published 20 May, 2025 06:36am

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Women lawmakers, civil society demand end to symbolic representation in politics

PESHAWAR: Women parliamentarians, civil society actors, and policy experts gathered at a high-level roundtable ...

Published 15 May, 2025 05:42am

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The Gandapur Game

He is up to something. No one knows what it is. Perhaps not even himself. Welcome to the deliciously mysterious ...

Published 15 Apr, 2025 05:54am

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Talking to Adiala

They flew in from America, rushed to Aabpara, traipsed across to Adiala then jetted back to America. And the net...

Published 08 Apr, 2025 06:20am

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Politics and economy

Perhaps a better caption could have been politicians and economics but a fair sense of judgement prevailed. The...

Published 12 Mar, 2025 03:03am

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Govt needs to revisit its strategy in relation to PTI

How unfortunate it is that the hawks seem to have prevailed on doves in the government side as defence minister...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am

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Region: BD throws up opportunities

In a major development, India has extended its security base and offensive capability and outreach beyond its...

Published 15 Feb, 2025 06:30am

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Politics over economics

This is the second of a two-part series on Pakistani administration’s focus on domestic factors while ignoring...

Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:31am

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Strength of nations lies in politics and culture: Bilawal

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has emphasised that the strength of a nation...

Updated 18 Jan, 2025 06:53am

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Governor raps Bushra for tarnishing women’s politics

LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan has said that Bushra Bibi is tarnishing women’s politics. “I...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 05:45am

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Our messy politics and foreign interventions

EDITORIAL: Diaspora Pakistanis disturbed by our increasingly intolerant politics have effectively been using their...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 06:31am

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PM calls for shunning ‘politics of agitation’

ISLAMABAD: As the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to hold a protest rally in Islamabad on November...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:20am

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IK denies reports of Bushra’s joining politics

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on Friday said that his wife Bushra Bibi...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 07:41am

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When business starts politicking

“I want to leave, it is getting too political”. “I cannot breathe, it is choking”. “Nothing I say gets...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 07:12am

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Punjab power politics

EDITORIAL: The Punjab government’s decision to reduce electricity bills by 14 rupees per unit for those consuming...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am

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Protests, politics and the ‘un’-social media

The best way to control is to make people mindless. The best way to keep them mindless is to keep them illiterate...

Updated 15 May, 2024 06:34am

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PPP-P leader terms May 9 2023 ‘darkest day in the history of Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian (PPP-P) Secretary General Nayyar Hussain Bukhari said that May 9 ...

Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am

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‘Govts must complete their tenures for country’s stability’

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary affairs analyst Dilawar Hussain has said that for political and democratic stability in the...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

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PTI says will keep the fight alive in parliament, on streets

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI) on Friday categorically said that the party would opt for...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am