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Resolving conflicts

MORE battles are fought within and between kith and kin, than between states and sworn enemies. It is a fact that the harmony that should ideally exist in families is…

Resolving conflicts

OCCURRENCES of conflict linked to differences in human affairs are as old as any other issue in society. They occur in just about any family, tribe, society, community, state, or…

Family-owned enterprises: a perspective

Behind the success of every small business is a family. This is largely true. “Behind the failure of most large businesses is a family”. This is true as well, at…

Resolving conflicts

The Gaza conflict has currently divided the international community. I believe that human society has witnessed – and continues to face – horrific conflicts over various issues. Historically, the use…

The epidemic of loneliness

“After my husband’s death, I need someone with me. I don’t like to live alone.” These words were spoken softly by an older woman suffering resentment and abandonment while I…

Failing to get along

It was an empty relationship. She just does not understand. He just does not listen. There were just too many differences. There was too much interference. He was too petty.…

And the brand lives on… Oct 02, 2024

The product dies. The factory shuts down. The shelves become empty. The shops forget it. The mind stores in memory. The mind recalls. Such is the languishing power of a…

Degrees in decline

Recent reports on the possible closure of nine departments at the University of Peshawar, including development studies, social anthropology, geography, statistics, geology, history, human development and family studies, logistics and…

A war criminal

And so another member of the old “war on terror” team has left the world. Dick Cheney, who served as the most powerful vice president in the history of the…