Wellness genie: we are what we eatSalt is a magical ingredient for food manufacturers. It helps preserve food at a low cost. Salt is well tolerated by the body in small quantities but packaged foods often have much larger quantities o...
A Muslim commitment to enlightenmentA scholar's ink is holier than a martyr's blood, said Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), or he said something that came close. We live in times when science and technology dominate almost all aspec...
Keeping alive the hope for changeWhen Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf scame into power following the 2018 general elections it had only a thin majority in the parliament. This, however, failed to dim the hopes for radical change. A change f...
Ilhan is right on Israeli influence in US politicsFor decades, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remains a restrained subject in the American politics. In United States, any voices criticizing the Jewish state for its treatment of Palestinians get bra...
High hopes: will ‘cannabusiness’ turn around deprived communities?Having witnessed the fallout from drug and alcohol abuse in his struggling Maori community, Manu Caddie was always "quite anti-cannabis". But now the youth worker-turned-entrepreneur believes the plan...
The Australian model of first class cricketWhen Imran Khan, the most iconic cricketer-turned-politician in the world, reached the corridors of power in Islamabad in August 2018, cricket pundits expected a complete overhaul of the first-class c...