For the first time: persistent opposition to citizenship acts haunt governmentBy: Chanchal Manohar Singh on January 17, 2020For the first time in the history of independent India, any act would have attracted so much attention of the people that government had to activate its party workers to protest in support of the act. It shows that the government, with full majority in parliament, had managed to get it passed but without much […]
Weak Democracy, Weak State: elections alone cannot deliver democracyBy: Dr Farid A Malik on January 17, 2020“No government is the best government,” these were the words of former US President Ronald Reagan. As a student in the eighties, such statements were music to the ears. For the first time after the Second World War, two elected leaders of the free word (Reagan and Thatcher) had conspired to weaken the state. Most […]
Losing out on an un-winnable warBy: IKRAM SEHGAL and DR BETTINA ROBOTKA on January 16, 2020The recently published papers on the American war in Afghanistan are astonishing in their clarity but not a real surprise. The facts about what has been going on in Afghanistan during the last almost twenty years is quite known to all. The globalized world is still globalizing at an astonishing pace, lies and fabrication have […]
Philosophy Begins In WonderBy: Mawra Raja on January 16, 2020Philosophy begins in wonder, they say. But they also say that curiosity, as a mirror image of wonder, is an intellectual pursuit. I had read this in a bite-sized philosophy book some years ago. This had convinced me that human enquiry was neither silly nor irrelevant. It was either a preliminary quest or mature enquiry […]
Child labour: a social evilBy: Imran Takkar on January 16, 2020Experts say that the ratio of child labour is relatively high in countries where human and natural disasters have wreaked havoc at some point. Population growth, unemployment and lack of education facilities are also some of the factors behind increase in child labour. No official statistics of child labour since 1996 are available in Pakistan. […]
US and Iran: preventing the next warBy: Dr. William J. Parker III / Gen. (USAF Retd) T. Michael Moseley on January 15, 2020In 1962, you could not have found two more diametrically opposed leaders than John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev. And yet, despite their significant differences in politics, economies and culture, they found a way to prevent war on a global scale. History may very well show that the United States and the Iran have shown […]
Unprogressive mindsets of the masses and intolerance for social diversity: a development challenge for PakistanBy: Fatima Khalid on January 15, 2020Just as Pakistan’s economy is grappling with the limited natural resources, the social structure is also struggling with the issue of intolerance. The coreissue is the lack of meaningful education leading to lack of tolerance resulting in extremism in every sphere of life. Pakistan’s population is highly driven by religion, also being an extremely patriarchal […]
The unfortunate BalochistanBy: Qasim Khan on January 15, 2020Looking at the literacy rate of Balochistan, it is obvious that its education system is abysmal. When you entera hospital, it is evident that the health system is far below the standard. Travelling to its far-flung regions, weak infrastructure is the biggest hurdle in the way of progress. Interacting with its youth, unemployment is clearlythe […]
The displeasure of Sindh with the FederationBy: M Alam Brohi on January 15, 2020A question has always come to my mind whether the displeasure of Sindh with the Federation has persistently self-perpetuating political and economic reasons or it is politically motivated bogey being skillfully crafted by the wily politicians in order to furbish their dwindling political fortunes or have crumbs of political power from the Federation. To redress […]
Climate change curriculumBy: Prof. Dr. Abdullah G Arijo on January 15, 2020Society needs citizens who understand the climate system and know how to apply that knowledge in their careers and their engagement as active members of their communities. For this to happen, there is a dire need to address the issue by adding climate change in the curriculum as has recently been done by Italy. Climate […]