The economy under Nawaz — a review
Backed by a few families that suffered as their businesses were nationalized by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif was a ray of sunshine for Chiniot and Lahore’s private capital in…
Can AI be destructive?
On May 17, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI – the company that owns ChatGPT – urged for artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. He testified before the US Senate committee concerning…
The US debt row
As US President Joe Biden prepares to reengage in negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other influential Republicans on the critical issue of the debt ceiling to find common…
An offshore prison
For over 20 years, every Monday afternoon, I’ve stood with like-minded concerned citizens on Rt 15 on Deer Isle, Maine – members of our Island Peace & Justice group –…
Nuclear insanity
Here’s the beginning of a recent, miniscule Reuters story: “The global market for nuclear missiles and bombs should surpass $126 billion within ten years, up nearly 73 percent from 2020…
The horror of nuclear conflicts
We do not teach nuclear war, but we need to. Make no mistake, the invasion of Ukraine is a nuclear-fueled conflict and students are ill-prepared to understand it. We need…
How to tackle Crisis 2022
Much has been made of Crisis 2022 – the multi-layered problems Pakistan faces today in the economic, political, cultural and social realm. I anoint it Crisis 2022 because many of…
Seventy-five years of education: Part – II
The first half of the 1970s brought both good and bad news for education in Pakistan. The good news was that the Bhutto government had a plan to offer free…
Game of war
The vast destruction wrought by the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945 should have been enough to convince national governments that the game of war was over. Wars have…
‘World’s leading bank robbers’: North Korea’s hacker army
Nuclear-armed North Korea is advancing on the front lines of cyberwarfare, analysts say, stealing billions of dollars and presenting a clearer and more present danger than its banned weapons programmes.…
