Overcoming political instability
Geopolitics, a study of how geography influences politics and power relationships among various countries, plays a significant role in giving final shape...
Election Dynamics: UK vs Pakistan
Disillusioned with the 13-year rule of the Conservative Party resulting in high inflation and economic worries, voters in the United Kingdom returned...
Social fitness
The famed Harvard Study of Adult Development is one of the longest studies of adult life that has been tracking the lives...
Balancing regional aspirations
This is with reference to the article ‘Empowering Gilgit-Baltistan’ (June 17), which presented quite a few rational and reasonable points as suggestions...
The impact of fresh taxes
This is with reference to the article ‘The budget and after’, which rightly presented a strong case against the negative impact of...
Beyond legislation
The menace of child labour has remained a pressing issue in Pakistan. Most of the children are employed in household services, minor...
Facing the heat
THE United Nations has warned that 2024 could well be the hottest year on record. The rapidly rising temperatures mean glaciers melting,...
Nature, Nurture, and Beyond
HUMAN behaviour, a perennial subject of fascination, is an intricate tapestry woven with biological, psychological, social and environmental threads. Genetic predispositions as...
Lahore’s Unusual Traffic Hazard
THE busy streets of Lahore have become a battleground for an unusual menace: the sale of ‘sadqa gosht’, which comprise meat scraps...
An Eternal Legacy in Global Consciousness
IMAM Hussain holds a pivotal place in Islamic history and spirituality. His valour and commitment in Karbala on the 10th of Muharram...
Crisis at Khyber Medical University
THE sorry state of affairs prevailing at the Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar, the only public medical university in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
Questioning UN’s credibility
THIS is with reference to the report “Imran’s detention ‘illegal’, ‘politically motivated’: UN body” (July 2), which carried the recommendation by the...
Karbala’s enduring impact
KARBALA holds a place of profound significance in the annals of Islamic history. Located in modern-day Iraq, Karbala is the site of...
Hydro-politics in South Asia
WITH the rise in temperatures globally, the region of South Asia has witnessed hydro-politics at an unprecedented level in the last few...
The true contributors to Pakistan’s nuclear success
THIS is with reference to the letter ‘Ignoring a legend’ (June 11), which rightly pointed out the tendency among politicians to take...