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Saturday December 07, 2024
Abdul Sattar
Abdul Sattar

  • December 06, 2024

    The mighty caste system: Part – I

    It seems old beliefs are still dominating millions in India which has one of highest growth rates over decades

  • November 13, 2024

    Quest for global leadership: Part – I

    With one-third contribution to global economic growth, China is positioning itself as key player in international landscape

  • October 24, 2024

    Poverty, conflict and humanity

    It is believed poverty and related diseases claim 9 million lives every year

  • October 16, 2024

    Time to stand with progressives

    Shameful treatment meted out to participants of Rawadari March in Karachi on Sunday has damaged democratic credentials of PPP

  • September 26, 2024

    Did reason fail or‘men of reason’?

    The modern age drastically reduced hunger and disease, wiping out plagues like the Justinian plague and the Black Death

  • September 17, 2024

    Flexing for war

    Russian president has warned that acquiescing to such demand would amount to declaring war on Russian Federation

  • September 02, 2024

    What the far-right won’t tell you -Part - IV

    Many in UK believe that underlying factors must be addressed if rise of far right is to be reversed

  • August 26, 2024

    What the far-right won’t tell you (Part – III)

    Despite claims of far right that Muslims are dominating, only tiny fraction is coming from Muslim country

  • August 19, 2024

    What the far-right won’t tell you: Part – II

    According to BBC, “In Europe, Indian soldiers were among first victims who suffered horrors of trenches"

  • August 16, 2024

    What the far-right won’t tell you ( Part – I )

    Government carried out swift arrests, with many rioters being sentenced

  • August 06, 2024

    Visible and invisible subsidies

    They hate very idea of extending help and succour to people from bottom layer of social stratification

  • July 19, 2024

    Moving beyond the IMF

    Shehbaz claimed it hurt him whenever Pakistan had to approach World Bank and other institutions for loans

  • July 09, 2024

    How the elite add to the climate mess: Part - II

    Exxon alone funded more than 40 groups to deny climate science; this included the George C Marshall Institute

  • July 05, 2024

    How the elite add to the climate mess

    Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands may have lost their lives because of scorching beams of sun

  • June 28, 2024

    To all victims of oppression

    RCI recently held its founding conference in Italy, which has been described by organizers as a stunning success

  • June 17, 2024

    No one wins a war

    The West has been busy arming Ukraine instead of making any sincere efforts to douse the flames

  • June 01, 2024

    Time to reconcile

    CM Gandapur hinted at working with the federal government to sort out the issues being faced by his province

  • May 24, 2024

    Why is Nawaz Sharif upset?

    Many analysts believe that Sharif was kicked out from the power corridors of Islamabad for allegedly picking a fight with the powers that be

  • May 16, 2024

    There’s a new spectre in Europe

    European flags are diplayed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. — Reuters/FileThe spectre of brutal policies has once again returned...

  • May 02, 2024

    Lessons from the past

    Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armored vehicle in Novostepanivka, Kharkiv region on September 19, 2022. — AFPRising Russian casualties and heavy...

  • April 15, 2024

    Education emergency

    Around 48 per cent of schools in the country do not have toilets

  • April 06, 2024

    Unsafe streets

    Recent killing of a woman in Toba Tek Singh by her brother speaks volumes about this cancerous patriarchy

  • March 22, 2024

    Going beyond austerity

    PMdecision to ban unnecessary foreign visits of ministers, secretaries and other government officials is a positive step

  • March 14, 2024

    Politics of aggression

    Supporters of PTI block the Peshawar to Islambad highway on Sunday in protest against the alleged skewing of election results in February 8 polls....

  • March 06, 2024

    Governance for the people

    However, it is encouraging to see resolve of CM Punjab Maryam and CM Sindh Murad to serve people and improve these indicators

  • February 22, 2024

    What the future holds

    The government is also likely to increase the burden of existing taxpayers instead of imposing an agriculture tax

  • February 14, 2024

    Beyond the polls

    No messiah from political elite talked about exit strategy from vicious circle of external and internal debt

  • February 01, 2024

    Where’s our political wisdom?

    They believe that his rhetoric against political class of country isolated him

  • January 24, 2024

    How to achieve economic prosperity

    This prompts many to assert that Pakistan can also be an economic power if it wants

  • December 11, 2023

    Economic half-truths

    After pushing Pakistan’s economy towards partial deindustrialisation, the pundits of the neo-liberal world have come up again with a new...

  • November 24, 2023

    Learning nothing from history

    PML-N leaders Maryam Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif at the stage during a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, on October 21, 2023, in this...

  • November 10, 2023

    The spectre of annihilation

    Palestinians walk through a ravaged street following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, on October 10, 2023. — AFPThe recent statement of an Israeli...

  • October 30, 2023

    Rejecting the law of the jungle

    A man stands amid the rubble of a building in the aftermath of the Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 29, 2023. —...

  • October 21, 2023

    How to help the people

    How to help the people. The News/FileThe drastic reduction in petroleum prices has led to sighs of relief among the people of the country, who had...

  • October 14, 2023

    Arab-Israeli conflict through history: Part - II

    In part one of this article, I tried to dispel the impression that the creation of Israel was purely and primarily for persecuted Jews, arguing...

  • October 13, 2023

    Arab-Israeli conflict through history: Part - I

    The Hamas attack on Israel and the consequential bombardment of Gaza by Israel has not only triggered a heated debate over the Palestinian issue but...

  • October 05, 2023

    The solid waste challenge

    Solid waste generation rates are on the rise across the world. One of the factors fuelling this generation is the rising trend of promoting a...

  • September 20, 2023

    Countering market fundamentalism

    Amidst a deep economic and financial crisis, the pundits of the neoliberal world are again prescribing a recipe for disaster, piling pressure on the...

  • September 15, 2023

    The reunion of the elite

    While the announcement of a new economic corridor at the recently held G20 summit may have created a ripple of excitement, it also indicates that...

  • September 06, 2023

    Investment-friendly Pakistan?

    The Pakistani ruling elite routinely makes tall claims about attracting massive investment that it believes can transform the country. Sections of...

  • August 29, 2023

    Living in a nightmare

    The recent protests against inflated bills seem to be suggesting that people are no longer ready to tolerate the skyrocketing inflation that has...

  • August 19, 2023

    Back to the status quo

    The recent hasty legislation carried out by parliament clearly indicates that the houses of public representatives have become merely a rubber...