THE pendulum of zealotry almost always ushers in intellectual subterfuge in its wake. The lightning, if not spontaneous, takeover of Damascus by mediaeval militias is being predictably applauded by Western journalists as…
EVEN the low expectations that preceded the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29), which concluded in the early hours of Sunday, turned out to have been too high. After the gavel…
The Times Higher Education (THE) released the highly anticipated World University Rankings on October 9, 2024, after evaluating approximately 2,857 universities from 115 countries. THE and QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) are…
THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India. However, this time, it is…
IT took almost six months for the UN Security Council to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after the US decided against kiboshing yet another call for peace with…
“IN the realm of business, confidence is king.” This assertion by Apple CEO Tim Cook brings to light the crucial role that confidence in the legal/ judicial systems plays in…
Frankly, it’s unbelievable (especially to those who don’t live in either country) that Pakistan and India – countries with a collective population of approximately 1.7 billion and with tens of…
ABOUT dialectics, the rulebook says, any two phenomena in the big world are related in a range of ways. “The flapping of the wings of a butterfly can be felt…
ABOUT dialectics, the rulebook says, any two phenomena in the big world are related in a range of ways. “The flapping of the wings of a butterfly can be felt…
THE world is losing the Race to Zero. Many governments and large companies that had committed to net zero are faltering. Since carbon trading is the central plank of emission-reduction…
