An obituary: Aamir Liaquat departs
By Rizwan K. Qalandar Aamir Liaquat was an enigma. I saw him live first time showering praises on MQM supremo
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QAU ranked among top 50 varsities in research productivity
By News Desk Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) has ranked 41 in research productivity and citations per faculty by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)
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Pakistan’s neoliberal state is a machine for plunder
Pakistani neoliberalism hasn’t rolled back state intervention in the economy. Building on a predatory tradition that dates back to British colonial rule, it has used state power to enforce the ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s workers and natural resources.
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Call for an end to GB’s constitutional deprivation
The mission is especially alarmed by the apparent surge in suicide cases in various parts of GB, particularly in district Ghizer. A large number of these victims comprise women and the mission has reason to believe that some cases of honour killings have been labelled suicide and thus ‘forgotten
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Comrade Thomas Piketty, Welcome to the Socialist Movement
By Eric Blanc It’s a sign of the times that one of the world’s most prominent intellectuals has just published
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Deworming drive launched in Ghizer
By Inayat ur Rehman The Ghizer District Administration, Education Department, Health Department, and Interactive Research and Development (IRD) on Monday
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Pakistani miniaturist wins Japan’s Fukuoka Prize
News Desk Pakistani miniature artist Shazia Sikander has bagged the prestigious Fukuoka Prize in the category of Arts and Culture.
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Oxford launches new Pakistan programme
By News desk The University of Oxford has launched the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) — the first initiative of its
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42 Pakistani varsities make it to Times rankings
By News desk At least 42 Pakistani universities have been featured in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022.
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10 young activists leading way in global climate action
By Olivia Lai When we talk about climate activists, the name Greta Thunberg immediately comes to mind. While the young
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Communist Manifesto shows why capitalism won’t last forever
By Nadia Urbinati The Communist Manifesto, first published on this day in 1848, doesn’t suggest that we should imagine the
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Feminism: 5 books every woman should read
Here is a list of five feminist writers and their works that everyone, especially women, who want to understand feminism should read.
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The man behind the dragon tattoo
By Håkan Blomqvist The enlightened socialism and political passion of Stieg Larsson is not possible to fake.” These are the
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Influential figure killed in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region
By news desk Police in Tajikistan have said that “leader of an organized criminal group,” has been killed as a
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Venal ruling class
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT is all so predictable. The raids on homes of opposition leaders and workers. Heavy-handed baton
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