opinion
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Violence, women and militarisation
Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir
That there is an apprehension that Zahir Jaffer will be taken out of Pakistan by his influential family speaks volumes for the state of criminal justice in Pakistan.Unfortunately, at this stage,...
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Artificial Intelligence in reality
Dr Imran Syed
Artificial Intelligence is a fascinating technological development that is significantly impacting our present-day lives. Given AI’s potential, there is a need to carefully examine what is being...
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Crisis upon crisis
Dr Sharmila Faruqi
The state of the economy of any country is determined through its Gross Domestic Product . Ever since the PTI government has come into power Pakistan’s economy has been on a constant downward...
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Empowering women
Zafar Ali Buledi
Gender equality is considered a vital factor in determining the overall wellbeing and growth of a nation, country and a society.Gender equality is when people of all genders have equal rights,...
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White is not a colour
Hamid Dabashi
“There is no such thing as race, none” – this is how master novelist Toni Morrison broke it down very simply in a famous interview. “It’s the human race, scientifically, anthropologically....
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Racist technology
Ashley Del Villar
Face recognition technology may sound futuristic, or perhaps too abstract to seem harmful. But we are already living in a reality in which face recognition and other forms of biometric surveillance...