We need our own blockchain infrastructure
Crypto has moved from the margins to the centre of public life. Over the past year, it has shown up in places it rarely used to: election speeches and mainstream…
Zong, HEC launch blockchain degree attestation system
Zong is set to launch Pakistan’s first blockchain-based degree attestation system in partnership with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), marking a major step towards digitising public services in the education…
No local lifeline for flood victims
A FEW weeks ago, along the Multan Sukkur M5 motorway, some 35 kilometres from Jalalpur Pirwala, families squatted on the roadside under the blazing sun while the floodwaters lay right…
Block the bombs
Many people in the United States are understandably jaded by our current politics. Partisan divisions and corporate special interest domination of the agenda seemingly stymie solutions to our myriad problems,…
Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
Tucked inside President Donald Trump’s flagship tax and spending bill last month was a little-noticed provision to relocate the iconic Space Shuttle Discovery from a museum outside Washington to Houston.…
Rekindling hope for a new bloc
The recent rapprochement between India and China has sparked a debate about the emergence of a new political bloc that could challenge the hegemony of the US. It appears that…
Gaza Holocaust
Nine months is the length of time it takes for life to begin. In Gaza, it has become the measure of time for life to end. Since October, more than…
Provinces or local government?
RECENT media reports indicate that the ‘27th constitutional amendment’ is likely to divide the existing four federating units into 12 provinces. Before finalising such a decision, parliamentarians must consider a…
