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Pakistan at the helm of UNESCO By Durdana Najam Pakistan has been elected as the Vice Chair of the UNESCO …

The American Way of Economic War By Paul Krugman Suppose that a company in Peru wants to do business with …

Globalisation Challenges: Learning From the Past By Dr Swaleha Razi Ullah Globalisation is a deep-rooted phenomenon that has evolved through …

Kashmir Issue: A call for justice & global action By Iram Zahid THE origins of the Kashmir issue trace back …

US & South Asia By Touqir Hussain PAKISTAN’S strategic ties with China are the keystone of its foreign policy. But …

Price of politics THE big parties are not at all shy about the high price they have set on political …

Lofty promises AS the conversation on the upcoming election picks up speed, it is hoped that political parties are in …

Not kosher THE Uttar Pradesh government’s recent decision to ban the sale of halal-certified products is the latest salvo fired …

Bahria Town saga BAHRIA Town Karachi’s legal saga may have reached its watershed. With the Supreme Court recently taking up …

Fighting fire DEATH traps litter the country’s most vertical city of Karachi. Commercial and residential buildings in the latter are …

Silenced with impunity MORE than three months have passed and yet the authorities are nowhere close to solving the Aug …

Devolution debate AS elections approach, there is some talk of ‘revisiting’ the 18th Constitutional Amendment as well as the NFC …

After the World Cup ONCE Australia turned up the heat, the Indian juggernaut came to a stop. Hearts broken, the …

Living history WONDROUS Mohenjodaro is alive and well as an enigma. Last week, almost a century since the first collection …

Tipping point THE World Meteorological Organisation alarmingly reports that the concentration of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere has reached unprecedented …

Clashing egos PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif’s acknowledgement — that the PDM government’s decision to stay on was a response …

Guarding Thar’s riches THARPARKAR, often portrayed solely as a region of drought and poverty, is in fact a reservoir of …

Breathing poison AS Lahore continues to choke under the thick blanket of smog, it is clear that ad-hoc, temporary fixes …