Waqas A Khan

Waqas A Khan

Waqas A Khan is a PhD scholar and a Fellow of International Centre for Journalists in Washington, DC, USA. He can be reached on Twitter at: @wakhanlive, and on his website: www.khanwaqas.com

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Common misconceptions about agriculture — Part-1Columns

Common misconceptions about agriculture — Part-1

Hail the farmer Do you believe that markets for agricultural commodities are highly distorted? And if you believe this, then I would say that it is an understatement because almost all high-income<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/12/07/common-misconceptions-about-agriculture-part-1/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 7, 2017
Re-defining child protection in KasurColumns

Re-defining child protection in Kasur

Hard and soft targetsKasur, known for the Sufi Saint Bulleh Shah, is a city and district headquarter, bordered to the north by Lahore and to the south-east by India. The city is adjacent to th

Nov 30, 2017
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Joint family system in Pakistan Part-1

Status, issues and solutionsIn Pakistan, the very first question that is raised after knowing that a girl is getting married is always, "Is she going to a joint family or a nuclear family syst

Nov 15, 2017
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SCO, OBOR and Pakistan (Part – 2)

Recipe for progress The project claims that 1,100-kilometer extended motorway is to be constructed between the cities of Karachi and Lahore. Plus the Karakoram Highway between Rawalpindi an

Nov 6, 2017
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SCO, OBOR and Pakistan (Part-1)

Recipe for Progress  The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an Organisation that protects political, economic, and security rights in Eurasia. This Organisation was intro

Oct 29, 2017
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Gender discrimination in Pakistan (Part-2)

In the first part of this article, you read about one side of the problem. Search for the words ‘discrimination against sex’ and the first several results will display findings related to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/08/gender-discrimination-in-pakistan-part-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 8, 2017
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Gender discrimination in Pakistan (Part 1)

It’s not just an ill-representation in academia that is the only case of discrimination against women in Pakistan. Even in the professional environment, it is frowned upon for a woman to stand<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/01/gender-discrimination-in-pakistan-part-1/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 1, 2017
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America, a selfish friend

Pakistan’s perspective As the 16th anniversary of 9\11 neared, President Donald Trump had to revise his policy towards Afghanistan. It was surprisingly more about Pakistan and less about Afghanistan as President Donald<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/17/america-a-selfish-friend/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 17, 2017
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Cruel MCAT and ECAT

Kicking the Eligible The idea of making MCAT and ECAT the pre-requisite for the admissions in the medical colleges and universities is utterly useless and worthless when there are already

Sep 10, 2017
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Authenticity, news and media in Pakistan

The sub-se-pehley problem   Every individual must be responsible at his\her end about not broadcasting or sharing any such news which may or may not create panic and chaos among the people When it<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/27/authenticity-news-and-media-in-pakistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Aug 27, 2017