10th NFC Award and its challenges
By Wajidul Islam The National Finance Commission (NFC) is a resource-sharing mechanism between the federal government and federating units. It
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Conflict
Pakistan’s great digital divide
A new reliance on virtual life in the COVID-19 era has laid bare the lack of internet access for much
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Native Americans shut down pipeline
There is a lesson for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan to learn in the remarkable victory of a native American tribe
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World losing fight against poverty: UN academic
‘We squandered a decade’ says UN’s outgoing special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030
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Hoodbhoy resigns from FC College
The renowned physicist took the decision after the FCC administration termed his contract ‘non-renewable’ After an eight-year-long association, Professor Dr
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‘New techs must serve, not hinder, right to protest’
News Desk The internet and new digital tools are being manipulated as never before to infringe on people’s right to
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Feminism in Central Asia: what went wrong?
Zulaykho Usmanova addressing Women Forum in Dushanbe Feminism is not adequately perceived in Central Asian societies, writes Lolisanam Ulugova in
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Contextualizing rural development
In this essay, Amir Hussain critiques the so-called Green Revolution, its myths of rural transformation in the Global South with
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‘Are we animals?’: migrants bear brunt of lockdown
Migrant workers in India, Pakistan and Nepal are crushed by poverty as earnings come to an abrupt halt in the
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‘Afghan women with disabilities face discrimination’
News Desk Disabled women in Afghanistan have complained of widespread discrimination they suffer in their country, which has one of
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Outrage on preacher’s misogynistic remarks against women
Political, social, human rights activists condemn Maulana Tariq Jameel for insulting 220m people, women and media High Asia Herald
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Imran Khan sidelined by military during coronavirus outbreak
Pakistan prime minister’s halting approach has left a gap for the army to step in and orchestrate policy, says a
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Govt asked to withdraw deal with clerics, enforce complete lockdown
Doctors, WHO, and HRCP warn the government against the spike in Coronavirus cases if religious congregations allowed High Asia
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Safeguarding public interest and role of bureaucracy
By Mesum Qasmi Bureaucracy has three major roles to play: maintain social order, implement laws and policies framed by
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Covid-19: growing uncertainty and economic challenges
By Raheem Sherazi The whole world from South of North is under the grip of great fear of the
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