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Continuity Or Change?

Continuity or change?

IT is not easy succeeding someone as polarising as Iftikhar Chaudhry. Those who love him would want Chief Justice Tassadug Jillani to be his clone. Those who hate him would…

Criticality of energy management

The current government has been able to secure one additional cargo from Qatar for December 2022 and January 2023 and another expected delivery of commitments made by Eni, which means…

Covid-19 and child abuse

The world has suffered through epidemics and pandemics in the past. Experience tells us that child abuse and neglect increase during such periods. Apart from increasing mortality and morbidity all…

The Facebook ‘leaks’

A world overburdened with power, conspiracies, intrigue will crack under the weight of an overload of hidden data creating crevices that lead to breach of secrecy and security. The WikiLeaks…

Clean Green Pakistan: A people’s movement

The Clean Green Pakistan is a people's movement and it is driven as everyone's responsibility with a focus on behavioral change to create a safe and sustainable environment for all…

The Burden Of Thirst

The burden of thirst

A recent report has revealed that 90 percent of the water supply available to the residents of Karachi is unfit for human consumption. The report also shows that only one…

Is Coercive Consensus Enough?

Is coercive consensus enough?

While pygmies running this country traffic half-baked inane ideas of saviour-hood, one can feel sand slipping through the fingers. Some events slap you out of the otherwise benevolent complacency that…

Judicial Restraint Or Complacency?

Judicial restraint or complacency?

The  goal of establishing a functional justice system in Pakistan seems to have withered on the vine. The problem with associating ideals, such as a just court system, with individuals,…

Death Of Social Sciences

Death of social sciences

The competition for space in academia between the social sciences and the ‘others’ — namely, the pure and physical sciences, technological disciplines, medicine-related knowledge, and business and management studies —…