Critical care and laboratory medicine
Venezuelan shopkeeper Manuel Saavedra says new US sanctions are strangling him - and lots of other everyday people. A video game store owner in Caracas, Saavedra has been forced to…
Towards a quasi military-civilian regime
he prime minister is embroiled in a crisis every other day as real power slips away from him and shifts to a powerful and consistent space-grabber. Are we witnessing a…
One earth, one breath
When smog rolls across the Subcontinent, it makes no distinction between Lahore and Delhi, friend or foe. This toxic haze defies borders and geopolitical tensions, drifting freely from one city…
COP29: resilience or fragility?
As world leaders gather in Baku today for the UNFCCC COP29, the urgency for decisive climate action has never been greater. This gathering offers a vital opportunity to shift from…
We need sensible policies
In March 2001, as federal minister of science and technology, I approached then-president Musharraf with three proposals. The first was to extend the continental shelf of Pakistan from its limits…
The making of HuT
IN January 2024, the British government labelled Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) as the 80th proscribed terrorist organisation, raising significant questions about balancing the protection of democratic institutions against subversive ideologies and…
The Taliban character
THE Afghan Taliban’s character has remained tricky throughout their history. Their leadership is notorious for shifting positions and breaking its promises. Who knows better than Pakistan’s security institutions, which have…
Distant solidarity
IT took almost six months for the UN Security Council to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after the US decided against kiboshing yet another call for peace with…
Whither Europe?
SHORTLY after Joe Biden and a phalanx of European leaders gathered in Normandy last week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that launched the endgame in the…
A win for Pakistan
Pakistan hosted the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on October 15-16 in Islamabad. This event marked Pakistan’s inaugural…
