Newly appointed Chairman of the Higher Education Commission, Prof Dr Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, on Thursday expressed confidence that initiatives being undertaken by the commission would help position Pakistan’s universities to…
Davos 2026 was not a celebration of globalisation but a stark confrontation with its unravelling assumptions. For decades, the World Economic Forum symbolised the steady advance of integration – deeper…
Pakistan’s achievements in the global arena demonstrate a country that has consistently sought to defend its sovereignty and assert its strategic position despite immense challenges. The defining moment of national…
History may hold US President Donald Trump responsible for undermining the pervasive influence of his country in several international agencies dating back to when the US was the sole superpower…
Global bureaucracies, shrinking sovereignty and the future of the Global South: As the Bretton Woods system celebrates its 80th anniversary, the architecture of international development stands bloated and overstretched. Institutions…
US President Donald Trump recently enhanced tariffs unilaterally on all countries – with a base uniform tariff of 10 percent applied on all countries, along with half of the ratio…
In the context of the post-colonial world, numerous developing countries have operated under the assumption that the era of foreign domination has concluded. However, the advent of globalisation and the…
The Global South is grappling with poverty, illiteracy, human rights abuses, widespread impoverishment, poor health conditions, food shortages, climate disasters, lawlessness and terrorism. It represents an updated version of the…
The MDCAT Reform Committee, established by the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC), has created three sub-committees to streamline reforms for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT). These sub-committees,…
On November 8, in a groundbreaking move, a United Nations committee took its first definitive step toward regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in military applications. Spearheaded by South Korea and the…
