The consequences of nepotism in employment
It may not be quite clear and the connections may seem to be not so obvious but there is an inevitability and probability that any appointment that is not made…
Bangladesh at the crossroads – again
The verdict by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on November 17 to award the death sentence to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity will have…
A manmade mental crisis
“We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in” — Desmond Tutu THERE is much talk…
A manmade mental crisis
“We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in” — Desmond Tutu THERE is much talk…
The Gen Z revolt
IN many parts of the world, including South Asia, Generation Z has emerged as a political force to be reckoned with. Gen Z refers to those born between the mid-1990s…
The false rumble of change
THE world is in ferment but is South Asia feeling the rumble? Europe is on edge. It’s losing the Ukraine war, and the leaders of France, Germany and the UK, to…
A city that was…a city that can be—I
The current and continuing collapse of economic and social fabric/ structure of the largest city of the country is a matter of grave severity. Any further prolongation of this neglect…
The democracy masquerade
These lines are about young people from different parts of the world. Their countries touted democracy and a flourishing economy yet their life blood ebbed away at the altar of…
In the line of fire
ON Sept 8, the Nepalese capital erupted in chaos. The world witnessed thousands of young protesters in school uniform — who identified themselves as Gen Z — on the streets…
New provinces
The news of creating new provinces by subdividing the existing ones is circulating on the national scene. A similar plan was made in 2020, when a Saraiki province was to…
