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China’s mega initiatives

At the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-Level Meeting opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Civilization Initiative, which marks China’s third significant global initiative,…

What makes a Pi champion?

Hafsa Khan – a Grade 9 student at Zoya Science School, Nala Khudadad – is our national Pi champion. Her record is reciting Pi correctly from memory to 800 digits…

Challenge and response

Shouldn’t one be a little surprised – and intrigued – when the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) makes this statement: “We want the poor people of Pakistan to…

The forever ideology

Calls for regime change in Iran, Lula’s presidential victory in Brazil, the latest democratic wave in Turkey, and huge pro-democracy protests in Mexico indicate the rise of the Left and…

The civilizational context

Culture evolves over time. Civilizations take generations. In both instances, it would happen only if the initiative were supported by an intense consciousness. However, if there is a level of…

Shah Latif’s message of wisdom

“Learn to distinguish between the flickering light of a night lamp and the shining rays of the rising sun”. So said Shah Latif, the polymath poet of Sindh urging people…

China: developing a strong socialist culture

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the development…

Civil violence

The Global South is divided over who bears the responsibility for the Ukraine tragedy in the Global North. Many blame Russia for its imperial overreach and attempts at subjugating Kyiv,…

Right to the land

In 1881, Henry George, already famous for his most well-known work, ‘Progress and Poverty’, published ‘The Irish Land Question’. In the book, he argued that if all people have “the…

A tale of two valleys: Part – I

Long before Silicon Valley became famous in the late 20th century for creating a digital revolution, another famous valley made its mark on the world’s map some 4500 years ago.…