Decolonising the law
TOWARDS the end of World War II, the idea of ‘decolonisation’ with its attendant images of freedom fighters, ouster of the English colonisers and creation of independent nation states had…
Thinking Healthy Programme
MENTAL healthcare is too important to be left to psychiatrists or psychologists alone. In low-resource settings like ours, unaddressed mental health issues are growing at an alarmingly high rate and…
Hyderabad nostalgia
“NEVER in my life,” said Mir Laik Ali, Hyderabad’s last prime minister, “had I ever seen Mr Jinnah emotional except on that day.” Pakistan was fighting for its survival in…
Caregivers’ burden
A STUDY on Maternal Stress and Health Quality of Life in Mothers with Special Needs Children, authored by Sara Jafree and Khadija Burhan of FCC University, Lahore, was published by…
Lessons from Turkiye
SO far, over 40,000 people are reported to have died in the massive earthquake of Feb 6 that caused huge devastation in primarily Turkiye and Syria. Millions have been injured…
Balochistan misunderstood
“YOU mean they actually read books in Balochistan?” My Lahori friend sounded sceptical. For him, as for most Pakistanis, Balochistan is a war zone where people want guns not books.…
Teaching history
“ONE reason so many adults become fanatics is that, as children, they are taught a history distorted by parochial obsession.” This is not an observation made by our Prof K.K.…
Arizona’s battle over crucial copper mine poised to sway US election
Native American opposition to Rio Tinto and BHP’s Resolution Copper mine could prove crucial for the 2024 US presidential vote in the battleground state of Arizona, underscoring the high tension…
A golden buffalo
THE Summer Olympics 2024 are over. The victors have returned to savour their spoils, the vanquished to count their losses. These Olympics had 10,714 athletes competing before a worldwide audience…
Development first?
EVEN a cursory review of discussions in Pakistan on the subject suggests that a desperate search for a shortcut to development has been going on for decades. How to attain…
