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There have been many debates about American democracy being indirect. The electoral college mechanism was inserted into ...
01/10/2026

There have been many debates about American democracy being indirect. The electoral college mechanism was inserted into the system in order to what was then called "excess of democracy".

There is another thing, which I always found quite baffling. An American president is elected after making certain promises to the citizens. He then proceeds to do, in many cases, exactly the opposite of what he promised on campaign trail or does exactly similar to what his opponent stood for, opposition to which got the man elected in the first place. Bush's "read my lips no new taxes", Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan and his sickening surveillance regime, Trump's promise to release the Epstein Files and then him being the only reason they weren't are some of such examples. There is practically nothing the American citizenry can do to stop an American president from doing what they never wanted or asked for.

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I was once having a discussion with a Mexican friend of mine here in America. I asked him what his authentic national la...
10/09/2026

I was once having a discussion with a Mexican friend of mine here in America. I asked him what his authentic national language was, to which he replied that it was Spanish. I asked him again, this time reminding him that his people were colonised and ruled over by the Spaniards, and so what the national language was before the Spaniards came. He did not have a clue. The language of the occupier became their language. Pakistan and India were also colonised by the British but we have kept our language alive despite trying very hard to speak English.

I have watched different people from various countries around the world come to America and they always experience some kind of cultural shock. The only cultural shock that Pakistanis and Indians experience is the absence of any lota or Muslim shower inside the American bathrooms. Everything else is quite familiar to them.

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On August 18, Google opened its first office in Pakistan. For many, it was simply another multinational putting its name...
28/08/2026

On August 18, Google opened its first office in Pakistan. For many, it was simply another multinational putting its name on Pakistan's corporate map. For me, it raises a much bigger question: what does Google see in Pakistan that we have failed to see in ourselves?

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2626111/1

Every crisis has a villain. Pakistan's water crisis is often blamed on climate change, population , or shrinking glacie...
25/08/2026

Every crisis has a villain. Pakistan's water crisis is often blamed on climate change, population , or shrinking glaciers. These factors are real, but they are not the whole story. The country's worsening water scarcity is equally a consequence of political choices, institutional failure, and the gradual privatisation of a resource that should belong to every citizen.

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2625641/1

Among many of my students who have graduated recently, as well as children of our family friends, there is sense of frus...
25/08/2026

Among many of my students who have graduated recently, as well as children of our family friends, there is sense of frustration and gloom. Recent graduates are struggling to find jobs – any jobs – broadly related to their field of study. A recent graduate in computer science from a very rigorous programme told me that he had applied to well over 250 jobs and had not gotten a single interview. News magazines are reporting students coming out of nationally recognised programmes in science and engineering applying for well over 400 jobs without any success. Degrees and majors that were considered safe and reliable to land decent entry level jobs just five years ago are facing monumental challenges. In the US, the unemployment rate for 22-27 year olds with a college degree is higher than the national average. The trend of unemployment among STEM majors is particularly noteworthy.

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2625636/1

Recently, when the HEC introduced a competency assessment for students in computing disciplines and decided to suspend a...
18/08/2026

Recently, when the HEC introduced a competency assessment for students in computing disciplines and decided to suspend admissions in underperforming programmes until improvement is demonstrated, the decision sparked debate across Pakistan's higher education sector. While some view it as a strict regulatory measure, others see it as a necessary step towards improving graduate quality and restoring confidence in university degrees.

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2624422/1

Most of my colleagues and I, as faculty members in a public sector university, have repeatedly encountered the same cont...
29/07/2026

Most of my colleagues and I, as faculty members in a public sector university, have repeatedly encountered the same contradiction in our classrooms. Many of our students are hardworking, sincere and intellectually capable, yet their education has conditioned them to remember answers rather than examine problems. They can reproduce definitions, write lengthy explanations and solve familiar numerical exercises, but when the same concept appears in a different context, uncertainty quickly replaces confidence. This is not a failure of intelligence. It is a failure of how we teach students to think.

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2620803/1

Electric vehicles are often presented as a straightforward climate solution. Replace petrol and diesel vehicles with bat...
24/07/2026

Electric vehicles are often presented as a straightforward climate solution. Replace petrol and diesel vehicles with battery-powered alternatives, reduce emissions, cut fuel imports, and create a greener future. Yet the reality is far more complex.

For more: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2619882/1

On 24th July, the world observes International Self-Care Day. This year, Pakistan is marking the day with its first-ever...
24/07/2026

On 24th July, the world observes International Self-Care Day. This year, Pakistan is marking the day with its first-ever national dialogue dedicated to self-care, bringing government, healthcare professionals, academia and industry into one room to ask why prevention still comes last in how we think about health. The WHO defines self-care as the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health and cope with illness, with or without the support of a health worker. That definition draws a clear line: self-care is not self-diagnosis or replacing a doctor. It is everything a person does, with good information, before and around the moments they need one.

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Few verses in South Asia's intellectual tradition have travelled across centuries with as much relevance as Bhagat Kabir...
22/07/2026

Few verses in South Asia's intellectual tradition have travelled across centuries with as much relevance as Bhagat Kabir's celebrated couplet:

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