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Germany’s SPD In Turmoil As It Plots Its Future

Germany’s SPD in turmoil as it plots its future

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's bid to lure the centre-left Social Democrats into a new grand coalition government has plunged the SPD into turmoil that ultimately could imperil the 150-year-old party's…

Misreading the 27th

Recent analysis in Foreign Policy magazine by Haleema Saadia and Ali Mustafa on Pakistan’s 27th Amendment has framed the reform as a dangerous inflexion point, one that allegedly accelerates authoritarianism…

A public health milestone

The Punjab government’s recent decision to ban all e-cigarettes, vapes and nicotine pouches across the province marks a major step in protecting public health. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif led…

AI is the new power

We are currently witnessing an era of unprecedented growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI),which is projected to surpass $800 billion in market value within the next few years (‘The race for…

Errant PM2.5

THE Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayan foothills straddling Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India, and Pakistan are increasingly getting a bad rap as the global hotspot of air pollution. Home to over…

Technology prevails

Technology; the strongest resource of our times, is grossly mis-understood in the Islamic World. While technology produces, science consumes resources. It is all about application and commercialization of scientific research…

Rising poverty

The incidence of poverty has skyrocketed in Pakistan since the Covid-19 pandemic and the disastrous floods of 2022. The years 2019-20 and 2022-23 both saw negative GDP growth. Therefore, since…