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Pakistan: The Paradox of Ghost School
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: ‘Ghost School’ is the debut feature film of Pakistani-British filmmaker Seemab Gul, who wrote and directed the 88-minute Urdu-language drama. Co-produced across Pakistan, Germany, and Saudi Arabia, the story centers on Rabia, a ten-year-old girl determined to uncover why her village’s only school suddenly…
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Pakistan Civil Society Under Siege Amid Growing Human Rights Concerns, State Clampdowns in Sindh province
Police dismantle a protest camp set up to demand recovery of mossing children By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The human rights landscape in Pakistan in general, and Sindh province in particular, has come under increasing scrutiny by civil society groups, legal bodies, and rights monitors due to growing state…
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Pakistan, Sri Lanka Join Hands for Collaborative Research on Rice, Fruit Crop Pests
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), located in Tandojam town of Sindh province, and Sri Lankan academic institutions have agreed to strengthen academic cooperation through faculty exchange and joint agricultural research, focusing on rice, fruit crops and other agricultural commodities facing similar pest and disease challenges…
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The Agrarian Paradox: Pakistan Imports Wheat Amid Record Local Production
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Despite being an agrarian economy where wheat serves as the ultimate national staple, Pakistan finds itself trapped in a recurring policy paradox, as the government has decided to import one million tons of wheat. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), in its meeting on July…
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A Satirical Look at Pakistan’s Daily Petrol Price Adjustments
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The current economic and geopolitical landscape is placing significant strain on nations globally, and Pakistan is no exception. In a climate where international tensions, particularly regarding key oil transit points like thec, send shockwaves through the energy market, the Pakistani government recently pivoted its…
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Pakistan’s Water Protest Sparks Satire
AI-generated image in circulation- A Sindhi local firmly holds back Prime Minister Modi as he attempts to personally reroute the waters of the Indus River By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) organized a series of province-wide rallies across Sindh on July 12, 2026, protesting what…
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Pakistan: Paying Billions for Electricity Citizens Never Use
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The citizens of Pakistan are gripped by a paralyzing energy crisis, created by the successive governments of some political parties. For the ordinary citizen, small business owner, or laborer, this crisis doesn’t live in policy documents. It arrives every month in electricity bills which…
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Pakistan: One Husband, Thousands of Wives
AI-generated image widely circulating across social media platforms mocks the loop in in the official family tree registry By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Pakistan’s largest social safety net, has recently come under intense parliamentary scrutiny following the presentation of the Auditor General of…
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Pakistan: The Crisis of Delayed Justice, How Pendency is Eroding the Legal System
Pending Cases- AI-generated image (The AsiaN) By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The harrowing text of a social media post, which translates from Urdu as: “Kasur: Outraged by receiving date after date (adjournments) for five years, a petitioner opened fire and killed the Sessions Judge”—presents a tragic and extreme manifestation…
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Pakistan: The Myth of the Passive Youth
AI-generated Illustration By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: During the last couple of years, while observing the Gen-Z movements taking place in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, I expected a similar uprising in Pakistan given the grave situation prevailing in the country. However, surprisingly, nothing happened here. This sparked a…
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