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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Social media addiction and its political dynamics

Ghonim was behind the anonymous postings on Facebook and YouTube that are widely credited with instigating and extending support for the mass public demonstrations that began in late January 2011 in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

Saudi Arabia-Iran: The issue of confrontation over regional dominance

Iran is also being alleged for flexing its muscle in strategic pathways of the gulf by which the major supply of Saudi Arabia is shipped. The US has also accused Iran of attacks on its oil tanker, but the allegations have been denied by Iran. 

Informal economy and real estate market of Pakistan

According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the real estate market value is between $300 to $400 billion, about 2% of Pakistan’s total Gross domestic product (GDP). It is not a small amount. It is a massive loss for the Pakistan economy if it is out of circulation.

Far-right coup against Germany’s Weimar Republic

After the French and British did not decisively interfere in March 1920, the extreme German militarists and politicians rediscovered their composure, and for the next 13 years, their ideas flourished darkly on German soil before bursting forth.

Why Pakistan cannot escape instability?

The new coalition government of Shehbaz Sharif is not only indecisive and paralyzed regarding key policy decisions. This all is in the midst of an economic crisis that, if not dealt with,  could leave the country bankrupt.

The misuse of taxation in Pakistan

Bureaucracy continues to be a major hurdle in our progress as such its wings have to be clipped not strengthened for the nation to fly and reach heights. To balance the budget there should be massive cuts in salaries and perks of the non-performing state apparatus

Keepers of the Holy Grail

Pakistan also needs to bring China and the US together by removing the US apprehensions and misunderstandings about CPEC. For this to happen, US sensitivities and fears about Chinese activities in the India – Pacific region should be addressed. 

Recognizing Israel: Any Asian volunteers?

Pakistanis, led by ousted prime minister Imran Khan, saw the visit to Israel as part of an effort by Pakistan’s powerful military to forge closer ties to the Jewish state – a move Mr. Khan appears to have considered when he was in office.

Double standards haunt US and Europe in NATO dispute with Turkey

The failure to take Turkey to task early on takes on added significance at a time when NATO casts the war in Ukraine as a battle of values and of democracy versus autocracy that will shape the contours of 21st-century world order.

Suicide pattern in medical colleges

A cross-sectional study was done to ascertain the frequency of suicidal ideation and the risk factors causing it in medical students. A questionnaire was formulated and filled by the participants with a 100% response rate.

Bangladesh takes off

Bangladesh went from being one of the poorest and least developed countries in the region to “a model for poverty reduction” in 2020, as declared by the World Bank. Bangladesh’s garment export industry is trailing only behind China’s.

Why are the Baloch people angry?

Balochistan’s share in Pakistan’s unemployment rate is a staggering twenty-two percent, two of the three families in the province cannot afford a  proper meal, while over eighty percent of children are vulnerable to malnourishment.