The year in patriarchy: from Kavanaugh’s fury to Serena Williams’s catsuit
Arwa Mahdawi From pop culture to politics, 2018 was a year of extraordinary firsts for women. But the past year
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Modern technology is akin to the metaphysics of Vedanta
Akhandadhi Das Courtesy Wikipedia You might think that digital technologies, often considered a product of ‘the West’, would hasten the
Read MoreTerrorism bogey
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been almost two decades since the ‘war on terror’ exploded into the public consciousness. Today,
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Zahid Ali The new man in town told Mullah Nasrudin, “I have come out there to make an honest living.”
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Punjab, not army, owns Okara military farms, officials tell NCHR
For the first time, army has admitted that they do not own Okara Military Farms agriculture land. Farooq Tariq In
Read MoreGood thieves vs bad thieves
Amir Hussain The notion of binary opposition has worked well in our politics and it continues to shape our political
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Pakistan asked not to interfere in intra-Afghan affairs
Afghan Peace Process is a golden opportunity for Pakistan to play smart diplomacy, experts News Desk Islamabad Afghan Peace Process
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Inside Mother Camp: the woman tackling Afghanistan’s drug problem
Laila Haidari risks her life to run the country’s only private rehabilitation centre, helping hundreds of addicts a year Ruchi
Read MoreOutrage after Netflix pulls comedy show criticising Saudi Arabia
Standup Hasan Minhaj had mocked official accounts about fate of Jamal Khashoggi Netflix has taken down an episode of
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British educator Geoffrey Douglas Langlands dies
By Karimullah He visited Chitral in 1989 and established Sayurge Public School later renamed after Langlands Public School and College.
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Chang’e 4 landing: China probe makes historic touchdown on far side of the moon
Lander sends back first close-up shot of previously unexplored side of the moon A Chinese spacecraft has become the first
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Down to Earth: a new vocabulary for climate justice from Bruno Latour
Mattias Borg Rasmussen and Jens Friis Lund How are we to inhabit a world ravaged by the Modern? To Bruno
Read MoreVideo of the Week: Himalayan Rap
Runyu Liang This week’s video features Himalayan rap set in New York City. The rap refers to the new generation
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What is the morally appropriate language in which to think and write?
Arundhati Roy on the complex, shifting politics of language and translation in India By Arundhati Roy The following is Arundhati Roy’s W.
Read MoreFor Gilgit-Baltistan, 2018 was another year of colonial subjugation, despair and resilience
Farman Ali As the world pays adieu to 2018 and about to enter 2019, some big issues such as destruction
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