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Global AI governance

On November 8, in a groundbreaking move, a United Nations committee took its first definitive step toward regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in military applications. Spearheaded by South Korea and the…

Mourning a friend

THE legacy media seems to have learnt no lesson from its debacle in the US presidential election, as its coverage based on its preconceived notions about the events in Amsterdam…

Good governance

SUCCESSIVE governments, both elected and military, have failed to provide good governance to Pakistan. A perfect storm created by chronic political instability, inconsistent economic policies, weak institutions, pervasive corruption, and…

France unbowed?

IN the run-up to last Sunday’s second round of French parliamentary elections, opinion polls and much of the media commentary chiefly focused on whether the far right would succeed in…

Need for modern farming practices

As climate change threatens the country there are also apprehensions about the negative effects it will have on farm produce in the country, which is the backbone of our economy…

FDI and its drivers: a perspective

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is all about country perception and country perception is all about political and economic stability of the country. While economic instability could be condoned in expectations…

Scary monsters

WHO would have thought that Geert Wilders, one of the longest sitting members of the Dutch parliament, would one day be in a pole position to aspire to the post…

War and peace

WHEN you enter the Arsenal Palace in Vienna, which has now been turned into a war museum, one finds an emphatic short statement engraved on the side pillar of the…

Blocked information

PAKISTAN is an important player in the digital world. It is heartening to note that, according to a 2021 ILO report related to online work, Pakistan ranked as the world’s…