Escaping the icefall
The mountains that once crowned Pakistan with serene white now glimmer like a fuse, burning from within. Right now, flash floods are tearing through Swat and Malakand, unleashed by climate-charged…
Cool escapes
MOUNTAINS measure time in millennia. The sight of Nanga Parbat’s peak from the plane as we neared Gilgit reminded me that PIA’s aircraft and I had grown older: the Himalayas…
Palestinians fleeing fighting to the south find no escape from danger
As Israel intensified air strikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and told residents to move south towards the border with Egypt, some like father of six Fadi Daloul thought that…
Escaping the low-growth trap
Pakistan’s economy is now effectively stuck in a low-growth trap. The composition of the economy is heavily tilted towards consumption, with household and government consumption making up more than 97.6…
How to escape the long arm of the law
The message from Zaman Park, Lahore is loud and clear: Imran Khan is a popular leader and thus needs ‘special treatment’. The courts should wait for hours if he has…
No escape from the formula
Back in the days when there were no 24/7 news channels around we had accomplished actors hogging popular attention. They essayed the audiences’ favourite characters over and over; and naturally…
The escape plan
At least one of your acquaintances is either preparing to take an IELTS test or is applying for a work visa. The language coaching centres are overflowing and the visa…
The great escape
Covid-management strategies meant different things to people employed in different sectors during the last two years. Non-critical activities came to a stop. This meant either work-from-home (WFH) for those who…
Inescapable facts
Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, after all, is among the most fractious in the world,…
Escaping the jaws of stagflation
Amid elevated levels of inflation, the war in Ukraine, and rising interest rates, global economic growth is expected to be weak in 2022 and 2023. The war has resulted in…
