Chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof Mukhtar Ahmad emphasised the importance of modernising accreditation frameworks and aligning them with international best practices. “To ensure quality education, we must continuously…
As India’s longest equity slump in nearly three decades wipes out roughly $1 trillion in market capitalization, the major blow to retail investors is denting consumer spending and threatening to…
During the hey days of the Covid pandemic, and especially post Covid pandemic there was lot of talk of world starting with a ‘new normal’ in terms of multilateralism, whereby…
Pakistan’s reliance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become a recurring necessity, with the country seeking a bailout from the global lender of last resort every three years. Currently…
A torrent of criticism has been unleashed against American President Donald Trump after his alleged ‘bullying tactics’ employed against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was accorded a warm welcome in…
Across the world, we have seen extraordinary achievements by women. They lead nations, drive scientific breakthroughs and transform communities. Yet, for millions of women and girls, barriers remain. In South…
There is a strange coincidence in the timing of a major terrorist attack on the high-security Bannu Cantonment in Pakistan early this week and the release of the Global Terrorism…
“The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. Whatever he does to the web of life, he does to himself." – Chief Seattle (Native American leader).…
US President Donald Trump’s administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran, eight sources with direct knowledge of the matter…
Like a growing number of formerly incarcerated Indigenous people, Marvin Starblanket’s life is still governed by Correctional Service Canada rules. They determine where he sleeps (a halfway house instead of…
