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Missing persons

MUCH has changed in Pakistan of late. A new army chief has taken charge of the country’s most powerful institution. The previous chief, the now retired Gen Qamar Bajwa, before…

Supply and demand failure

It is not overly dramatic to juxtapose the passing away of Mohammad Ziauddin to the state of the news business in Pakistan. He possessed an impeccable and widely celebrated integrity,…

Crisis of reliability

The credibility of news and the information received by people is important to their sense of their involvement in the affairs of any country. Unless they are aware of happenings…

Crisis of reliability

The credibility of news and the information received by people is important to their sense of their involvement in the affairs of any country. Unless they are aware of happenings…

HEC scholarships for street child football team

Inter University Consortium for Promotion of Social Sciences Pakistan (IUCPSS) announces higher education scholarships for the members of Pakistan Street Child Football team who performed outstandingly by securing runner up…

‘Statistics Are Sacred?’: A Rejoinder

‘Statistics are sacred?’: a rejoinder

The Chief Statistician, under the pressure responded under the title "Statistics are sacred?", appeared in this newspaper (BR) on July 4, 2016. I could not respond earlier because of the…

A Dark Comedy

A dark comedy

The promised multitudes may not have turned up at the two opposition rallies in Lahore and Rawalpindi recently, yet the second instalment of Panama politics is no less exciting. Although…

Stay Tuned

Stay tuned

The remote control is one of the most useful devices created by human ingenuity since the advent of the spinning wheel. The ‘remote’ as it is affectionately called, has revolutionised…

Tragedy Of 1971

Tragedy of 1971

Thanks to our own follies, Pakistan was dismembered on December 16, 1971 and East Pakistan emerged as a new country – Bangladesh. Even after a period of over 40 years…