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Pakistan's Empty Stadiums And The Missing Jobs Economy

Pakistan, July 21 -- Jobs economy is hiding in plain sight, locked behind gates, guarded by officials, and used occasionally for cricket, political rallies, convocations or ceremonies. Pakistan is sea... Read More


The VIP Lounges Of Apartheid

Pakistan, July 21 -- The 2026 FIFA World Cup was pitched to us as the ultimate planetary jamboree-a joyous, borderless festival of football where nations gather under the benevolent, tax-exempt gaze o... Read More


Brain Drain: A Vote Of No Confidence By The Youth

Pakistan, July 21 -- The country's most educated and ambitious citizens are increasingly choosing to build their futures abroad rather than at home. Recent statistics highlighting a sharp decline in C... Read More


The Obsolete Tank And The Bleeding Watershed: A Mournful Appeal For Subcontinental Peace

Pakistan, July 21 -- It is with a profound sense of grief and a heavy mourning heart that we must begin this appeal. We live in a tragic reality where the very survival of millions is openly bartered ... Read More


The World Cup Dream That Pakistan Keeps Missing

Pakistan, July 21 -- As Spain celebrated lifting the FIFA World Cup after defeating Argentina in a dramatic final in New Jersey, billions of people around the world were once again reminded why footba... Read More


The East India Company On Trial: Britain's Reckoning With Colonial Power

Pakistan, July 20 -- When the merchant prince returned to London, he bought a parliamentary seat, a Palladian country house, and a coat of arms that baffled the heralds at the College of Arms. His nei... Read More


Buy The Tents In April

Pakistan, July 20 -- There is a rule you learn in the first month of a planning job, and it is not a clever one. You cannot order a thing on the day you need it. Between signing the purchase order and... Read More


Honour Killings In Pakistan: Justice Must Defeat Honour

Pakistan, July 20 -- The recent killing of a young woman and a police constable in Upper Kohistan has once again drawn national attention to the brutal reality of so-called honour killings. According ... Read More


Unaccounted Gas, Unacceptable Losses

Pakistan, July 20 -- Every year, billions of cubic feet of natural gas simply vanish into thin air, or rather, into leaky pipelines, faulty meters, and the pockets of thieves. Officially termed Unacco... Read More


A Case of Cannibalism - Or Is It?

Pakistan, July 20 -- The foul stench grew too strong to go unnoticed. For weeks, people of the village complained of it. Come April 2014, the police forced their way into the door, found the freshly e... Read More