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Bradford varsity team visits HEC

Higher Education Commission (HEC) and University of Bradford, UK, on Wednesday resolved to promote research collaboration, faculty exchange and student placement.  The commitment was expressed during visit of a delegation…

Breaking The Cycle Of Atrocities

Breaking the cycle of atrocities

Like numerous policy implications of the so-called war on terror, one particular implication has been to equate the struggle for independence and the right to self-determination of the people in…

Islamophobia And ‘brownface’

Islamophobia and ‘brownface’

I am a British-Pakistani woman and a Muslim. Though technically ‘brown’, I am fairly light-skinned. I don’t wear the hijab, niqab or other derivations. I rarely if ever use the…

From Bystanders To Change Agents

From bystanders to change agents

Pakistani-Americans have contested for a variety of public offices in the current midterm elections and there is a clear chance that a few of them will grab a slice of…

A Safe Haven For Lawlessness

A safe haven for lawlessness

The Sindh Information Department recently issued an invite to the media to cover a press conference of a member of the Sindh Assembly who, along with his younger brother, has…

Economic Reforms: Part – XIII

Economic reforms: Part – XIII

The third PML-N government (2013 - to date) had extraordinary clarity in implementing a home-grown agenda of economic reforms to restore an ailing economy. This agenda was soon translated into…

Seminar urges youth action on creativity, innovation

Riphah Institute of Media Sciences (RIMS) a constituent Institute of Riphah International University with DICE (Distinguished Innovation Collaboration & Entrepreneurship) Foundation US, organised DICE CAM -2017 (Creative Arts & Media)…

Shooting A Prime Minister

Shooting a prime minister

In colonial Burma, an elephant underwent a short bout of madness, what we call mast in South Asia – it is the same word we find in Nusrat Fateh Ali…

The Sectarian Spectre In Gilgit-Baltistan

The sectarian spectre in Gilgit-Baltistan

Part - II Though there was no serious confrontation between different sects in Gilgit-Baltistan during the British period, there were latent sectarian prejudices among the populace. Colonel John Biddulph in…

Empowering Non-Muslims

Empowering non-Muslims

The Pakistan Movement was a purely democratic and peaceful struggle to protect the rights of common people. It is, however, very unfortunate that a country that was founded to protect…