Awful project pace

The University Road is one of the busiest roads in Karachi. Currently, it is in a mess, and is fast becoming a...

A bit of geopolitics

The coverage of the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was generally good. However, no sufficient coverage was given to the sessions related to...

Census issues

Pakistan is going through its first-ever digital census — a glimmer of hope as proper planning based on proper data will benefit...

Academic integrity in the world of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) innovations like ChatGPT may well be seen as disruptive interventions to academic integrity because they have the potential to...

Let’s do away with organ trafficking

Punjab, no doubt, is considered the centre of organ trafficking, but no province is completely free of this menace. I was checking...

Kitchen gardening and food security

The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) warning of a potential food crisis due to rising population and global warming, combined with the...

US hegemony and currency wars

China and Russia have been planning to crush the American dollar as part of their economic war against the United States with...

Hostel facilities

We are living in a rapidly changing world where access to information and technology is essential. The ability to study in a...

Let us thank IMF for sane advice

This is with reference to the report ‘Tax the rich, subsidise the poor, IMF asks Pakistan’ (Feb 20). We often denounce the...

Putting the house in order for stability

Blaming others for all the ills is nothing more than excusing yourself. That is what ruling elites do in Pakistan­­ ­— blame...

A narrow escape

Pranksters make crank calls to harass or trick people in society. Some naïve people like me fall victim to such unknown callers...

A party at the zoo was a lame idea

This is with reference to the report “CS takes notice of zoo’s closure for private event” (Feb 5) according to which a...

A critical mind is a blessing indeed

As a passionate educator, I am often surprised — pleasantly, I must add — by our own school-going eight-year-old child who every...

SIBA affairs

The Sukkur IBA testing service (SIBA) is one of the major platforms to qualify for the youths of Sindh in order to...

A case in favour of the NOTA option

Many a democracy around the world gives voters the option to reject all candidates in case they do not want to vote...