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	<title>The News International - <![CDATA[Special Report]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bringing down the fences  ]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1358075-climate-adaptation-will-fail-unless-power-moves-down-to-the-people]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:18:25 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t is that time of year, again, when the world gathers to debate climate ambition at yet another Conference of the Parties. The venue this time is Bel&eacute;m, in the Brazilian Amazon. The city has been in the news for reasons that contradict the very spirit of these negotiations. Earlier...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Falling short?]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:14:03 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        f COP29 in Baku was seen as a Finance COP, the COP30 in Bel&eacute;m is being termed an Action COP. As COP30 reaches its midpoint, those following the discussions are still uncertain whether this summit will become yet another talk shop or mark a genuine turning point. Give it another...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[For a food secure future]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:10:44 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he Punjab chief minister has reached the COP30 venue in Brazil. She is accompanied by a competent delegation . She has been seen interacting with Jessy Arden, New Zealand&rsquo;s former prime minister, and now a programme director at Harvard. That shows a high level of commitment. There...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The carbon cost of conflict]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1358071-the-carbon-cost-of-conflict]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:08:48 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        s global climate experts converge in Bel&eacute;m for COP30, certain policy gaps remain beyond prominent global discussions. For nations constantly navigating geopolitical faultlines, international pledges often feel like tragically inapplicable theories. One of the core issues that...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[How infrastructure impacts climate]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1358069-how-infrastructure-impacts-climate]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:04:44 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        f one reviews the tally of infrastructure development projects being undertaken in Karachi and other cities in Sindh, it shall make an impressive account. The Bus Rapid Transit - Red Line and Yellow Line, Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme Phase IV , Greater Karachi Sewerage Scheme ,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The long road to recovery]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356402-the-long-road-to-recovery]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:16:32 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n the heart of Buner district, nestled in the scenic hills of Malakand division, life revolves around the bustling lanes of Pir Baba Bazaar, a centuries-old marketplace where traders from Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities have lived and worked together for generations.For 36 years, Ganga...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Returning to normal]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356401-returning-to-normal]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:14:50 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hen the flash floods tore through Swat Valley, they didn&rsquo;t just wash away bridges, roads and houses, they also swept away livelihoods and years of painstaking community health work.For Shabnum Bibi, a 45-year-old lady health worker from Union Council Lundi Kas, it was a nightmare...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Managing  climate change]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356400-managing-climate-change]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:11:58 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        y visit to Barbados, shortly after it was struck by the devastating Hurricane Beryl in 2024, and my detailed conversations with local experts, as well as listening to the insightful leadership of Prime Minister Mia Mottley, reinforced a vital principle in climate disaster management. The...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rebuilding on their own]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356399-rebuilding-on-their-own]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:04:51 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[-----  Photos by the author          I        n Multan&rsquo;s Basti Bakhsh Wala, Irshad Bibi sits in a small shop she has set up in a corner of her house. She recalls the days when floodwaters entered their area. She was at home with her two daughters and an ailing husband. When the water began...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Making the people heard]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1356398-making-the-people-heard]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:59:53 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[E        very disaster leaves the survivors with some lessons. Unfortunately, in Pakistan&rsquo;s case, the government, the people and the media do not appear willing to seize the moment and prepare themselves better for future disasters. Every time people react as if it is for the first time, and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[In pursuit of justice]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354877-in-pursuit-of-justice]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 19:13:59 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[F        or three years, Riffat Ara Alvi, mother of slain journalist Arshad Sharif, had been looking for justice for her son&rsquo;s killing in Kenya. She breathed her last on October 26, three days after her son&rsquo;s third death anniversary. Alvi was not the only one seeking justice; mothers,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[AI's gendered impact on journalism]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354875-ais-gendered-impact-on-journalism]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 19:07:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[J        ournalists and newsrooms across the world, including those in Pakistan, are currently integrating AI into their work, whether by using it for research, preparing scripts and outlines, translating, fact-checking or copyediting. Concerns regarding AI&rsquo;s efficacy and the risks it poses...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[News silos in conflict]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354870-news-silos-in-conflict]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 19:00:54 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        ith authoritarian regimes in fashion around the world, states are increasingly asking journalists to toe their line or face dire consequences. This jingoistic hyper-nationalism has severely affected the credibility of the traditional media, which is at a historic low. Social media trends...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[War on media is war on democracy]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1354869-war-on-media-is-war-on-democracy]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:57:19 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        akistan has a serious problem of safety of its journalists and other information practitioners. Over 190 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in the country in the first 25 years of this century alone. Assassination&mdash;silencing someone permanently&mdash;is the worst form...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN at 80]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353557-un-at-80]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:27:35 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[C        Currently two sets of world order are counterposed: the UN system and the &ldquo;rules based&rdquo; system, correlating closely with multipolarity and unipolarity, the latter meaning US dominance. &ndash;&ndash;  Noam ChomskyThe United Nations came into being 80 years ago according to its...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vetoing world peace]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353556-vetoing-world-peace]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:23:34 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he United Nations commemorates its eighty years this year. Amid the resurgence of wars, humanitarian crises, geopolitical tensions, widening inequalities and a rapidly changing climate, its significance and responsibility as a global body mandated to ensure peace, order and security have...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Growing  international  anarchy]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353555-growing-international-anarchy]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:22:29 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        t is ironic that the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations coincides with a growing debate in international forums about its efficacy in the achievement of its main purposes. The UN came into existence on October 24, 1945, upon the ratification of its charter by all...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The power versus equality dilemma]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353553-the-power-versus-equality-dilemma]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:20:19 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[E        ight decades into its creation, the United Nations still struggles to prove its relevance. Its founding mission was clear. The world, emerging from war and ruin, needed a system to preserve peace. Political stability would depend on economic stability. The International Monetary Fund and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Maintaining the status quo]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1353552-maintaining-the-status-quo]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 26 Oct 2025 18:19:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he modern world&rsquo;s quest for peace eventuated in the formation of organisations such as the Congress of Vienna, the League of Nations and the United Nations. However, while all these organisations had some inherent strengths, they had weaknesses too. The Vienna Settlement ventured to...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[More war]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351920-more-war]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:43:24 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he recent surge in terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects a complex interplay of regional instability, ideological resurgence and local vulnerabilities. After 2021, the province has witnessed a sharp rise in militant attacks. These attacks targeted security forces, law enforcement...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Back to dark days?]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351919-back-to-dark-days]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:40:56 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[O        ver the past year, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again found itself at the epicentre of Pakistan&rsquo;s battle against terrorism. The province, which had begun to recover from years of conflict, is now witnessing a renewed surge in militant attacks. These incidents have claimed the lives...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collateral damage]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351918-collateral-damage]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:38:04 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        ars across the globe have shown that collateral damage&mdash;innocent lives lost, homes destroyed, communities shattered&mdash;is a fertile ground for terror networks to sow seeds of radicalisation. More than 20 years of conflict and militancy in Pakistan, too, have shown similar trends....]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kabul's strategic gambit]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351915-kabuls-strategic-gambit]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:35:41 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A         tense 48-hour ceasefire went into effect from Wednesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces, following a dangerous flare-up at the border. The brief pause in fighting came after Afghan forces launched attacks that were met with forceful retaliation from Pakistan.
    

The Pak-Afghan...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Politics over peace]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351911-politics-over-peace]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:25:47 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces a resurgence of terrorism, political uncertainty has deepened the crisis in the province. The recent change of the province&rsquo;s chief minister, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan&rsquo;s opposition to military operations and the military&rsquo;s...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peace through consultation]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1351903-peace-through-consultation]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:03:51 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&ldquo;F        or over two decades, terrorism has devastated our lands. Our elders and security officials&mdash;both soldiers and policemen&mdash;have been martyred; our homes destroyed. We have been living like refugees. All we only want now is for this violence to end.&rdquo;These were the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wounded healers]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350045-wounded-healers]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:08:42 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&ldquo;T        he physician in me can never heal anything unless he feels the pain of the patient in himself.&rdquo;----- Carl JungMy first psychotherapy patient in the United States taught me a lot about suffering. We met for almost two years and I despaired of ever helping her. When she moved...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nurturing young minds]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350042-nurturing-young-minds]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:05:24 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        yesha, a 13-year-old girl from southern Punjab, used to be a bright, cheerful student. After the devastating floods this year, everything changed. Her family lost their home. Her father&rsquo;s livelihood was washed away and they were forced to relocate to a crowded shelter. Since then,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Affording care]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350041-affording-care]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:03:51 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        ental health is a basic human right for all people, according to the World Health Organisation. Everyone, wherever and whoever they are, has the right to standard mental health. However, there has been unequal access to mental health services. This is attributed not only to stigma but...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wars and conflicts leave scars far beyond the physical]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:01:46 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hen fighter jets roar overhead and bombs tear through neighbourhoods, sirens scream; smoke and dust choke the horizon, ambulances race to shattered streets, and terrified children cry out, the damage is not confined to broken homes or displaced families; it seeps into memory, steals sleep...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The inner pandemic]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1350038-the-inner-pandemic]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:58:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        e all remember the visible battle&mdash;the haunting quiet of empty streets; the muffled voices behind masks; the endless news updates counting lives and losses. During those long months, our mission as a nation was clear: protect our bodies, flatten the curve and survive.Pakistan, like...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Floods washed away all but tears]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:54:08 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he monsoon of 2022 brought torrential rains across Pakistan. Although the Meteorological Department had warned about possible flooding, sooner than expected it turned into reality. Many areas of the country were under water. Sindh was no exception.I had just assumed charge as dean of the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trump's blurry path to peace]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:05:57 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n the volatile landscape of Middle East politics, two seismic events unfolded in late September, reshaping narratives around the Israel&rsquo;s war on Gaza. On September 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery address to the United Nations General Assembly, vowing...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[No method to Netanyahu's madness]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:02:58 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he United Nations 80th General Assembly should have been the stage to discuss future of peace in the age of artificial intelligence. Sadly, it turned out to be one of the most divisive sessions dominated by Palestine and not Israel. The gathering proved that Palestine can&rsquo;t be...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iran and the Western double standards]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:59:16 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he reimposition of the UN sanctions on Iran, initially imposed by the Security Council between 2006 and 2010, reflects the continued determination of the US-led West to subject Iran&rsquo;s nuclear programme to arbitrary controls which go far beyond the requirements of the nuclear...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistan's bold yet brittle moment]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:57:43 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he 80th United Nations General Assembly was not just a diplomatic summit&mdash;it was a global media spectacle. Each year, the big question for the Pakistani delegation is what can be achieved from this global platform other than photo-ops with some dignitaries and the customary addresses...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recognising a genocide]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:55:17 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A         much-trumpeted, and as many argue, much delayed, stance of many European and other reasonably powerful states&mdash; dismayed by Israel and its arch ally, the United States&mdash;was that they would recognise the Palestinian state close to and during the United Nations General...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Déjà vu]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:43:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[O        nce again Pakistan faces a deluge, perhaps not as bad as the 2022 &lsquo;monsoon on steroids,&rsquo; that affected nearly 33 million people, displaced 8 million and cost the exchequer over $30 billion, a disaster from which the country has yet to recover. Unlike the unusual monsoon...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A disrupted education]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:39:23 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n Pakistan, the education sector has been plagued by systemic challenges, leaving more than 26 million children out of school, and 75-77 percent of 10-year-olds unable to read and understand a simple text. The crisis of access and quality is compounded by stark inequities based on gender,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A political fallout]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:31:41 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[W        hile deliberating the impacts of environmental collapse on institutions of governance and public trust in elected leaders, Ilhan Niaz argues in his book Downfall: Lessons for Our Final Century  that &ldquo;in the years and decades to come, political orders and governance structures will...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[The unseen victims]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:13:38 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[&mdash; Photos by author          T        his year&rsquo;s floods unfolded differently from the previous disasters. These were marked by a sudden and faster escalation, record-breaking rainfall and a stronger imprint of climate change. The Punjab faced the heaviest blow, with approximately 5.1...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Believing in the impossible]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:09:43 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Door: &ldquo;Why it&rsquo;s simply impassible!&rdquo;Alice: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t you mean impossible?&rdquo;Door: &ldquo;No, I do mean impassible.  Nothing&rsquo;s impossible!&rdquo;&mdash; Alice in Wonderland          O        ur monsoon season is almost over. This time, the rains and the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A near miss]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1345068-a-near-miss]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:14:41 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        fter two weeks of ruination in the Punjab, flood water descended to Sindh in mid-September. A high flood of over 635,000 cusecs crossed the Guddu Barrage. After two fleeting high-flood surges in August, this time, a flow of over 500,000 cusecs was sustained at Guddu for several days. A...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Flooded by power]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1345066-flooded-by-power]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:11:57 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        s water levels in the Indus surge again, experts say the real flood threat comes not from the river but from within the communities.Pakistan is on the brink of yet another humanitarian disaster. Torrential monsoon rains have battered the country since July, submerging entire districts,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Far from over]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:10:28 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[A        lipur, 95 kilometres from Muzaffargarh, now looks less like a town and more like a lake. On both sides of the broken road, there is nothing but water. Families are scattered across embankments&mdash;some under open skies, some in fragile tents. Many hold their national ID cards in plastic...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[An opportunity for resilience]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/1345062-an-opportunity-for-resilience]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:03:37 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[T        he prime minister has announced an agriculture and climate emergency in the country, an urgent measure to combat the flood induced calamity. The rescue and relief operations are in full swing. A daunting task of rehabilitation comes next. In addition to pooling resources and energy,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Failure by design]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:00:56 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[F        or many generations of Indus basin&rsquo;s inhabitants, the monsoon was a season of renewal. Its rains replenished rivers and nurtured crops, promising abundance and inspiring poetry, folk songs and celebration. The first rains often carried hope. Today, they bring fear.The monsoon of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fighting floods]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 16:03:03 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        akistan is once again struggling to contain the damage from one of the worst floods in its history. Following multiple flash floods and heavy rain spells in the northern and north-western parts of the country, excessive monsoon downpours in the eastern, central and southern districts in...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cheap thrills]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:56:16 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[P        akistanis are famously good at jugaar. I tend to agree. Look at the media coverage of the recent rains and floods. We try to find cheap and quick ways of telling a story rather than having an in-depth 360-degree perspective. We did not do justice to the devastating floods in 2022; nor are...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Human cost of a broken system]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:52:57 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[M        y first encounter with internally displaced people  was during the catastrophic floods of 2010, when I visited parts of south Punjab. Among the many haunting images that have never left me was that of families sitting under the open sky, stripped of everything they had owned, with only a...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rethinking flood finance]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:48:12 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[I        n the summer of 2022, Pakistan was engulfed by its worst floods in living memory. A third of the country was underwater, affecting 33 million people. The United Nations&rsquo; post-disaster needs assessment  estimated the damage at $14.9 billion, losses at $15.2 billion and the cost of...]]>
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