opinion
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Checks and balances
Babar Sattar
After a semester of trying to understand and debate the scheme of separation of powers in the US constitution at Harvard Law School, a fellow student asked our professor which design was best to...
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Dilemmas from the periphery
Amir Hussain
Culture is a contested concept which encompasses a variety of dimensions of human life including social cohesion, collective experience, self-expression and creation of art as its constituent...
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Let’s teach them to fish
Dr Hassan Daud Butt
The rapidly dwindling agricultural land in Pakistan due to heavy horizontal urbanization highlights the requirement for food cultivation in smaller harvest areas through adoption of latest precision...
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A noble legacy
Ramzy Baroud
Europe’s “Scramble for Africa” began in earnest in 1881, but never ended. The attempt at dominating the continent using old and new strategies continues to define the western relationship with...
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Remembering July 5
Khalid Bhatti
July 5 is not just a black day for the PPP but for all the democratic forces of this country. It was not only the PPP government that was ousted from power but democracy overall was derailed too. It...
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Racist culture
Robert C Koehler
Yes, we have a serious problem at the border – indeed, at every border we create and defend with force of arms and bureaucratic indifference.“‘If you want water, just drink from a toilet.’...