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Women under siege: The unheard cries of persecution

There are moments when a society must pause before its own mirror and ask an uncomfortable question: what kind of…

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It’s time to shut down Pakistan’s Planning Commission

Every few years, Pakistan’s Planning Commission produces another glossy document promising a different future. Vision 2010 promised one thing. Vision…

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On a darkling plain

Once more, I am tempted to invoke the last lines of Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’: “And we are here as…

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Colonial mindset of ruling elite and a starving nation

There is something deeply disturbing about the way Pakistan’s ruling elite continues to conduct itself in a country where millions…

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The invisible victims of Pakistan’s justice system

Pakistan has become increasingly good at counting the activity of its criminal-justice system. We count arrests, FIRs, raids, prosecutions, prison…

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We cannot rent our future

On October 4, the US and 16 other countries endorsed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science, calling…

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AI and SI: What’s our choice?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at a pace humanity has never experienced before. It is no longer advancing linearly but…

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Social media for the kids

Pakistan has one of the youngest populations in the world, with over 64% of the population under the age of…

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Federalism’s pending promise

The Charter of Democracy, signed by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in 2006, sought to restore parliamentary government and…

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AI and SI: What’s our choice?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is developing at a pace humanity has never experienced before. It is no longer advancing linearly but…

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