Tag: Dawn News Column
Coping with Covid perils – Abbas Nasir
COVID-19 has changed the world in no uncertain terms and, despite a voracious reading of all the scientific information that is in the public...
Who messed up Afghanistan? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
IN his latest interview to PBS NewsHour, Prime Minister Khan correctly said the US “really messed it up in Afghanistan” and he also...
A future PM? – F.S. Aijazuddin
WHY do we subject ourselves every four years to international humiliation, expose our disregard for competitive sports, and reveal an unconscionable neglect of...
Growth stories By Khurram Husain
EVERY spurt of growth in the country’s history has been accompanied by a story saying the good times are here to stay. “Pakistan’s...
De-programming the robot – Abbas Nasir
“HANG them! Destroy them! Humiliate them! We won’t stay home so they can grow! No more!” screamed a placard held in the hands of...
A changing society – Muhammad Amir Rana
THE desire for change is not something bad in itself. But when it is used as a source of political manoeuvring, the mantra of...
Managing human agency – Faisal Bari
TEACHERS in the public sector are paid a lot more than teachers in low- to medium-fee private schools in Pakistan. Most low- to...
A life cut short so cruelly – Abbas Nasir
IT may be clichéd to say a picture is worth a thousand words but the photographs taken by Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui were poignant...
Growing vulnerabilities By Khurram Husain
IT is hard to recall the last time a growth spurt in our history started facing critical challenges so fast. It was only a...
Strip the shroud – F.S. Aijazuddin
STRIP the shroud off Afghanistan. You will not find the bodies of 14,500 Soviet soldiers who died during their government’s obsessive nine-year occupation (1979-1989)...