President Donald Trump and the White House became the centre of an online firestorm this week after a viral social media post featuring a penguin drew widespread ridicule and international commentary. The image, shared on the White House’s official X account, was intended to link Trump’s renewed focus on Greenland to a popular internet meme […]
Mistakenly, a curfewed school is regarded as the best educational institution that churns out “disciplined” students. A principal who comports himself as a dictatorial administrator and a teacher who is morbidly sensitive even to a pin drop in a classroom are placed on a high pedestal in educational circles, as they, to get quantified results […]
When in 1967, I went to Harvard University as a graduate student to study Economics, Economic History was one of the required subjects. It was taught by Alexander Gersckron who was a Jew with Russian origin. He left Russia and first went to France and from there he migrated to the United States. Eventually he […]
Khisht-e-awwal chun nahad memar kaj Ta Surraya miravad deewar kaj (When the builder lays the first brick crooked, the wall will remain crooked even up to the star Surraya — known in English as the Pleiades). This Persian couplet, attributed to Saadi, is more than a poetic aphorism; it is a timeless truth about foundations, be […]
The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Saturday evening transformed its auditorium into a sanctuary of sound, spirituality and scholarship as it hosted “Liqa-e-Ishq – Mystical Musical Colours of Karakoram,” an evocative cultural programme celebrating Pakistan’s rich spiritual and musical heritage. Jointly organised by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) and Shan-e-Tajalli, with the […]
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers have expressed a complete lack of confidence in the newly-formed city organisation and announced strong protests against it. All PPP groups and social media platforms have launched a campaign opposing the new setup. Senior PPP city worker Ayaz Khan Pappu said the newly appointed city president is a “parachuted” leader […]
Bangladesh said on Sunday it was “surprised” and “shocked” that India had allowed fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make a public address in New Delhi. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a student-led uprising ended her iron-fisted 15-year rule. She made her first public speech since then in an […]
A boat carrying over 50 migrants sank off the Greek coast, killing a woman and a boy and leaving three others missing, the coast guard said Sunday. “Fifty migrants have been rescued and are being cared for by the authorities,” after the accident off the island of Ikria in the northern Aegean Sea, a spokeswoman […]
Due to the Sindh government’s continued neglect, the provincial Civil Defence Department has remained in a state of decline for the past 36 years. In the Gul Plaza tragedy, while several institutions bear criminal responsibility, the alleged corruption and deliberate negligence of Civil Defence officials also played a significant role in allowing the fire to […]
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) carried out two major operations in the twin cities, arresting a suspect accused of exploiting children and dismantling a gang behind Rs20 million in online fraud, officials said on Sunday. In the first case, the NCCIA conducted a raid at a residence in Islamabad’s PWD area and arrested […]