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Return to the dark ages

IT is a year since the Taliban stormed Kabul to retake control of Afghanistan some two decades after the conservative Islamic regime was routed by American forces following the events of 9/11.…

Roots of the rage

FOR the world, war is another means to conduct politics, but in Pakistan, the law is the only means to conduct politics. After a brief detour — via the streets…

Ending child marriage

There have been numerous attempts by private members of Pakistan’s National Assembly and Senate to amend the country’s Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929. In recent years, the proposed amendments…

Wage theft

THREE years have gone by since the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Termed as the world’s most serious humanitarian crisis since World War II,…

Heritage lost

LAST month, a beautiful heritage building on Karachi’s Campbell Street was torn down illegally. After the publication of news reports and social media alerts, the provincial authorities sprang into action.…

PM’s China visit: take-home messages

The much-trumpeted high level official visit of prime minister Shehbaz Sharif to China is at its tail end. It is a high-level visit with high expectations as a significantly high…

Uniting the two vulnerable groups

In a nation grappling with the gut-wrenching realities of child abandonment and the neglect of its elderly population, a spark of hope has been ignited by a thought-provoking article that…