AI in action
Artificial intelligence has grown to be at the forefront in the previous years and is expected to take centre stage in 2025 and beyond. It is revolutionizing industries, creativity, and…
A narrative of life
Is it for real? Is it fiction? Is it a dream? Is it an illusion? Is it happening? These are some of the shake-your-head queries that one asks oneself. We…
Population in 2024
Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world, bids farewell to 2024 – and yet the unfinished population growth business concerns politicians, leaders, academics, and development practitioners. As the…
Experience is data
While watching a classic cricket match from the 1990s, I realised something: data, a term now central to fields from business to sports, was always present – even before our…
Imagination in education
IMAGINATION is not an escape from reality or simply a tool of fantasy among creative types. It influences how we perceive reality and even reshape it. As such, it is…
Democracy and prosperity at 75
THOUGH it was a few years ago, I still vividly remember an elderly acquaintance telling me about his perilous journey from East Punjab to Multan during partition. The gentleman was…
China turns to households in fight to slash carbon emissions
At a gleaming new metro station on the edge of Shenzhen, the local government is promoting “carbon coins” to commuters to earn and trade for shopping vouchers and travel cards…
A challenging census
PAKISTAN has planned the next (digital) census in October 2022 after an inter-censal interval of just five years — instead of the conventional 10 years followed by other countries —…
Ruins of the past
Throughout history, it was customary for ruling dynasties to build palaces, fortresses, temples and public buildings to display their power and wealth. When a new dynasty replaced an old one,…
From 9/11 to 9/11
The devastating terrorist attacks in Paris which killed 129 people and injured over 300, and the subsequent response it prompted from the West, can have far-reaching geopolitical implications in Europe,…
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