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New Provinces: Is This The Right Time?

Pakistan, Aug. 30 -- Pakistan is passing through a difficult phase. The country is facing serious economic challenges, security threats are visible in different parts of the country, and relations wit... Read More


Blue Passports And Inheritance Of Privilege

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Pakistan's blue-passport controversy should be read through a short chronology of expanding privileges on the part of militro-judicial-civil complex of Pakistan. In May 2018, forme... Read More


How Our Paltry Systems Fail The Children Of The Poor

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- "They are in heaven now They were as pure as the prophets, Who came with your message. Why did you send these little souls Only to call them back again? Were they too preciou... Read More


Notes From South Punjab: An Unfinished Struggle For Identity And A Province

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Fawad Chaudhry, in his recent appearance on a TV talk show held to launch a public debate and further the cause of new provinces in the country, made an unqualified assertion that... Read More


What Is The Value Of A Life In Pakistan?

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Fourteen babies were burned to death in the Mother and Child Healthcare Centre on the third floor of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on August 26. N... Read More


Pakistan's Climate Crisis Is Not Just About Carbon. It Is About Capital

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- I was a child when the Chenab flooded. The water came faster than anyone expected. It took the crops first. The fields my family had worked through an entire season disappeared wi... Read More


Role Of Education In Pakistan Takes Centre Stage At MAKTAB Launch

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Azhar Publishers on Monday launched MAKTAB, an education technology platform that brings school management and classroom teaching together in one system, at a ceremony attended by... Read More


Beyond The Floods: How Climate Change Is Killing Swat's Orchards

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- The other day, I visited the central fruit market in Mingora, Swat, to buy a few cartons of peaches for friends in the down districts, as I do every year. But no matter where I lo... Read More


Pakistan's Digital Divide Is Becoming An Economic Divide

Pakistan, Aug. 27 -- Internet access in Pakistan has stopped being a luxury. It's the gateway to education, entrepreneurship, and a real shot at the modern economy and millions of Pakistanis are still... Read More


Let Dung Cook Dinner And Straw Light The Grid

Pakistan, Aug. 27 -- Pakistan throws away two fortunes every day: the food scraps and dung that could cook its dinners, and the crop stubble and city garbage that could power its grid. What is missing... Read More