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Pakistan has seen it all, from military coups to uninterrupted, what some might call, a thriving democracy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yg9Nql

In our society, we grow up with shame from a very early age and I would be pleasantly surprised if we have not heard someone telling us, ‘sharam kero’ (be ashamed) for one thing or another. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w9AGur

In the summer, it is perhaps easier than at other times to become poetic and lyrical, and also read other literature. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3AatLEJ

“We say you don’t fight racism with racism. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2UcYssf

With news of two drones hitting a heavily guarded air base in Jammu, India media went into overdrive to blame Pakistan, and it was not unexpected. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2UIvQr2

There is a lot of hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the first step in assessing the extent of its impact is to solve the puzzle and understand what it has to offer. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qB7vzo

Pakistanis have been confronted with the double menace of high interest rates and high inflation for quite some time now. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3h6FRaw

“It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ychsG9

Leaders of the United States of America, UK, Germany, France, Japan, Italy and Canada gathered in Cornwall, a county in South West England to embark on an adversarial vision of the future. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3h32mgs

Without effective regulatory mechanisms, the private sector cannot deliver. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3y4L5Ju

The increasingly perilous situation in Afghanistan is leading towards civil war among various mujahedeen factions including the Taliban. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vYaiUt

“There are so many problems to solve on this planet first before we begin to trash other worlds. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3y1osWa

Pakistan’s first Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, paid an official visit of the US while declining the Soviet Union’s invitation earlier. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3quEQfe

Pakistan proudly proclaims itself to be a paragon of struggle, fight and the ultimate conquest against terrorists and their ruthlessly fascist, ferocious and macabre onslaught unleashed on its soil. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35ZSgXj

A few centuries before Jesus Christ, the Greek philosopher Pythagoras cautioned us that the oldest, shortest words—yes and no—were those which required the most thought. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35TvmAV

“What we don’t understand we can make mean anything. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3A7Xaz9

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a multibillion-dollar industry. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dk2HsJ

After forty-seven years, the United Kingdom once again emerged as an ‘independent and free’ nation on the world map. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3h7WGk6

America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, without any clear or ascertainable ‘plan’ for the country, has cast a deep and pervasive shadow over the security of this region. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3A2nYAZ

“Everyone’s depressed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2U0OVEC

It is surprising that international media did not give appropriate coverage to the recent cases of uranium theft in India, which are likely to endanger global security. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2U6x7I1

In another shining example of the unflinching 70-year-Pak-China relations, CPEC has never dismissed, laid-off and shrunk employability to any Pakistani employee since its genesis to date. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dgzvmu

If promises are made to be broken, then Kashmir may be summoned to prove this treacherous proposition. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xPFLcw

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SYIFgB

By all accounts, the Federal Budget 2021-22 is a bold and realistic step towards speeding up the process of sustainable economic development through a more efficient and balanced use of available resources. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vUM6Ci

Reportedly Prime Minister Imran Khan in an interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios on HBO while responding to a question regarding sexual violence in Pakistan said that provocative clothing provokes sexual violence and it was imperative to remove temptation from society to quell the rising number of rapes and sexual assault in Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zZ0SuQ

NATO’s strategy adopted by representatives of all 30 members of the military bloc who had gathered in Brussels on June 14, 2021 to discuss the current challenges that the alliance is facing is indicative of either some perceptible cleavage with the US’ threat perception, priorities and strategic plans or else US’ tacit approval. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gS3raz

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xL8wHo

Genetics is the study of heredity and inherited characteristics. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3j4IhYx

We have all grown up watching Hollywood and Bollywood rom coms and the climax of all these movies mostly revolve around the hero of the movie realising that he let the ‘one’ go and then comes the most exciting part of the movie where he runs after the girl, towards the airport before she gets on the plane to God knows where. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zRpC8o

Many were happy when President Joe Biden told the world soon after he took power in January this year that “America is back”—and people thought in old and new clothes. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35MBWsH

“So down I went, with my heart full of trouble. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SnCpi5

On April 30, 2021, in the committee room of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, the current Federal Minister of Education embarked upon a series of ambitious projects aimed at leveraging and utilising technology to support education service delivery. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SW7mtW

In June, I write about my own journey as it is the month of my entry into this world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wRpWSP

A few weeks back, I touched upon the subject on how to bring private sector values into the public sector companies and in some cases, also vice versa. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xI6E21

“We cannot fight for our rights and our history as well as future until we are armed with weapons of criticism and dedicated consciousness. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3d2gG6w

As September 11 draws closer, there are concerns in Pakistan about how the situation will pan out post-US withdrawal from Afghanistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zUCyur

Post WW2, the world was dominated by two superpowers, the USA and USSR. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wOp6Gb

With the spectacular advance of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) across the countryside and reports of the Afghan National Army soldiers and officers joining ranks of IEA, the assessment of the Ghani government standing on its feet is becoming questionable. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35HDHYd

The Edhi Foundation is a non-profit social welfare organisation that was founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi back in 1951. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gRul1g

Bringing the global governance system established after WWII to cater for the needs of multi-polarity, increased interconnectivity and interdependence is one of the most crucial issues facing the present-day world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qhWC5h

‘Absolutely not’ was Prime Minister Imran Khan’s magnificently on point, two-word, response to Axios on HBO on whether Pakistan will allow the American government to establish CIA bases for any sort of action in Afghanistan on its land. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3iWQWMA

Fourteen years after the martyrdom of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, “Zinda hai BB, zinda hai” still echoes in political rallies and in the hearts of her party-workers. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wNmKr6

“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vHkiBm

The BRI can be considered the centre of gravity of China’s current policy of engaging the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zGC1vW

The strategically important country of central Asia, namely Afghanistan, is called the “Graveyard of empires. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zGKPSk

The inexcusable conduct of (most of) our parliamentarians in the national assembly, earlier this week, followed by ‘compulsive intervention’ from powers that be—resulting in orderly speeches thereafter—has lay bare the rotten core of legislative enterprise. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SDZ4a7

“The Industrial Revolution allowed us, for the first time, to start replacing human labour with machines. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SETpk8

As the world enters mid-2021, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gIogEc

Time is changing at a swift pace. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wHnga3

The US-led West seems to suffer from an incurable obsessive-compulsive disorder which compels it to fanatically keep bludgeoning the rest of the world into submission. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2TK8C3x

“To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qbrfct

It is said that ‘all politics is local’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zAZxKD

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, addressing the inaugural session of the ‘Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue’ in Islamabad on Tuesday, was right on the money to assert that peace in Afghanistan was a shared responsibility and no failure or mistake should be blamed on Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wDSFKz

The Afghan nation, from a child to an old man have been suffering for ages. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xu6IlZ

“No one can possibly have lived through the Great Depression without being scarred by it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3iRILRA

It is well known that the country’s defence budget is dependent on the country’s geo-strategic environment. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3zwBxIG

‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never harm me. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gDdbo2

The 1950s were exciting times for mountaineers. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3wBYuIo

“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gKO030

With a union of 29 states and seven union territories including 1300 islands, India is the second most populated country in the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35qiKRC

When COVID-19 first appeared in the city of Wuhan, China in November 2019, most of the western countries were seen criticising the Chinese government for poor governance and laboratory failure. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35oZDqT

June 15, 2021 marks a journey of 20 years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) because the decision of establishing SCO was announced on June 15, 2001 in Shanghai by China by member states of “the Shanghai Five”—China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pW6Vfl

“All mankind. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vuwXas

Speaking at the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre in which White mobs ravaged a prosperous Black neighbourhood killing as many as 300 Black Americans, President Joseph Biden observed, “We can’t just choose to learn what we want to know and not what we should know. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vkyyQ5

My late father Nazir Ahmed Malik proudly displayed his Tehreek-e-Pakistan Gold Medal which he received for his struggle in the freedom movement. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pRKLe2

“Leaders are developers, team builders, imaginers, culture caretakers, roadblock removers and inspirers. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gnfUCR

During the 1930s, massive dust storms dominated the Southern Plains of the United States and exacerbated the harsh effects of the Great Depression. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vvNrPW

After martyring more than 300 Palestinians—including 100 children and 80 women—injuring more than 3000 innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip through airstrikes and ground shelling, Israel agreed on a ceasefire with Hamas which ended the 11 day war. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gBOBUC

Voltaire on one occasion said, “The danger which is least expected soonest comes to us,” Indeed, illness and infections have afflicted mankind since the earliest days. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cDQRtb

Terming it a terrorist attack on America, Al-Qaeda’s head Osama Bin Laden was identified as the man responsible for 9/11 in which nearly 3000 people died. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pOLyfP

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pQbRlF

May 21 over May 20 inflation in Pakistan clocked a double-digit increase at around 10. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cCVML3

‘The Line’, a proposed city in Saudi Arabia is a vision of a 170-km long city with no cars, roads, or carbon emissions, and is part of the $500 billion project called ‘NEOM’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2TtIIAA

Growing up in the Pakistan of the 1980s, a time before Cartoon Network and HBO, and much before the bustle of private news channels, one of my fondest childhood memories is Maa’a waking me up in the morning for school, just as Mustansar Hussain Tarar did the morning ‘Chacha gi’ show. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xiUYms

“The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RNZGt5

Voting is an important part of our political landscape but while most people are galvanised to participate in elections, they don’t have faith in the voting system. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xdAYS4

Prime Minister Imran Khan, while talking to a delegation of farmers and growers who called on him on Tuesday made very pertinent observations about rampant corruption and the role of mafias in depriving farmers of due prices for their produce, evasion of taxes due from them and the manipulation of prices of sugar and other agricultural produce,. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SthutV

There was an enlightening seminar organised by SDPI recently on pension reforms. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pLAlMT

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vgt355

The innocent people of Palestine are facing Israeli aggression as well as acts of terrorism, not only in recent times but the process has been going on since 1948. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gfgiUe

The recent revelations about some backchannel endeavours to improve Saudi-Iran relations have indeed inspired a new ecstatic hope among the lovers of peace, prosperity and progress in the Middle East. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3x7vzfc

Earlier this year, China declared the eradication of extreme poverty. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/355OafQ

“Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread death and chaos of an apocalyptic event. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RIduFw

President Biden’s announcement to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021 has drawn extreme reactions ranging from surprise to dismay. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3v7UePp

Social media is trending with the latest controversy to climb the bandwagon of controversies and that is Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai’s recent statement on the institution of marriage. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pBSRaJ

Last week, I wrote about the importance of learning from our opponents in politics, well, also in other fields of society and in everyday life. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pDlKmI

If offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3x5w2hS

All factions of the society are eagerly looking forward to the incoming budget 2021-2022 as it is the most important policy document for a country affecting the lives of every Pakistani. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3g7lb1A

Population control is a major challenge in our beloved homeland whether it is about homo sapiens or about motorcycles. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2T6bs2l

Amid all the wild swings in Pakistan’s economic policymaking over almost the past three years, one thing has remained constant, repeated experimentation where none was needed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3co3Zm7

“You can’t ‘get over’ something that is still happening. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2TdxAIh

People like me who are away from their motherland keep browsing the internet to find positive news about Pakistan and the last two weeks provide optimistic and encouraging reports from Islamabad. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34Vfk8T

Despite a very poor record of people friendly legislation, a new Punjab Assembly building is being inaugurated. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gbkqTS

In 2015, 195 nations agreed under the UN to set out 17 sustainable development goals to be achieved by 2030. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/35bzFHv

The first jigsaw puzzle in history was created by the famous cartographer, John Spilsbury, back in 1762. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3imbvle

The Pakistan Army came into existence on the eve of the partition of the sub-continent. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vTmRRD

Speaking at a Memorial Day observance last week, President Joseph Biden noted, rather ominously, “Our democracy is in peril. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fVj2FW

A nation may stop daydreaming of having a strong foreign policy in the face of diminishing credibility, weak economic indicators, regular political upheavals, a feeble judicial system, serious governance issues and a demoralised Foreign Service. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fXoqs7

“I feel so inadequate trying to reconstruct a reality that was worse than my darkest dreams. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3gfVJFH

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Region (APR) finds itself in the vortex of a fast-deteriorating strategic environment as the US and its allies beat a hasty, ill-considered retreat out of the region. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3chDGxO

Of the proven oil reserves, more than 77 percent of these resources are under the control of National Oil Companies (NOCs), with minimum equity participation by international oil companies. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3v4LTMB

This week the President of Tajikistan visited Islamabad and held high-level strategic dialogue with Pakistan’s government and State institutions. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3vXUq4T

“The supreme art of war is to subdue theenemy without fighting. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3w94oAR

Pakistan, on this World Environment Day on June 5, has been honoured to host a virtual global moot in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fUDdUF

According to Pakistan’s 2017 census, women account for 48. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3po7KNz

The creator of this world has visibly set natural courses for every living thing. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2RmQ1JO

“At the time of the Congo controversy a hundred years ago, the idea of full human rights, political, social, and economic, was a profound threat to the established order of most countries on earth. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uUQaSm

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) whose basic responsibility is to deal with environment-related issues has asked Pakistan to host the World Environment Day 2021 falling on June 5. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fOYezR

On May 26, 2021, WhatsApp filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court against the Indian government seeking to block regulations coming into force on May 26 that would compel Facebook’s messaging app to break privacy protections. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3fQXzy5

If we want to draw attention to something that we think is wrong, we criticise the situation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3g6HIdE

“Bigger in nature was the protest lodged bythe citizens of Delhi when the vanquishedPrince Dara Shikoh was humiliated and laterexecuted by Aurangzeb in 1658. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cgVxVs

Growing up in centres of learnings, we were taught that ‘history’ was a collection of past sequences of events—events that shape our current reality and give us a lens from which to look back in hindsight, reflect and be better. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3uJatlF

Is there any end to injustice in the world? Any way human suffering can just miraculously come to an end? I don’t think so. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3idghl5

While gathering information on the operations of the British India Army in the Northwest Frontier Province, I became aware of the Frontier Mail from a picture of it arriving at Rawalpindi Station. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/34Ghjhc

“A nation that cannot control its bordersis not a nation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3g3WlhR

When it comes to economic performance, there have been some surprising but nevertheless welcome announcements of late: We hear that the economy has recovered and is growing close to 4 percent, with the GDP growth target set for next year at 4. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2SQ5EtO

Climate change poses an imminent threat to the earth inhabitants and has become an issue the global community must address together. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3cb1ljD

Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have enjoyed very close and cordial relations with each other since the creation of Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3i9vqDO