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Pushing back rape culture – Kamila Hyat
Pakistan has an extremely high rate of rape cases, according to somewhat ‘unreliable’ statistics gathered on the topic. The problem in putting together ‘reliable’...
Promoting innovation – Dr Atta-Ur-Rahman
The fourth Industrial Revolution has led to amazing developments that are rapidly changing the face of the world’s scientific landscape. Various materials that have...
Amidst the fifth wave – Abdul Sattar
A new wave of the coronavirus seems to be gripping Europe, forcing governments across the continent to carry out strict lockdowns. The recently announced...
Prime Minister Teflon Khan? – Mosharraf Zaidi
One of the coolest one-liners in any Hollywood film is from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. A companion assures Jack Nicholson’s The Joker of how...
A charter for journalists | Dr Naazir Mahmood
The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.
The National Journalist Convention organised by the Pakistan Federal...
Price of capitulation? – Farhan Bokhari
As Prime Minister Imran Khan resets the course for a difficult run-up to the next general elections, his government’s recent capitulation to pressure from...
The wrong priorities – Kamila Hyat
As the government continues to work out its secretive deals with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which was proscribed because of its acts of...
Half truths? – Farhan Bokhari
As popular anxiety subsided this week over the protest by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government announced its decision to unveil...
A loss foretold – Dr Ayesha Razzaque
I recently visited a grade-6 classroom of what many would describe as a ‘good’, public school. When a student was asked the meaning of...
House in order – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Public procurement: The federal government and the four provincial governments collectively buy goods and services around Rs10 trillion a year every year. That converts...