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The rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused an entirely unprecedented and catastrophic impact around the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3HsxEYe

The role of the government in the provision of free and quality education—even in countries having the strongest traditions of free-market economies—remains paramount. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/32FrNQH

Amendments in State Bank Order 1948 are being brought in the form of an Act which can be named as the International Monetary Funds (IMF) Demands Act. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mLsu1E

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s languageAnd next year’s words await another voice. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Jwrjge

Former UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has said, “On Human Rights Day, I call on States to fulfil the promises they made at the Vienna Conference. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Jok7mm

On December 15, 2021, the US Senate overwhelmingly voted for a version of the National Defence Authorisation Act, or NDAA, that authorises $778 billion in defence spending—$25 billion (a 5 percent increase from previous one) more than requested by President Joe Biden—sending the measure to the White House for the president Joe. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3FIqQFD

As the old year ends and the new one begins, we take stock of the past and make resolutions and have hopes for the year to come. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qCFwQb

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3EFbEHN

Don’t you feel lucky, lucky to live in a world, in a society that is so accepting. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pFPEZ2

Since the last few months, I have been falling ill in one way or another—multiple viral infections, hormonal imbalance, muscular pains and the list goes on. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3z7SoSp

Mujib’s six points worried the government and West Pakistani politicians as these were considered a preamble to the succession of East Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3FEXk3n

The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mKEPDr

In Pakistan, Christians who are the descendants of lower-caste Hindus are still disadvantaged, confined to filthy jobs and limited opportunities. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/32KTtn2

Spent as it was spent in the shadows of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2021 was another challenging year for healthcare systems around the world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3470H5p

As Pakistan enters its seventy-fifth year of independence, a conventional policy is unlikely to combat the breadth of its economic challenges. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sGqcoh

I suppose that, after visiting the curious coasts of Arabia and Egypt, the Nautilus will go down the Indian Ocean again, perhaps cross the Channel of Mozambique, perhaps off the Mascarenhas, so as to gain the Cape of Good Hope. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3JlIUHX

Ursula K Le Guin’s classic science fiction novel, ‘The Left Hand of Darkness’, is a tale where one enters by reading and understanding the message. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sTlXGj

In life, hard choices have to be made. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pGgrot

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) members have taken a number of important steps as a positive way forward to express solidarity with the people of Afghanistan—they pledged money and food aid as a first step towards averting the threat of the humanitarian crisis looming large. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/32F3rpQ

“Mining is the art of exploiting mineral deposits at a profit. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mDp1lM

Forget about the Taliban. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3z1jqKT

I went to the mosque one day, and it came to me, like, ‘This is where I belong. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qocpA9

The Christmas story as it is told in the West contains timeless elements that have shaped our culture in significant ways. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3sAlR6i

While our syndicate has been regularly raising the red flag on rise of fascism in India and possible shaping of the Hindutva Republic, things have moved on the same trajectory with each coming day, witnessing intensity, ferociousness and savagery. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3HaQFOJ

The truth is that the ‘new year’ has no astronomical significance attached to it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33Y1zt4

“Unless you do everything for liberty, you have done nothing. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mB5KkT

The appointment of vice-chancellors in some of our universities sometimes suffers inordinate delays, spiralling even into the superior courts. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ekT6C2

An ethical code of conduct is the basic premise of humanity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pt60V7

Every child still does not go to school in Pakistan, and less than half of the adults are literate; many more women than men. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yUURiZ

“It is the duty of the United Nations, is to make every international border a garden, a place of art and cultural festival. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3FxhPz1

Christmas is coming, yes, some will say it is already here, and has been so for several weeks now. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3J9w9jz

CPEC projects in the first phase are basically in infrastructure like power stations and transportation and predominantly aimed to improve overall infrastructure quality. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3EqTERB

Pakistan’s Foreign Office has done a commendable job by hosting the KSA inspired OIC Foreign Minister’s Summit on Afghanistan in Islamabad. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Fp4qZW

It always seems impossible until it’s done. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33IA0DN

The world has witnessed global power competitions throughout its age. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3murTRP

All of us, I believe are familiar with the rabbit and the turtle story where they both once have an argument about who is faster. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3stX5Ev

The recently held democracy summit ended up being another iteration of a world being divided into binaries. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qmVs8W

“Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Emh8at

A lot has been written and discussed since December 16, 1971, yet the debate continues on whether Sheikh Mujibur Rahman aspired to become the Prime Minister of a united Pakistan or an independent Bangladesh. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mscAcn

The hasty withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen by some as the endgame to their longest-running “forever war”; a 20-year occupation which bled trillions of dollars with little on the ground to show for it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3J5KnSB

The two-day 17th extraordinary summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the second largest multilateral forum in the world, was held in Islamabad. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3FjzABH

“In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Fn7Egg

Baghdad under the Abbasids was a bastion of religious tolerance and intellectual curiosity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3svzALg

The ongoing degenerative process has brought the Islamic Republic of Pakistan close to collapse. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3FfGckA

It is very worrying to notice the fast decline of rupees which has even surpassed Rs180 to a dollar now. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3steMo1

“The gaming world is a complete mystery to me! Well, I did play Pac Man and Frogger using big machines at an arcade back in the ‘80s. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3GZ7s7j

Price stability is obviously the prime concern of every government as high and variable inflation not only erodes the purchasing power of the consumers but it also discourages investment. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pbkqch

Colonialism, that thing your grandfather curses when you’re sitting on his lap listening to his old stories. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qcDO84

Depending on which history book one is skimming through, there would always be at least two ways to interpret any past event, or the titulature used for various historical figures. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3qedURl

Brexit was the name given to the UK’s decision to leave the EU which it had been a part of since 1993. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3J1gIKb

When your city consistently tops the list of “most polluted cities in the world” and the best solution presented by the government is to simply close schools and offices for three days a week, you are reminded that the place you call home is becoming unlivable with each passing day. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33Jbcf1

With barely eight weeks left in the Uttar Pradesh(UP) elections, the RSS-BJP cabal has started their favorite mantra of Hindu-Muslim divide to draw maximum mileage out of a fractured polity. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3siSDZe

The character and life of a nation is not measured in the number of years since its birth, nor in the quantum of foreign reserves in its banks, or the expanse of highways built across its land, or even by the lofty accolades that are ascribed to its name. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yGNzz9

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yFnBff

The world has changed; so has the definition of success for students in this post-crisis world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3mf0fby

Recently, the Minister for National Food Security and Research in a press conference stated that record production in four major crops would earn billions of dollars of foreign exchange for the country, besides generating additional income of around Rs 399 billion for farmers. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3e1oup9

The summit of world leaders gathered in Glasgow to galvanise the global crusade and commitment to combat the dire threat to Earth’s ecosystem and the quality and continuation of life on it, has ended leaving less hope than concerns among the enthusiasts. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Fac8Xt

“We are not in favor of Khalistan nor are we against it. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3J38GAg

Finally, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to convene an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Islamabad on December 19 to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pXg07O

December 16 is a day of tragedy, when Pakistan was dismembered and the new state of Bangladesh was created in 1971 as part of the Indian conspiracy which still continues to this day. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yybFMp

Pakistan is hosting the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ Extraordinary Session on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan in Islamabad on December 19. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yxQryj

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yz2Fqd

We all have a story. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3F7ELF2

Kung Fu Panda or someone equally famous said, “life keeps serving you the same obstacles again and again until you learn to overcome them. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3F4bN90

A week ago, President Joe Biden hosted a digital ‘Summit for Democracy’. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3E0Mjbd

“The Marshall Plan, appears to draw its greatest strength not from any special feeling that other peoples should be helped for their own sake, but only as a demonstration against the spread of communism. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3GKfnFC

This past week, on November 29, the City of Philadelphia officially celebrated the “International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3GHrT8T

While the country somehow managed to overcome sporadic waves of Covid-19, the new and brutal wave of inflation has taken its toll across the country, following the steep depreciation of the Rupee against the Dollar, high commodities and rocketing petroleum product prices in the global markets. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33ArB5z

While some of us are envious of the smaller countries with smaller populations, in many ways, Pakistan is quite blessed to have a large percentage of young population, which if put to productive use can be a game changer for the fortunes of this nation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3E0l8x4

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/31ZgS3E

Like the Arab Spring that erupted in the Middle East to reclaim the common public’s rights, “Gwadar Ko Haqooq Doh Tehreek,” seems to be its Asian version which is coined as Gwadar Spring. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q0ZWlQ

The needs of the country have to be met through indigenous resources. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rZyZ4t

The 21st century global order has resulted in decentralising the power to regional complexes. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pVOkjW

“Not all readers become leaders. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3INepKp

It was 1971; a PIA plane took off from Islamabad for Beijing with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on board. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dKN51q

Enemies have subjected Pakistan to Hybrid and Fifth-Generation Warfare through which they have exploited its vulnerabilities. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pTOUOS

US President Joe Biden’s two-day virtual Summit for Democracy, held on 9-10 December 2021 with more than 100 countries’ heads’ participation was more like an attempt to declare the USA as “Champion of Democracy” and the primary force pitting democracies against autocracies, obviously targeting China and Russia. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3IJrHYv

After Salvador Allende’s Popular Unity government won Chile’s elections in the 1970s, a military coup was staged with the support of the CIA and General Augusto Pinochet was named the dictator of the country. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3IK9fPp

Every time I pass through the Cornelius Underpass on Lahore’s Canal bank Road, I am reminded of one of the greatest sons of this city, who migrated from India at the time of the Partition, and opted to make Lahore his homeland to spend the rest of his life in this city. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dIVpyt

The Taliban have been in power for almost 100 days; a timeline often used to test the nerve of governance. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/31ZCzAM

Does the governance matrix in Pakistan, along with the State’s service delivery structure, live up to its democratic promise? Or, instead, are we entrapped in a system that is ‘democratic’ in name, but devoid of all the constituents that create a functional constitutional democracy? This fundamental issue rests at the heart of. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rYGXKX

“But land is land, and it’s safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dHzB6e

The horrific lynching of a Sri-Lankan manager in Sialkot left every Pakistani embarrassed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3lVQrTA

What really is security? As a graduate in the field of Politics and International Relations, even I fail to understand the true meaning of this term. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3lUBn8E

The appointment of Dr Najla Bouden Romdhane, as the first ever Prime Minister of Tunisia, on September 29, brought her the unique honour of being the first ever female Prime Minister in the North African expanse as well as in the whole Arab world. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3DIzpyj

“In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3IFJFef

Pakistan has just been elected to chair the Group of 77+China, or G77, for 2022. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3q1QxdN

Quality standards, among others, relate to a product’s manufacturing and performance specifications and are generally benchmarked against prevailing world-class standards for compliance, performance, and international acceptance. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3yadtuV

Inflation in Pakistan has today reached punishing proportions and unless checked timely, carries the potential of violent protests ultimately posing an existential threat to the very ethos of Pakistan as a nation. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/33bhCTP

“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ycnxTY

Like many Americans, I was overjoyed by news that a Georgia jury had found three white men guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3IxbJAA

Dear poor man,Every day you share countless jokes and memes and Tik Tok videos with your fellow men about the submissive life you lead, how you are conditioned to take orders by the woman in your life, and how you are dominated by your wife or partner. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3rQiE24

US-India strategic interests and objectives converge splendidly when it comes to countering and containing China. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dwD07Y

“We are the Music Makers and we are the Dreamers of Dreams”–Willy Wonka The inspiration behind Road Dahl’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, came from his childhood when Cadbury would send out their latest concoctions for school children to test out and share feedback on. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oBJd92

Balanced development is a prerequisite for equitable growth and societal stability. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Ire1RM

A few days ago, a gut-wrenching video of a girl surfaced on social media, whose father was martyred at the hands of the Indian forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir, IIOK under the so-called “fake-encounters”. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Gq9bSS

Amid all the wild swings in Pakistan’s economic policymaking over almost the past three years, one thing has remained constant, repeated experimentation where none was needed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oyHUI4

“University’s like this little world, a bubble of time separate from everything before and everything after. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3EzsZ5H

The “rule of law” is the basic principle of governance of any civilised and democratic society. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dq6ap8

Imran Khan (IK), the 22nd Prime Minister (PM) of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, recently admitted in one of his speeches that he fully understood the ground realities after coming into power. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3pzVMkl

A religion which is fundamentally based on this fair principle—there could have been no bigger disservice than brutally murdering innocent people in that very religion’s name. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3lJbngB

“They dispute not in order to find or even to seek Truth, but for victory, and to appear the more learned and strenuous upholders of a contrary opinion. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3EIcLY0

As a first step towards the ‘year of action’, the world is about to witness democracy defended, fought for, strengthened and renewed. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3G8avKa

The Wing Commander, Abhinandan, who was captured on February 27, 2019, after his MIG-21 was shot down by the PAF has been awarded India’s third highest award—Vir Chakra—which is awarded for acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dpCyIx

Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage was an average man who was living a normal life. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3osM6Jq

“Let your characters talk to each other and do things. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Ena7qF

In the years preceding 9/11, Pakistan witnessed two thousand sectarian killings. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3DrT31r

The recent developments in Pakistan with respect to the government making unspecified deals with the TTP in Afghanistan through interim Afghan interior minister Siraj Haqqani, and with the TLP on the rampage again through an equally controversial clergy has earned the government a lot of ire from within as well as from outside. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/31s12i4

This month will mark fifty years of Bangladesh’s “independence” (read: separation), from Pakistan. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xT1DFr

“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3oo6ECD

The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 ended with an international agreement, but global climate activists expected a breakthrough. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3ECZYq9

Science fiction literature has been termed as the narrative of modernity by the authors who worked in this genre at its onset during the 17th and 18th centuries. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/31wTREP

Many times, institutions, organisations, companies, and also groups of people and individuals, make decisions without really knowing reality, not having had their feet on the ground, lacking empirical data, as we say in academia. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3IlATCj

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3DgYT5G

Many in Pakistan may not have known Lady Velvet; a UAE princess, who remains very active on social media and has become a strong voice against fascism. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xOMrsF

Since the last few years, Lahore has regularly topped the US Air Quality Index (AQI)—closely followed by other cities—in air pollution rankings of the world’s major global cities. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3dbN46l

Afghan citizens are still suffering despite the withdrawal of the US Army, and a slow transition is worsening it further which is complicating the Afghan issue whereas Pakistan continues to be the victim of this conflict. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3Igq2JK

“You become a changed person when you face the reaper and deny him your soul. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/3xN4pfn

There were many times early on in my career as a therapist, where I wished for a magic wand that could end the suffering of my clients. from The Nation - Columns https://ift.tt/2ZNvQZS