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Pakistan must move beyond attending international science dialogues and begin shaping their agendas.

That requires stronger research institutions, equitable partnerships and an institutionalised science-diplomacy strategy.
By Saeed Shafqat
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A democracy must allow those in power to lose—and allow citizens to change their minds peacefully. Faisal Islam argues that free elections, open debate and accountability are essential to national progress.
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#RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Pakistan

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Science should be a global public good—not another arena for geopolitical competition or technological inequality.

Saeed Shafqat examines the Beijing Science Declaration and its opportunities for Pakistan.
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What is the real test of democracy? Not whether those in power are kind, but whether they can lose. Faisal Islam examines how free elections, accountability and the people's verdict shape a nation's future.
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#Democracy #Pakistan #FreeElections

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“Ten minutes is better than none. A slower pace is still progress. Consistency matters more than intensity.”

Dr Muslim explains why simple daily movement can become essential medicine in a sedentary age.

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Walking and jogging require no expensive membership or specialised equipment—yet they can improve physical health, ease stress and interrupt the long hours of sitting that define modern life.
By Dr. Muslim

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#Walking #PublicHealth #Pakistan

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If Korean reunification is no longer a realistic near-term goal, can managed coexistence provide a path towards peace?

Dr Moonis Ahmar calls for dialogue, confidence-building and reduced tensions across the 38th parallel.

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More than seven decades after the Korean War, reunification remains elusive.

Dr Moonis Ahmar examines how nuclearisation, militarisation, authoritarian rule and great-power rivalries have entrenched the peninsula’s division.

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Climate pledges mean little if vulnerable countries cannot access funding—or lack project pipelines capable of using it.

Asim Ahmed Khan examines Pakistan’s shift from climate diplomacy to implementation at COP31.
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Pakistan’s challenge at COP31 is no longer only to demonstrate its climate vulnerability. It must show how finance will reach exposed communities, strengthen resilience and reduce the cost of future disasters.
By Asim Ahmed Khan
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“The danger is not simply that sections of the Left abandon particular commitments, but that they reproduce the authoritarian logic through which their own repression becomes possible.”
By Sher Ali Khan
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Can anti-imperialism be separated from struggles against authoritarianism, dispossession and inequality at home?

Sher Ali Khan critiques the political framework advanced by The Southern Question.

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“The central struggle is whether we retain the freedom to question, the institutions to correct and the collective will to act.”

Azhar Dogar asks whether Orwell and Huxley wrote warnings humanity will heed—or futures it will accept.

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From working-class Mansfield to Santiniketan—and from Byron and Nietzsche to Tagore and Rumi—Richard C. Bower traces a literary journey from questioning the world to seeking connection within it.
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What happens when Orwell’s surveillance meets Huxley’s manufactured pleasure?

Azhar Dogar examines AI, authoritarianism, climate pressure and the struggle to preserve human agency on the road to 2040.

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Can rebellion become another form of conformity?

Richard C. Bower reflects on individuality, philosophy and the danger of allowing what we resist to define who we become.
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“If the government fails to act, the silence of the Sohna Murgh will stand as an indictment of the institutions that watched Chitral’s heritage disappear.”
By Fazal Maula Zahid
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On forests, accountability and community rights:

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A bag of money offered without hesitation. Sikh relatives reunited across a divided border. Friends riding through winter fog for coffee.

Usama Malick reflects on generosity, belonging and memories that bind generations.
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Chitral’s ancient forests face growing threats from fires, alleged illegal logging and weak monitoring of timber routes.

Fazal Maula Zahid calls for independent field inspections, forensic audits and community oversight.
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An Aqeeqa gathering in Bhai Kot reconnects Usama Malick with family friendships, Partition memories and the village where some of his happiest schoolboy days unfolded.
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