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Art of listening

IF the floods were a natural calamity, Pakistan’s population explosion is no less than a man-made disaster. Dr Shershah Syed, a well-known gynaecologist, estimates that there are 75,000 pregnant women…

Caregivers’ burden

A STUDY on Maternal Stress and Health Quality of Life in Mothers with Special Needs Children, authored by Sara Jafree and Khadija Burhan of FCC University, Lahore, was published by…

Uniting theory and action for climate

Karl Marx popularized the quote “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. Given the quote, let us not forget that Earth has its needs too,…

Debt ceiling deal ignores US debt time bomb

Republicans and Democrats are touting a hastily-written debt ceiling deal that staves off a devastating US default, but does little to slow a massive buildup of total federal debt now…