Zindeeq-Interprets the Dreams of the Future: Dr Shahid Iqbal Kamran
Zindeeq– Rahman Abbas is one of the most important novelists of the 21st century in terms of his style, craft, themes and semantic harmony in...
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Pakistan’s dependence on external debt and its impact on economic development: Jasim Tahir
Dependence on loans and aid is never a good sign for any economic forecast. Pakistan has been heavily relying on foreign aid and loans namely...
The Predicament of Gender Income Disparity in Pakistan: Ayesha Afzal
Gender disparity is a phenomenon well known to the socio-economic fabric of Pakistan. A narrative that has cradled in arms of the country’s culture for...
PK: A film promoting hate speech or the freedom of speech?
By Shariq Amanat A constant increase in hate speech has been observed around us especially after the spread of electronic and social media; despite rising voices and emerging soft corner for the ideas...
The migrant crises at Polish Borders: Natalie J. W
Since I’ve been recently asked by my friends from across the world what actually has been happening on the Belarus-Poland border, as a Polish citizen...
Student Societies for Religious Harmony on Campuses
By Sarah Majid Student participation in campus affairs comes in many shapes. Be it student societies, sometimes called student councils, student governments, student associations, or guild...
Pandora Box of Corruption
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and...
GHALIB AND 1857 – 2 by Satyapal Anand
By Dr. Satyapal Anand (An extract from my forthcoming book ‘Short Notes on Urdu Literature) As already stated in the previous note, Ghalib took the...
A Review in THE CYCLIC LITERARY LETTER (CLL): IF WINTER COMES
By Dr. Satyapal Anand Satyapal Anand began writing poetry in the fifties of the last century, that is almost six decades ago. The poems in...
Virginia Wolf and I
By Satyapal Anand Having taught Virginia Woolf for half a century at the university level in India and abroad I find this piece from Guardian London worth...
The Insouciant I. (A fantasy)
By Satyapal Anand The sky wearing one glittering eyeglass Looks accusingly at me —- “Where is our honor? Shameful it was for you to deny...
THE PATH AND I
By Satya Pal Anand (Originally written in Urdu) When I stop, the path raises itself a bit Looks at me and says: “Why did you...
Sunset Strands
By Satyapal Anand “A pair of Ragged Claws…..” That was Elliot almost a century ago. Now it is another new entrant to English from the...
How Shaheed Babar Qadri is remembered across the divide
By Lubna Haroon On a bright sunny day in 2016, I came across Shaheed Babar Qadri in a Kashmir conference held in Islamabad. Visitors from...
A Harlem Dancer
By Satyapal Anand Claude McKay wrote a poem with this title—1922) ————————————————————- Sallying, swaying, gliding She of Harlem’s hospitable hub ...
Featured New Apple iPhone 13 revealed with major upgrades!
The new phone will start retailing at Dh2,567. Apple on Tuesday rolled out a lineup of new flagship products, including the iPhone 13, Series 7...
Sanjay Bhattacharyya says UAE ushered new era of transparency in employment!
India’s top diplomat dealing with the Gulf has said that “a new era is on the horizon” in migration and mobility of Indians to and...
Singapore reports highest daily Covid cases in a year!
Singapore has reported its highest one-day Covid case total in more than a year, with 837 cases recorded on Tuesday. In response to the growing...
Kerala still in Covid high alert as second wave persists!
As Covid-19 swept through India last year, there was one state that was always seen to stand out in its handling of the pandemic. The...
Antony Blinken stresses Pakistan should deny Taliban legitimacy!
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Pakistan to deny legitimacy to the Taliban unless they meet international demands, acknowledging concerns that Islamabad...
