Bitcoin’s soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to tap in to fresh pockets…
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Behind the manicured lawns of Pakistan’s elite housing societies and the gleam of luxury sedans lies a brutal, often invisible truth: modern-day slavery. Domestic workers, security guards, drivers and daily…
I FEEL guilty when standing under a hot shower in the morning because the gas which is heating the water, even though paid for by me, is causing a 20…
Pakistan is facing the worst-ever economic crisis in its history. Fiscal and current accounts do not balance; and there is no sign that they will in the near future. As…
Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness — and fears of economic ruin — haunt the usually bustling city of Makkah after Saudi authorities curtailed the…
Prime Minister Imran Khan may keep a bold face in the midst of adversity, but Pakistan’s sliding economy must be enough to give sleepless nights to any decision-maker. With a…
In the summer of 1996 in the Harvard Institute of Development, a professor was recounting the great material achievements of the capitalist system before the international participants in the class.…
IMAGINE the challenges we will face a couple of decades from now. Our population will have increased exponentially to approximately 250 million. A majority of these teeming millions will still…
A small number of us live within protected bubbles that keep us apart from the world outside. Those inside the bubble have access to luxuries of all kinds, including education…
