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Miftah, Dar wash dirty linen in public

Islamabad: The public tit-for-tat rant between former finance minister Miftah Ismail and his successor Ishaq Dar over the breach of commitments given to the International Monetary Fund has once again heightened risks to Pakistan...

Israel’s war puts international law on trial

KARACHI: Almost two years after Hamas’s assault, Israel’s campaign to eliminate the group has spilled far beyond Gaza, morphing into a regional war with neither borders nor an end in sight. What began as bombardment of the P...

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Beneath the Eagle’s shadow, Iron Brothers hold fast

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent visit to China could not have come at a sharper note of irony. Even as Islamabad’s ties with Washington — Beijing’s archrival — show signs of thaw, the premier was greete...

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The waters rise & the lessons sink

KARACHI When the rains came this year, the fields in southern Punjab turned into shallow lakes overnight. Families marked the rising water on their walls, livestock was shifted to rooftops, and crops that had taken months of lab...

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China and Russia: alternative global governance initiative

China dominated global politics in the first week of September 2025. First, we had the SCO meeting in Tianjin, and then the Victory Day parade was held in Beijing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of China's victory against impe...

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Floods: the blessed curse?

For most of its existence, humankind has tried to make sense of, cursed, battled, and at times even invoked natural calamities over which it had little control. This unpredictability and uncontrollability stemmed mainly from the...

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