Academia’s Role in Achieving SDGs on December 10, 2023The general impression gathered from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals is that only the UN is responsible for the realization of SDGs, also known as global goals. Contrary to this misperception, it is the shared responsibility of all those 193 countries who signed the 2030 Development Agenda in September 2015 at the UN Summit […]
Climate Crisis: Moving Beyond COP28 on December 3, 2023Only a few days ahead of the much-trumpeted and intensive international climate talks at COP28 in Dubai UAE, Mr Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, smartly planned his visit to the globally important Antarctica which is home to the ice frozen for millions of years. Unfortunately, due to the steady rise of temperatures resulting from the enormous […]
Making SDGs Work on November 26, 2023The decade of the 1990s witnessed a rare sense of determination and a renewed spirit manifested by the world leadership, following the Cold War. With global poverty, hunger, gender inequality, and widespread disease hitting the poorest harder, human development experts, social activists, and world leaders unanimously agreed that a new global collaboration was urgently needed […]
Demystifying Inclusive Leadership on November 24, 2023In today’s postmodern, ever-changing, and highly globalized world, there are pressing demands for creating more diverse and inclusive organizations. There is plenty of research scholarship available on the subject to propound that diverse and inclusive organizations are far more likely to capture new markets and, thus, outperform their competitors. Although there is an increased focus […]
Removal from Grey List: Implications for Pakistan on October 23, 2022Finally, Pakistan is out of woods. Putting an end to the rumors and speculations, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on 21st October excluded Pakistan from the grey list of the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering after four long years. Pakistan was put on this inglorious list back in 2018 for its failure […]
Preventing Water Wars on October 16, 2022It is an undeniable truth that throughout human history on the planet earth, conflicts emanating from water scarcity have already been happening. It does not matter whether it is for freshwater or saltwater. Ages hence, people have already been facing this issue of what we are experiencing today. Several countries are trying hard to fight […]
Holy Prophet (PBUH) as the Beacon of Light on October 9, 2022Today is the 12th Rabi-ul Awwal, the harbinger of defining development in the history of mankind. The day the world changed for all times to come. The inglorious era of ignorance, evils, and idol- worship ended and a new beginning was made toward light, peace, and mercy. This epoch-making day fondly commemorates the birth anniversary […]
Dealing with Global Food Crisis on October 2, 2022The world today faces a global food crisis of colossal proportions which is fast sliding from bad to worse. In just about two years, the number of people facing acute food insecurity has increased from 135 million in 53 countries pre-pandemic to 345 million in 82 countries. Compounded by conflict, climate shocks, and COVID-19, the […]
Learning from Finland Model on September 25, 2022What is so unique about Finland’s education system has become an intriguing question across the globe. The Finnish model has attained universal recognition for its quality and standards. Finnish education has become a classic case study and as a rare success story. It has received its fair share of publicity around the world for being […]
Understanding Kejriwal Model on September 18, 2022Like Julius Caesar of William Shakespeare, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal came, he saw, he conquered. The former civil servant from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) turned social activist, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of BJP’s right-wing extremism and the inglorious fall of the secular Congress in India. Self-effacing in his […]