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PMC issues fact-sheet on medical education reforms

After facing criticism from the medical fraternity and students, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC)issued a f act-sheet, detailing a number of reforms it had undertaken for the betterment of medical…

Foreign Office needs reform

NO institution can perform effectively unless it is able to adapt to changes around it, leverage the opportunities offered by a globalised world and learn new skills to deal with…

Cornered tiger or lame duck?

THE ‘cornered tiger’, Prime Minister Imran Khan, has won the vote of a majority of the house for a resolution reposing confidence in him, capping a tumultuous week, but the…

Connecting the digital dots

This month marks the mid-term of the current National Assembly, which took oath on August 13, 2018. Prime Minister Imran Khan took the oath of the highest office in the…

HEC: seize the corona moment

THIS essay concerns those Pakistani colleges and universities currently operating under the regimen of online learning. I suggest that professors and vice chancellors not read it else the hard truths…

A bleak future

In 2018, the late chef, traveller and television personality, Anthony Bourdain, made a programme about Hong Kong in which he interviewed members of a local post-punk band. One of them…

A people’s census

IS there finally something to celebrate in the government’s decision to release the Census 2017 resu­lts? It would appear so, on the face of it. Revealing the results of the census will…

CPEC holds promise

Interestingly, the 70th anniversary of Pakistan's independence has coincided with the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP. This is an…

CPEC: whose project is this?

The current regime which took charge of the state of affairs in June 2013, has been claiming to have launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The then Prime Minister has…

Cooperation & integration

Over the past three decades, regional cooperation and integration (RECI) has benefited Asia and the Pacific, powering trade, economic growth and stability. It has attracted investment as markets were liberalised,…