Islam in the West: Freedom to express or oppress?

Atheism has been on the rise during the recent years, mostly in the West, where a big chunk of the people, especially youngsters, prefer...

Nuclear power: clean, cheap, and sustainable source of energy for Pakistan

The great power of the atom is not limited to warfare. The nuclear technology can supply a clean, cheap, and sustainable source of energy...

Op-ed: A tale of two bears

In Martin Waddell’s children’s storybook titled "Two Brown Bears", Joe Bear and Harriet Bear have fun adventures, they convert bicycles into planes and go...

Motivational speakers, the new form of “Banarasi Thugs”

“You can have anything you want in life” and “You were born to win” are the grand statements made by motivational speakers. Imagine the...

The Great Transformation: How is RSS transforming India into a fascist regime?

Narendra Modi, the current Prime Minister, like so many other Bharatiya Janata Party stalwarts, makes no bones about having been a member of the...

Pakistan’s low saving-low investment dilemma

Saving and investment are pre-eminent variables for any developing country as they yield positive dividends to economic growth, price stability, and employment level. Pakistan...

Op-ed: Ending K-electric’s monopoly

The only way to curb power woes of the citizens of Karachi is to end the monopoly of K-Electric (K-E). As such the offer...

Op-ed: Persecution of the dalit community (down-trodden) in India

A dalit leader Chandrashekar Azad addressed a rally to demand justice for Hathras (Uttar Pradesh) gang-rape victim. He is the `Bhim Army chief’ (a...

Op-ed: US involvement in Vietnam and the domino theory

The Eisenhower government had been greatly disturbed by the 1954 Geneva Agreements, in which it was agreed ultimately that Vietnam would be unified, on...

Moving towards multipolarity: End of a unipolar world

“Make America great again” - a slogan that formed the nucleus of Trump’s electoral campaign vividly suggests that America is no more a great...

E-governance: Transforming the operational efficiencies in public sector

The 21st century has proven to be the game-changer in Information Technology. It has brought countless revolutionary changes in businesses everywhere. The adoption of...

The principal fault in democracy: Election campaign funding

In September, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg announced plans to spend at least $100 million in the battleground state of Florida to help...
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