Innovation for prosperity – Part II
The manufacture and export of innovative high-tech products must serve as the key pillar of our economic growth. There are huge opportunities available in almost every sector. Let us consider…
Healthy trends
IT is heartening to see Pakistan take its place among global generic medicine manufacturers like Cipla (India) and Teva (Israel). Here is why it is important. It is in the…
Continued excellence
Within the boundaries of the University of Karachi exists an institution that has stood out as an island of unparalleled excellence in the developing world – the International Center for…
Cuban response to the coronavirus pandemic — II
In the field of bio-technological research Cuban contribution is noteworthy, e.g., a drug, Interferon Alfa-2B has been used to combat the coronavirus – both inside the country and in China.…
How Tesla defined a new era for the global auto industry
Tesla Inc’s rapid rise to become the world’s most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon Valley approach…
World watches as first-mover UK probes adverse reactions to Pfizer vaccine
Britain hailed “V-Day” when it became the first country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, as first mover, it has also become the first to report cases of…
EVMs in 2023
THE approach adopted by analysts and others for making a case against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) is like someone saying in the early part of the last…
When things don’t work, regulate
Akbar Bugti once observed, "You have so many laws, so many orders. What you don't have is law and order". This pithy comment pretty much sums up the Pakistan experience:…
Rise of the machines
IN ancient Greek tragedies, as the villain was about to triumph over the protagonist, a plot device was sometimes employed to force the story towards a happy ending. This device…
Averting a pandemic
Covid-19 caught the world off guard; the speed at which it spread and the extent of its impact on people’s lives came as a great shock. Many experts had long…
