Ehtesham Hassan writes about the concept of hospitality in a patriarchal world Pakistan and especially Khyberpakhtunkhwa (KPK) province is known for its hospitality worldwide. Most of the guests and strangers that arrive are men and therefore they interact with men only. So men take the entire credit of hospitality but the entire burden of hospitality…
Wajid SINCE the current government was selected ,every one has overheard the term “Deficit”, particularly the current account deficit. Current Account Deficit is the difference of exports and imports of a country . The current government usually blames the previous two regimes for it, ignoring the fact that his government is responsible for it for…
Mahnoor Jalal In the Oscar award winning film Parasite by Bong-Joon-Ho, there’s a short scene which has captured a lot of attention on the discussion surrounding the pandemic and which group faces the greater impact of its implications. The scene is about the driver Ki-taek who is driving the owner Mrs. Park, after a long…
Fakhir Jibran Last week, Punjab University abruptly released the date sheet for M.A / M.Sc. Part-II exams starting from the 26th of September. The sudden announcement of the date sheet disclosing the commencement of exams on a two-week notice without any prior notification left the students in shock. The students are as disappointed with this…
Shehryar Lak A country is the reflection of its people. Even the smallest amount of effort by the people helps in shoring up the nation. China has made massive progress in a short period. Additionally, they have directed their effort toward the development of their indigenous, and China today is seen as an emerging superpower….
We have all witnessed the worst crisis of this year in the form of climatic anomalies. The scale of the damage especially in Karachi, speaks volumes about the apocalypse that awaits us and which has been predicted by scientists and climate activists for years. Every year we suffer from calamities born out of climate crisis….
Waqar Aslam Glaciers won’t stop melting because of a beautiful speech at UNO. The catastrophic nature of the repercussions of climate change effect in Pakistan become crystal clear from the fact that Land of the pure had lost around ten thousand lives during approximately 150 extreme weather events, and economic loss of $3.8 B from…
By Usama Malick It is heart-rending to see the newspapers these days emblazoned with the headlines describing the reprehensible & barbaric gang-rape of a woman who was on her way from Lahore to Gujranwala. There is no denying the fact that the landscape of Pakistan has always been unsafe for the women…
Shireen Rizvi Within just two week span we witnessed some horrific realities were seen the in form of violence and hatred. A woman got raped in front of her children on Lahore to Gujranwala motorway. This news spread like a fire across nation, not because it was an isolated or unique incident , but because…
This 14/15th of August marked the 73rd anniversary of independence from British Colonialists. In our opinion the case still remains unaddressed, the question unanswered and dream of true freedom remains unfulfilled. Colonialism, was nothing but a plunder of people’s heritage and resources. We believe that If the socio-economic system that runs our world which is…
