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Who Gets The Water? The Politics Of The Indus Basin
On 5 June 2026, while Chashma reservoir stood just four feet below its maximum conservation level and Tarbela was still storing water at the rate of nearly 29,000 cusecs, Kotri Barrage recorded zero discharge downstream.
#IndusBasin #WaterPolitics
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On June 4, one day before the federal budget was originally scheduled to be presented to parliament, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a review meeting and approved in principle a sweeping new “faceless” tax operating model.
#TaxSystem #Budget2025 #Economy
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The Saviour Of Punjab Or Its Oldest Trap?
Last February, residents of Punjab opened their newspapers to find sixty pages of photographs of the same person: their Chief Minister.
#Punjab #PunjabPolitics #Editorial
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Budget 2026-27: Tax Agricultural Rent, Not Farmers
Only “agricultural income” as defined in the Constitution falls within the legislative competence of the provinces, while all other activities of the agriculture sector (livestock, poultry, forestry, horticulture, cattle farming, fish farming, etc.
#BudgetFunds #TaxSystem
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The Art Of Living – Why True Happiness Requires Grounded Realism
There are two kinds of people when it comes to living ‘life’: those who consider it a blessing, and those who regard it as a liability.
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Healing Bodies And Souls – The Lifelong Devotion Of Maulana Hakim Illahi Bakhsh
Shikarpur’s rich literary, medical, and religious heritage continues to keep alive the memory of its remarkable past.
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HEC’s Standardised Test Could Clean Up a Mess; Or Make Another One
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan has said universities should stop running their own MS, MPhil and PhD entry tests and move admissions to GRE/HAT (Graduate Record Examination/Higher Education Aptitude Test) through its Education T…
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Pakistan’s Gulf Illusion: Why Strategic Importance Alone Is Not Enough
For decades, Pakistanis have helped build the Gulf — not in the abstract, but literally.
#GulfCountries #Pakistan
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A Small Paragraph, A Big Diplomatic Signal
Diplomatic language is never accidental.
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Child Road Traffic Injuries In Karachi: A Silent Urban Emergency
In the busy streets of Karachi, children are increasingly becoming the most vulnerable victims of a city where roads and transport systems are designed for vehicles rather than people.
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