Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said as it reported that Pakistan among eight countries accounted for two-thirds of global TB cases. Deaths from TB were down three percent from 2023, while cases dropped by nearly two per cent, the World Health […]
The government’s decision to once again ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) marks not just an administrative move but a decisive moral stance against the normalisation of violence in the name of religion. The immediate trigger came after the group’s latest round of protests, culminating in the Muridke mayhem. The demonstration, which began ostensibly as a religious […]
So far in this debate, we have discussed the Afghan Taliban’s demonstrated hostility towards Pakistan; their violation of Pashtunwali, Islamic fraternity and good neighbourliness; Pakistan’s ability to fight a ‘1.5 Front’ Indo-Afghan aggression, if imposed; Afghanistan and CARs relevance; the ‘Haqqani Complexity’; the fallacy of Talib victory against the Soviet Union and the US-NATO Combine; […]
Recently on campus, as I left the bank, a few girls I’d never taught stopped me with a question at the crossroads of science and society. “Sir, should we get the HPV vaccine?” I urged them to consult clinicians first. They replied, politely but firmly, that they read my opinion pieces and wanted the broader […]
Instead of complying with the Doha Accord of 2020, Taliban 2.0 are rather persistent on defiance. Commitments made with the international community to prevent Afghan soil from being used for terrorism against neighbouring countries, to protect women’s right to work, and to form an inclusive government have all been ignored. Mediation by Turkiye and Qatar […]