opinion
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Questioning inequalities
Abdul Sattar
The writer is a freelance journalist.The question of inequality in human society has always attracted the attention of many thinkers. The recent pandemic has triggered this debate again, with many...
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Palestinian rights
James Zogby
Over the years, the approach of most American policymakers toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been Israel-centric with near total disregard for the suffering endured by the Palestinian...
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District heating and cooling
Syed Akhtar Ali
Except for Karachi, Pakistan has extreme cold and hot weather in the respective seasons. With rising standards among the higher economic classes, comfort requirements are also increasing.In...
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Learning from China
Sarmad Khawaja
Modern China is in many ways a remarkable success: within a generation it has become a moderately high-income country from a low-income one. It has eliminated poverty, and expanded the capability of...
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Will Biden’s plan succeed?
Abdul Basit
Last week, in a bid to revive the floundering Afghan peace process, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.Adjacently, an eight-page peace plan was...
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Role of government
S Qaisar Shareef
Last week, the US Congress approved the $1.9 trillion American Relief Plan proposed by President Biden to pull the country out of the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic. It includes funds...