Smog in Lahore: students at risk
In the wake of thick blanket of smog engulfing the Lahore atmosphere, there is a need for further extension in winter vacations for public and private schools across the province. Last week, the Lahore High Court had ordered provincial authorities to...
Najam Sethi back in action as PCB Chairman
Since the formation of Pakistan, like other sports, cricket has played an important role in improving the soft image of Pakistan in the world. It should be noted that the Pakistan Cricket Board was established on May 1, 1949, and Pakistan’s acc...
2022: marred by economic turmoil, floods devastations
The year 2022 was a year of economic turmoil for Pakistan. As it had dawned with economic deficit, it ended with further economic woes for the homeland. And the path ahead is also very thorny as the New Year has begun with a huge and unprecedented re...
Energy conservation and austerity initiative
The Govt austerity initiative which is aimed at energy conservation is a commendable step as it will help lessen the burden on our foreign reserves allocated for the import of oil and gas every year for carrying out the power production. As the count...
The much-needed ‘loss and damage fund’
The securement of the "loss and damage fund" at last month's COP27 climate summit is a welcome achievement by the current coalition government due to efforts of its FM Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and one may term it as much-needed achievement. There is no...
The ongoing Gwadar protests
Should not be taken lightly as the situation is really concerning as it not only resulted in blockage of the roads linking the Gwadar port with rest of the province, but a precious life has also lost in these protest so far. Yes, th...
Revival of Hikmat Philosophy may be an alternative to modern healthcare system
Hamdard Pakistan is an organization that has rescued the ‘Hikmat’ as a torchbearer but now its promotion depends upon the people in our society. We have to revisit the compromises made by depending upon the modern healthcare system that h...
Enticement: a perilous alarm
In general terms, enticement or bribery means exchange of cash, material or goods in return of a favour that is otherwise impossible or hard to attain. The world is constantly evolving and so is the wealth gap between the rich and the poor. So when p...
It is high time to fight back
It is good to see that our cricket team has left behind the disturbing memories of the humiliating whitewash in the recently- concluded Test series against England at home grounds and has taken a different course for the ongoing home series against K...
Biasing tendencies of social media and its upshots
Technologies which allow us to share information, pictures and ideas among three things are what we call social media. Today, social media has created new styles of communication for us, which made huge impact on everyday lives of people. In modern d...
