Death and destruction in Gaza
aMonths of negotiations have failed to end the war, and there is little expectation that the fresh round of talks, mediated by Egypt and Qatar, will succeed. While Hamas has said it…
Age of plastic
IN the iconic coming-of-age film The Graduate (1967), Dustin Hoffman’s young character, freshly graduated from college, is pulled aside at a party by an acquaintance who bluntly offers him a…
Hungry for change
Rahim Khan was born very weak, according to his father, a daily wage earner from Ganche, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. A few months back, a severely malnourished, 12-month-old baby Rahim…
Ambulances for Karachi
THE global medical fraternity unanimously agrees that providing pre-hospital care to patients can save many lives. In India’s state of Tamil Nadu, the 108 emergency transportation service, launched in 2008,…
Struggling for wheat flour
IT is happening all the time now. As Ramazan proceeds, a huge rush, sometimes ending in stampedes, at food distribution sites is a common sight. In Karachi, 12 people —…
Soft panhandling
TO aspire to soft power without economic strength is not even a pie-in-the-sky scheme, it’s pieing oneself. From Chi to Qingqi to kimchi — can anyone name any trend, any…
Dangers of escalation
ISRAEL’S war on Gaza continues despite rising international concern that the violence can escalate into a wider conflict in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the US role in the crisis has…
Eat cake
IF everything from oil to the roads being built under the CPEC have a political economy angle, then we must say ‘wheat a minute’, before going any further in our…
Man and microbe
THE human body consists of trillions of individually living cells that breathe, fight, attack, die, rejuvenate, and replenish. The human cell is a world in itself, with a nucleus housing…
It’s vaccine time
Adequate nutritional status and immune function are paramount for health and wellness. Micronutrient deficiencies are a form of malnutrition and a major health problem worldwide, which is also a contributing…
