Imagined diseases

In the recently published brilliant biography of the 20th century philosopher, psychiatrist and anti-colonial activist Franz Fanon titled The...

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Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Data for risk-informed policymaking in Pakistan

The definition of ‘data’ will differ from country to country, context to context and even individual to individual. Even more so, what data is...

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Dr Samuel Rizk

Environmental emergency

Pakistan has once again proven that health crisis continues to go sharply down the hill as the country ranks second in the worst air quality. Air...

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The Express Tribune Editorial

Pakistan’s unabated economic predicament

With inflation rate hovering around 25% and frequent escalation in the prices of petroleum products, gas, electricity and other essential items,...

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Dr Moonis Ahmar

Bolstering security for foreign nationals

The attack on Chinese engineers in Bisham serves as a stark reminder of the challenges Pakistan faces in safeguarding foreign nationals. The...

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Mohsin Saleem Ullah

America’s Asia excludes Pakistan

Given the way the global system is being restructured, a considerable amount of attention is being given to the two regions that are physically at...

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Shahid Javed Burki

US sanctions on Pakistan’s missile programme: scope and severity

The imposition of the US sanctions on Pakistan stems from worries about the spread of ballistic missile technology, which may undermine regional...

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Omiamah Khan

Masquerade of individualistic effort

The seismic transition from the papal theo-centricism to the anthropo-centricism of Renaissance, and from the Biblical geo-centricism to the...

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M Nadeem Nadir

Iran-Israel tussle: first phase over?

On Friday morning, news broke around the world about reported strikes by Israel on Iran. US officials announced that Israel had launched missile...

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Kamran Yousaf

US-China competition and South Asia

The US-China competition is casting a dark shadow on the South Asian security and economic integration. Ever since the US has chosen India as a...

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Dr Raashid Wali Janjua

Behind clean energy are dirty sources

I remember a conversation I had with a Saudi man inside a Pizza restaurant that my friend owned. The Saudi not only happened to live in my...

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Imran Jan

Bucha massacre: a reminder of UN failure

America’s hypocrisy and double standards as a global hegemon once again came to lime light when on 19 April 2024 it vetoed a UNSC resolution on...

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Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Paradox of happiness

Happiness has consistently stood out as the most sought-after human pursuit throughout history. A fundamental instinct, humans inherently seek a...

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Ali Hassan Bangwar

Forty-five left

Two big stories. One dutifully ignored by our electronic media. The other magnified to a terrifying extent. One about India’s general election,...

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Farrukh Khan Pitafi

Humans versus Artificial Intelligence

Wise humans, scientifically known as Homo sapiens, are our species. Humans may not have the largest brains, but they possess advanced cognitive...

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Waqar Hassan

Xinjiang and threats of separatism

When did the US actually begin toying with the idea of using threats of separatism as a political instrument to make China conform to the world...

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Imtiaz Gul

North-South divide and decision-making in India

Existing world order comprises two types of states: developed states and developing states, generally referred as global North and global South....

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Dr Khurram Abbas

A letter from Bano

Dear AR Chughtai Sb, Today, I was caught up in a situation where I ended up fighting your case in front of a ‘self-declared’ art critic of...

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Sadia Pasha Kamran

Elite capture is wrecking Pakistan

The world is an unfair place, even the richest countries in the world today have glaring inequalities. However, while rich countries have amassed...