The idea that education will 'make or break' Pakistan is a commonly heard one today. Overall, there is broad agreement that education is as important to Pakistan as
Around the middle of the 19th century, two men set out from a village in Hooghly district of what is today West Bengal, striding towards their future. Their journey, almost
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To the pole!
India launched its first-ever scientific research mission to the South Pole in November. A team of eight scientists from the Goa-based National Centre for
The residents of Balochistan are in trouble again, and one of the leaders of the Baloch resistance, Dr Allah Nazar, is currently a hunted man. While systemic oppression by paramilitary
In the debate over the use of ‘drone’ technology in Pakistan, many are claiming to speak for the communities on the ground. But what about the impact that this new mode of warfare is having on international law?
Attempting to describe the scale and impact of the current flooding in Pakistan is no more possible than trying to describe the colours of a butterfly's wing to
In discussions on the ongoing war against militant groups in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, representatives of nationalist, progressive and democratic political parties as well as representatives of civil society have been focusing
Has Pakistan's project of shutting down the Internet ceased? After the 'Draw the Prophet' fiasco in June, the usually stubborn Facebook made conciliatory noises to the
The massacres at two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore is the result of anti-Ahmadi sentiment fanned by religious extremists and allowed by a compromised state and the silent support of political parties.
Jamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, from a distinguished Parsi family of Quetta, first became known as a cricket commentator, together with Omar Qureshi, during the 1950s. His diplomatic career began a
