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Changing weather patterns

All the predictions about weather change are coming true. As a result various parts of the world were recently hit by extreme weather and Pakistan is no exception. We are…

COP28: our expectations

The UAE is all set to host the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference. COP28 will focus on climate finance and the size and individual contributions for the Loss and Damage…

Senate body annoyed with substandard nursing colleges

  The subcommittee of the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) on Tuesday expressed its annoyance over poor standard of nursing colleges. Convened by Senator Rubina Khalid, the meeting…

Travesty of justice

The traditional council, or ‘jirga’, is known by different names in different languages in Pakistan – ‘faislo’ in Sindh and ‘panchayat’ in Punjab. The word ‘jirga’ is derived from the…

Irresponsible deal

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on January 19, just two days from now. After that, the Treasury…

Assuming a spherical cow

Milk production at a dairy farm was low, so the farmer wrote to the local university, asking for help from academia. A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by…