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Modern-day slavery

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…

Racked with guilt

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…

Curtailed Hajj compounds Saudi economic woes

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…

Pakistan’s crisis economy?

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…

Our House Is On Fire

Our house is on fire

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.…

Orwell’s vengeance

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…

The Bubble Of Life

The bubble of life

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…

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