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Opinion: Karachi Deserves Independence
A Constitutional Case for Self Governance
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Democracy in Reverse
Pakistan’s Brazen Plan to Silence 23 Million Young Voices
From Green Vision to Desert Reality
The Unraveling of Pakistan’s Cholistan Agricultural Experiment
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The Gul Plaza Inferno
How Decades of Local Government Failure Transformed Karachi’s Largest Shopping Complex Into a Death Trap
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Tirah Valley: Echoes of Endless War in Pakistan’s Forgotten Mountains
Evacuation Orders and the Haunting Revival of the War on Terror
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The Phantom Payments: Inside Pakistan’s Electricity Tariff Scandal
How capacity charges, inflated consumer counts, and reversed solar policies are costing millions of Pakistanis billions of rupees while accountability…
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The Quiet Exit of Ishrat Fatima
After forty five years reading the news, Pakistan’s most familiar broadcaster walked away from an institution that stopped wanting her there
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OPINION: Abu Dhabi’s Israel Bet: Why Pakistan Can No Longer Pretend It Is Cost‑Free
How Emirati investments tied to Israel’s defence and tech networks are reshaping Pakistan’s economy, constraining its strategic choices, and eroding its…
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Anita Karim and Pakistan’s MMA Revolution
How a fighter from Hunza spent a decade building a pathway for women’s combat sports in Pakistan
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An Investigation into DP World and the UAE Dominance of Pakistan’s Container Trade
How the UAE’s Flagship Port Operator Turned Pakistan’s Maritime Lifeline into a Lever of Foreign Power
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Pakistan 2025: A Year of Economic Stagnation and Institutional Collapse
A Critical Year-in-Review of Economic Failures and Lawlessness
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December 2025

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