US President Donald Trump's vow to roll back government regulations at least 75 percent is causing anxiety for some pharmaceutical executives that a less robust Food and Drug Administration would…
Zia ul Hasan and Safdar Hashmi belonged to different generations and possibly different traditions of Indian communism. Safdar’s party was sworn to Stalinism. Zia was an admirer of Rosa Luxemburg.…
India's largest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has been warned by US health regulators for violating manufacturing standards at its Halol plant in India, even as it has been working…
Dr Farrukh Saleem’s column on March 23 highlighted massive losses suffered by many public sector organisations. The losses quoted by the writer were in billions, raising the question: why are…
TO reassemble the origins of Pakistan, one needs time, money and luck. Collectors of deltiology (the study and collection of postcards) need all three to make sense of Pakistan’s jigsaw…
If irony had a face, it would be that of 2024. An election year – supposedly a celebration of democracy – has instead become the year of unparalleled political suppression…
NOLAND Arbaugh, 29, was a student and athlete at the Texas A&M University when he was paralysed during a diving accident eight years ago. Arbaugh had at the time been…
DR Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka on April 11, 2023, after an inspiring life. He dedicated himself to the healthcare and development of the poor and voiceless, becoming their…
THE school-going cricket enthusiast in our Lucknow neighbourhood was the only one to own a decent radio in the 1960s. Rajiv Puri, Bappal to us, would wait for daybreak to…
THE ultimate success in any stakeholder negotiation is to find a win-win for all. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, we specialise in the reverse: creating situations where every single party loses. This…
