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Misinformation and memes run amok amidst Pak-Afghan conflict

Misinformation and memes run amok amidst Pak-Afghan conflict

In times of war, misinformation distorts reality, and mockery distorts humanity. Together, they deepen divisions.

Zahrah Mazhar

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Where do Pakistan, Afghanistan go from here

Where do Pakistan, Afghanistan go from here

Baqir Sajjad Syed

From paper to action: The missing link in Pakistan’s response to climate change

From paper to action: The missing link in Pakistan’s response to climate change

Sahar Arshad Mahmood

Pakistan’s energy sector isn’t broken by chance. It’s broken by design

Pakistan’s energy sector isn’t broken by chance. It’s broken by design

Muhammad Hamza Latif

The shutdown of USAID and the deeper crisis behind it

The shutdown of USAID and the deeper crisis behind it

Shuyan (Michael) Huang

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When floods come back, they find the same people waiting

When floods come back, they find the same people waiting

Ehsan Leghari

Net metering billing: Who pays the price for Pakistan’s new solar regime?

Net metering billing: Who pays the price for Pakistan’s new solar regime?

Manzoor Ahmed Alizai | Rimsha Rehan

Between grand claims and thin allocations, who really owns Karachi’s crisis?

Between grand claims and thin allocations, who really owns Karachi’s crisis?

Imran Ayub

From guardrails to gaslighting: How the Grok fiasco redefined AI accountability

From guardrails to gaslighting: How the Grok fiasco redefined AI accountability

Rafay Mahmood

The eternal ascent: Basant returns to the skies of Lahore

The eternal ascent: Basant returns to the skies of Lahore

Salman Tahir

Crime control or state criminality? Policing, power and impunity in Punjab

Crime control or state criminality? Policing, power and impunity in Punjab

Zoha Waseem

It’s time public toilets are treated as core urban infrastructure

It’s time public toilets are treated as core urban infrastructure

Masooma Shakir | Faryal Raza

Tirah: buried under snow and circumstance

Tirah: buried under snow and circumstance

Ismail Khan

Multilateralism is straining at the seams: Is global cooperation in retreat?

Multilateralism is straining at the seams: Is global cooperation in retreat?

Amna Mahmood

Imaan-Hadi arrest and a state at war with dissent

Imaan-Hadi arrest and a state at war with dissent

Rida Hosain

The interminable wait between life and death at Gul Plaza in Karachi

The interminable wait between life and death at Gul Plaza in Karachi

Muzhira Amin

‘We have lost a piece of the city’s soul’: What the Gul Plaza inferno means for Karachi

‘We have lost a piece of the city’s soul’: What the Gul Plaza inferno means for Karachi

Aniqa Atiq Khan

Gul Plaza, SBCA, and the human cost of bad governance

Gul Plaza, SBCA, and the human cost of bad governance

Imtiaz Bhatti

Why do so many people in Pakistan suddenly have a button phone? (It’s not for the vibes)

Why do so many people in Pakistan suddenly have a button phone? (It’s not for the vibes)

Saadiya Atiq

The lost libraries of Lyari

The lost libraries of Lyari

Hazaran Rahim Dad