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Breaking: Family discovers child has independent opinion

Local Correspondent, The Daily Onlooker. This weekend, the Rizvi family home was in a quiet crisis – 7-year-old Ahmed, who had always been a quiet…

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Reading the Ground Beneath the Noise

It is one of the enduring paradoxes of Pakistan’s history that the country has repeatedly demonstrated remarkable tactical ability while struggling to translate that ability…

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Self-Publishing Without Permission 

Just as a tour guide is for a tourist, a publisher is for a writer. Someone who guides, leads, manages and solves issues along the…

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LHC Suspends PMDC Directives Ordering Afghan Medical Students to Leave Pakistan

Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday suspended directives issued by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) requiring…

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Four Peshawar Gang-Rape Suspects Killed in Attack on Police Party

PESHAWAR: Four suspects arrested in connection with the alleged gang rape of two women in Peshawar were killed on Friday…

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Main suspect arrested in assault on Karachi University professor Arif Saqi

KARACHI: Police have arrested Syed Muhammad Konain Shah, the principal suspect in the alleged assault and unlawful confinement of University…

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LHC bars Punjab medical colleges from expelling Afghan students

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has restrained medical colleges across Punjab from expelling Afghan students, providing interim relief to students…

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“The Bean Eaters” — Gwendolyn Brooks

They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair. Dinner is a casual affair. Plain…

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Pakistan’s Quiet Diplomacy in Iran–US Tensions

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Necessitas Inducit Privilegium Quoad Jura Privata

Meaning: Necessity gives a privilege as to private rights. Explanation: Actions normally considered illegal may be excused when committed to prevent greater…

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Blackouts and Ballots

The fan slows first. One second it’s pushing hot air around the…

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Pakistan’s Missing Generation of Experts

Our television panels expose a huge structural failure in how discourse surrounding…

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The Opposition Without Elections: What Happens When Political Competition Narrows

On the morning of February 8, 2024, Pakistanis went to vote in…

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The Attention Election: Winning Voters in a Distracted Age

As attention spans continue to worsen over time, with the average human…

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The Unspoken Hierarchy Among University Students

I have interviewed a few students from various renowned elite…

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The Crisis of Pakistan’s Examination System: A Death of Individuality

Head filled with pressure, rooms in a mess, study tables…

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The Education Crisis Behind Afghanistan’s Gender Apartheid

An entire generation of women has disappeared, not from their…

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Degree Without Destination: The Graduate Unemployment Crisis of Pakistan

Pakistan produces hundreds of thousands of university graduates every year.…

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Condolences in the Age of WhatsApp

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un – Verily we belong…

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The Culture of Giving Advice No One Asked For

No relationship is considered complete without giving advice to others.…

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The Midwife and the Hospital

The world has significantly progressed, although maternal mortality still remains…

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Gaming Subcultures and the Search for Community Online

Even before it became a metric for parents to worry…

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The Curated Echo: How Coke Studio Invented Pakistan’s Global Sound Option

Ask someone outside Pakistan to name a Pakistani song, and…

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Alternative Substance: Uranium to Thorium

As the world moves away from uranium and nuclear weapons, India has…

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To Accept Peace Does Not Mean Defeat

Peace only means a ceasefire for an unlimited duration, but this helps…

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The Attention Recession

The world is producing more crises than audiences can emotionally process. Wars,…

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From Devotion to Ratings: The Commercialisation of Ramadan Transmissions

Ramadan is the holiest month of Islam, practiced by fasting, offering prayer,…

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The Cristiano Ronaldo Denial

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Pakistan's maternal health system revolves around one event “delivery”. At that time,…

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