Islamic environmentalism
IT is no secret that Pakistan faces an existential climate change crisis. Currently ranked fifth in the Global Climate Risk Index, we are at severe risk of exposure to extreme…
Dagestan shootings spotlight rising Islamist threat for Putin
President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s war in Ukraine is part of an existential struggle with the West that demands total focus - but deadly shootings in Dagestan show that militant…
South Korea accused of modern slavery with seasonal worker scheme
Vulnerable, low-paid Filipinos have been exploited, tricked and abused under a migrant worker scheme launched by South Korea to plug its severe labour shortage, an investigation by the Thomson Reuters…
Should we not prevent heat islands and flooding in Karachi?
Over my dead body! Don’t you dare stop my delivery vans driving directly to my shop! The year was 2019 and Haji Nasir began fuming as soon as he noticed…
Rabbani slams proposed cut in HEC budget
Former chairman of the Senate and senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party Raza Rabbani has strongly proposed budget cuts to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the cessation of…
Islamophobic Modi
The Indian political horizon is in a frenzy with the ongoing 18th Lok Sabha polls. Voting for the multi-phase elections started on April 19 and will span over six weeks,…
Islands of privilege
Peace and security are basics for any society to prosper. The purpose of modern states is to ensure safety for everyone irrespective of their social status. Absence of social tranquillity…
Legislative autocracy
Pakistan’s political terrain, where the drive for democratic stability is constant, sees the formation of a new narrative. As the ruling PML-N and its coalition PPP push forward with legislative…
Flood waters have reached Islamabad?
It seems that the flood waters are now gushing towards the capital of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. I remember in the decade of seventies the Public Comedians or ‘Bhaand’s’…
