A Paralympian’s story of courage and perseverance
By News Desk The fact can’t be denied that Pakistan is filled with talented individuals in almost every discipline. When
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A social worker’s dream for a better world
We look to focus on various issues that must be overcome, including investing time and resources into education, bringing forward
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Cohen showed why we should all be socialists
Why Not Socialism? is an excellent introduction to socialist ideals. The form of presentation is intuitive and even deceptively simple, while the underlying arguments are careful and sophisticated.
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‘Living on borrowed heaven’
I was one of only two miracle survivors of a plane crash that killed 98 people, a last-minute decision saved
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By Dr Naazir Mahmood If you have read James Jones’ book or seen the movie ‘From Here to Eternity’, do
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International investment appraisal techniques
The methods of investment appraisal are payback, accounting rate of return and the discounted cash flow methods of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR)
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Book launch: Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan
It was only a politics of new horizons that matched the ambitions of revolutionaries of the twentieth century, coupled with a spiritual and intellectual reformation to create a man or woman who would fight for this new inclusive order, that this was necessary to address our dual economic and ecological crises.
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Tajik security forces kill 25 ethnic Pamiris
The Pamir region happens to be the only part of the country where protesters still take to the streets against the government.
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Pakistan’s water crisis to deepen with climate change
Recording increase in the intensity and severity of droughts in Pakistan, the ‘Global Food Policy Report 2022’ has cautioned that
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Starving and veiled
By Rafia Zakaria “MUSLIM women are not worried,” according to a spokesperson of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Virtue and Prevention of
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A forgotten centenary
By Dr. Naazir Mahmood We have seen so many centenaries observed in Pakistan since the turn of the century. From
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Redistribute now
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It has been a month since the so-called unity government came to power. It still seems
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The pied piper syndrome
We are faced with an intolerant generation that is self-righteous, hates dissent and wants everyone to think one way – which is their way. In short, we are reaping the fruits of the seeds we had sown ourselves in our classrooms and society at large. Today it is the misogynist, fascist Imran Khan, tomorrow it can be a right-wing extremist force which will use the same herd to its own advantage and ruin the already religiously intolerant and anti-women society.
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Book review: Man’s search for meaning is a beacon of hope
By Ania Perveen When Viktor Frankl’s magnum opus Man’s Search For Meaning hit the bookstands and sold millions of copies,
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Globalization isn’t the problem — capitalism is
The Right has hijacked the vision of a life beyond neoliberal globalization. It’s time for a new progressive internationalism, one that puts solidarity and justice over corporate profits.
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