Boris Johnson, ‘political Vegemite’, becomes the UK prime minister. Let the games begin

Simon Tormey | To no-one’s great surprise, Boris Johnson has been elected by the members of the Conservative Party to be the new leader, and...

Crossing the line – Dr. Farid A Malik

Dr. Farid A Malik | Growing up on Mall Road was both interesting and rewarding. In the sixties, the ‘Janaza’ of Khaksar Leader Inayatullah Khan...

Cigarette butts are the forgotten plastic pollution – and they could be killing our plants

Dannielle Green | It’s amazing how quickly people have ditched plastic straws thanks to campaigns to discourage us from using such “pointless plastic”. Yet rarely do we...

Humans aren’t designed to be happy – so stop trying

Rafael Euba | A huge happiness and positive thinking industry, estimated to be worth US$11 billion a year, has helped to create the fantasy that happiness...

Instagram influencers: no, having 30,000 followers does not make you a celebrity

Hayleigh Bosher | Claims that anyone with more than 30,000 social media followers is officially a celebrity have been circulating, following a recent ruling by the UK’s Advertising Standards...

Thar Coal: Powering Pakistan

Dr. Farid A Malik | Pakistan is finally on the world Coal Map. On July 08, 2019 power generated from Thar Coal entered the national...

Kulbhushan Jadhav: What India gained & what it didn’t?

Saad Rasool | Earlier this week, on 17th of July, 2019, the International Court of Justice at The Hague rendered its judgment in the infamous...

Can Modi Checkmate China?

Ayanangsha Maitra | Unlike the fiercest fast bowler Prime Minister of Pakistan, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t know how to take wickets. May not...

ICJ judgment in Jadhav Case: Takeaways for Pakistan

Hassan Aslam Shad | India called it Pakistan’s victimization of its innocent national, Kulbhushan Jadhav. Pakistan called it the arrest and conviction of a RAW...

Afghanistan: Peace talks & hiccups

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | Zalmay Khalilzad’s recent meetings in Doha and Beijing germinated optimism about reaching a peace deal among the Afghan factions and...

Food system needs a revolution, not tinkering around edges by the ultra-processed producers

Norah Campbell | Eating ultra-processed food is definitely bad for you, a recent study has confirmed. In the experiment, people were fed either ultra-processed or unprocessed food,...

How tech firms make us feel like we own their apps – and how that benefits them

Melody Zou | Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that amorphous mass of people born in the...