Clash of demographics
Nafta opened up Mexico’s markets to a flood of cheap US corn and a wave of US investments. Mexican farm and other bankruptcies followed. The resultant desperate flight of Mexican…
Overlooked demographics
There are some facts that both news reporters and readers become overly fond of. For example, it is a fact that populations across the Muslim world are growing at an…
Demographics of suicide terrorism
THE spate of suicide bombings in Pakistan started in earnest in 2002. That year two major suicide attacks were perpetrated, which specifically targeted foreigners. Suicide bombings that were ostensibly aimed…
AI: the new industrial wave
Recently, two global headlines captured the world, revealing a truly remarkable transformation unfolding before our eyes. Amazon announced plans to lay off over 30,000 employees, marking the largest corporate downsizing…
The Gen Z revolt
IN many parts of the world, including South Asia, Generation Z has emerged as a political force to be reckoned with. Gen Z refers to those born between the mid-1990s…
Trump tilts, again, and markets reload, again
It didn’t take a war speech. Just a social media post. And before anyone could double-check if the words were deliberate or just another digital impulse, markets had already moved.…
From smog to sunlight
On a typical winter morning in Lahore, many children may have to walk to school with masks pulled tightly across their faces, not because of a pandemic, but because of…
Modi in distress
Narendra Modi came to power when BJP swept the elections in 2014. Modi earlier had become famous for having orchestrated the genocidal killings of Muslims in his home province of…
A city that was…a city that can be—I
The current and continuing collapse of economic and social fabric/ structure of the largest city of the country is a matter of grave severity. Any further prolongation of this neglect…
Rebuilding greener
THE monsoon clouds that break over Pakistan every year bring death and devastation. Deadly floods have become an annual ritual. Roads drown. Crops are inundated. People die. The Hilal-i- Ahmer…
