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Change and revolutions (Part – II) – Dr Naazir Mahmood
By nature, people expect things to remain the way they have always been. They defend custom because they think that it is linked to...
Change and revolutions (Part – I) – Dr Naazir Mahmood
Part - I
In his recent episode of call-receiving from the public, PM Imran Khan uttered a couple of unsavoury remarks. His ideas about what...
Debt trap – Dr Farrukh Saleem
Over the past 32 months, the PTI government has spent Rs10 trillion more than the government’s income. That’s the budgetary deficit. The budgetary deficit...
Imran’s moment of Tareen By Ghazi Salahuddin
For sure, there is a twist in the tale. While the suspense that is building up may not be Hitchcockian in its impact, some...
Local bodies in Punjab – Khalid Bhatti
The Supreme Court’s decision to restore the local government system in Punjab is an important victory for all those who want to see...
Covid and competence – Kamila Hyat
We can argue that pandemics fall upon humanity without warning, and possibly without anything possible to prevent them from occurring. However, in this age...
The PM on rape: the licence no one has – Nasim...
This government’s rape law mirrors the government’s concern to battle the heinous crime of rape. However, the prime minister’s recent statement linking the increase...
Higher education ravaged – Dr Atta-Ur-Rahman
The HEC policies during the last three years led to a mushroom growth of 50 new universities, while simultaneously the programmes to develop highly...
Everyone’s an expert – Dr Ayesha Razzaque
The writer is an independent education researcher and consultant. She has a PhD in Education from Michigan State University.
Back in the 90s, a young...
Regulating capitalism – Abdul Sattar
The recent pandemic has badly exposed capitalism, which is based on the voracious greed of the few for profit and a gargantuan appetite of...