‘Prachanda’: Firebrand Nepal Maoist turned prime minister
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal lived in seclusion directing Nepal’s guerrilla war but emerged from the jungle to lead the Himalayan republic when his cadres laid down their arms and…
North Korean hackers sent stolen crypto to wallet used by Asian payment firm?
A major Cambodian payments firm received crypto worth over $150,000 from a digital wallet used by North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus, blockchain data shows, a glimpse of how the criminal…
HEC conducts first ever Learning Skills Assessment Test
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) via its Higher Education Development Programme in Pakistan (HEDP) conducted the first-ever Learning Skills Assessment Test (LSAT) in affiliated colleges/universities across Pakistan. More than 5,000…
Fires of brutality
Every year on the occasion of Eid, numerous tourists from all over the country visit the northern areas. Unfortunately, this year a heartbreaking barbaric incident happened in the beautiful valley…
Country of ‘first boys’: health inequalities Part – II
In my previous article, ‘Country of ‘first boys’: education disparities’ (June 8), I explained how the existing inequalities in education are leaving millions of girls and boys behind, and how…
Country of ‘first boys’: nutritional inequalities
The failure to provide equal education and health opportunities when combined with the denial of equal access to basic nutrition adds to the miseries of the already underprivileged people and…
Country of ‘first boys’: education disparities: Part – I
The ‘country of first boys’ can offer different possibilities to boys from favoured backgrounds, which contrast sharply with the meagre opportunities that girls from underprivileged families get, writes Indian Nobel…
Children come first
Climate change challenges are unprecedented across the world, affecting every region equally regardless of contribution to global warming. As human activities keep changing the planetary environment day by day, floods,…
River of fire
Care to cast your mind back to May of 2023? Consumer prices skyrocketed by a staggering 38 per cent in just one year, sending shockwaves through all Pakistani households and…
Foreign firms’ losses from exiting Russia top $107bn
The corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than $107 billion in writedowns and lost revenue, a Reuters analysis of company filings…
