Fahd Ali Nobody really expected a radically progressive budget from the PTI government for the financial year (FY) 2021. Yet, nobody also expected what was presented on June 13 by Federal Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar. Dubbed as the ‘Corona Budget,’ what most of us expected was a budget focusing on stimulating a…
Hamza Waqas Mohammad Hannif is a critically acclaimed Pakistani author and journalist. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008), was followed by Our Lady of Alice Bhatti (2011) and Red Birds (2018). All three novels were well received by both local and international audiences, and are testament to the author’s ability to address…
Masab Ahmed Born out of a catastrophic Partition of the subcontinent, Pakistan immersed became an ideological state with an existential crisis. The argument was that with a colossal neighbour was ready to obliterate Pakistan’s very fabric and that in the infamous Guns versus Butter debate, the country had to choose the former.
Uzair Salman Online education may for now be the only option at the disposal of governments across the globe given the near-global lockdown, but it comes with a cost no government, especially one governing a developing nation, is ready to bear: the cost of taking out of the context those who either belong to underprivileged…
Muhammad Bezinjo The outbreak of the contagious COVID-19 virus in Pakistan has disrupted social life and the economy of the country. The pandemic has also affected the education sector and universities were forced to adopt the online lecture system. This new way of education, just like the novel virus, put students in a difficult situation,…
