How an intensely personal belief system leads to opposing an empireBy: Rayhan KhanThe early Islamic community expressed religious piety in its moral and ethical conduct. This religious pie
How the bureaucracy became paramountBy: Dr Rajkumar SinghEconomically, undivided India was a strong and more or less self-sufficient economic unit. Later on when a separate State was cre
India is pushing ahead to become the regional hegemonBy: Hamzah TaoqeerA new cycle of arms race is on the horizon as the major powers are striving for power projection. The rapid force mod
NATIONALWritten by Zaigham Abbas--Adding at least $5bn in new economic revenues through a smart capital initiativeLAHORE: With increasing urbanisation, city managers across the world are looking for s
Long hours mean sleep deprivation and poor trainingBy: Shahjehan SarwarDoctors in Pakistan face the stumbling block of high duty hours exceeding their intrinsic abilities to work. A great
The police has to be reformed before it can handle child abuse casesBy: Malik Aslam AwanA large number of aspirants to join the police take it as an enterprise to boost their profiteering
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that Pakistan had played its due and sincere role in facilitating the Afghan peace talks and now it was being regarded as part of the
The reality behind the mythsBy: Rafaqat MasroorThere are many tales associated with lizards that are widely spread not only in Pakistan but throughout the world. Unfortunately, these myths
How India avoids ending tortureBy: Amjed JaavedSince 14 October 1997, India has been a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Pu
Not enough thought has gone into the outcryBy: Hafiz Muhammad AzeemHaving seen the continuous surge in the shocking, ghastly, and dreadful cases of child abuse in Pakistan, the Members o
Teachers do a very important jobBy: Dr Yusra Tus Saleha SiddiquiIt is a sunny afternoon in Karachi as I see my two five-year-old cousins coming out of the school building. I rush to greet
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