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The tenant-landlord trap: Why Pakistan's urban rent laws require urgent legal reform
Across Pakistan's urban centers, thousands of property owners face a recurring nightmarish scenario: renting out a home…
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Mukhtar Ahmed Butt
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Pakistan-Iran tensions: The need for strategic restraint and regional diplomacy
Pakistan cannot afford to allow its close relations with Saudi Arabia and the United States to undermine its…
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Protests and parleys: Right to protest, duty to resolve
Pakistan is perhaps unique in the sense that, throughout its history, rulers and political leaders have repeatedly…
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Long Marches: A recipe for economic distress
The first ever political march in Pakistan's history was led by Khan Abdul Qayum Khan in October 1958, the President of…
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The salary bonanza in state-owned enterprises & corporations
Pakistan presents a strange and disturbing phenomenon in the management of its State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and…
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Long march 27 September: Advice for government and politicians
The political landscape in Pakistan ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) announced nationwide protest and march to…
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Public money cannot be treated as personal privilege
Pakistan is passing through a difficult economic period. The country is heavily indebted, the government faces…
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Debate on more administrative units
The debate over creating more provinces and administrative units in Pakistan has once again gained momentum. While…
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Rampant corruption: When bribery becomes a routine of governance
One cannot help but feel a degree of satisfaction when reports emerge of raids by Anti-Corruption authorities in…
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The wasteful relocation of PCAA and PAA Headquarters to Islamabad
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) / Pakistan Airports Authority generates total gross annual receipts…
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The PIMS tragedy
The devastating tragedy at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, where 14 helpless newborns…
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Remembering Lt Gen Imranullah Khan
It was March 1966 when I was posted in 105 Independent Brigade Group Bahawalpur from Lahore. Reported in the office in…
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Why more provinces? The real issue is representation
There has been a long-standing demand for the creation of additional provinces in Pakistan, particularly a province in…
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Crisis of cleanliness of Karachi-let KCB imparts training on these lines
The debate surrounding the state of cleanliness in Karachi is a perennial symptom of deeper, systemic governance…
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Save today : Secure your tomorrow
Karachi Editors Club in collaboration with Suffa University organised an awareness session on Voluntary Pension System…
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Islamabad MoU: The only sensible way forward
The continuing confrontation between the United States and Iran is a matter of grave concern not only for the two…
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The Mecca agreement: A strategic shift in a changing world
August 7, 2026, may well be remembered as a landmark day in contemporary geopolitics. In the holy city of Mecca, Crown…
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Systems or its Stewards
Recent public commentary on the Interior Minister's speech has been both intense and revealing. There is, in fact…