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Deluge of devastation

Pakistan is going through one of its strongest and deadliest monsoons ever. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Office and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the current monsoon season and…

Dangerous liaisons

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 precipitated a large influx of Afghans into Pakistan, mainly from the Kabul elite, the affluent bought up residential homes and even small businesses,…

Locked Away

Locked away

The Mendez Report compiled by UN special rapporteur on torture in 2015 indicates there are at least eight to 10 million children living in orphanages, residential homes, psychiatric hospitals and…

Autism Awareness

Autism awareness

“April is the cruellest month of the year,” wrote T.S. Eliot. It is a month of painful rebirth, but also a time of immense possibilities, when each being has the…

Strategic hamlets

For those who either remember or have read about the Vietnam War, the idea of strategic hamlets will leap off the page at them. Strategic hamlets (Strategic Hamlet Program) were…

The trouble with the Arabs

TO be sustainable, Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza must serve the core interests of Arabs, including Christian Arabs, and the Jews of Palestine/Israel equally and fairly. Infirmities in the…