Riphah International University (RIU) recently held the Coursera@Riphah Project Achievement Celebration and closing ceremony, commemorating its remarkable achievement of winning the Coursera 2024, Maximising Impact Award for the Asia Pacific…
SEA-LEVEL rise is among the most ominous of multifaceted risks attributed to climate change, and has serious implications for billions of people. Rising sea levels are one of the primary…
THE collapse of some iron girders of a flyover under construction at Bhara Kahu in Islamabad earlier this month exposes the poor safety measures at the workplace. This was the…
THE past year has seen the welcome return of economic stability to Pakistan. Growth has resumed, inflation has declined dramatically, the exchange rate has been stable, and foreign reserves have more than doubled. Given the extreme…
THE Covid-19 pandemic has not only exposed health system challenges but also accentuated other public health crises in countries like Pakistan. With the virus spreading to areas of the world…
AN economic recession is generally bad news. However, the anticipated recession in the United States may do more good — rather than bad — to emerging markets such as ours…
THE Pakistani polity is very polarised and divided right now. The PTI definitely has support among the masses. But so do the other parties. The PML-N has a significant support…
TELEVISION doesn’t get an Eid break, so those of us who make a living from this medium are more than familiar with the idea of an Eid show. As Ramazan…
ONE struggles at times to make sense of the international support in some quarters for Vladimir Putin’s disastrous military endeavour, devastating in obvious ways not just for Ukraine but even…
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has exonerated five officers of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Colleges (PMDC) who were accused of provisional recognition of 15 medical and dental colleges in…
