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Friday 11/March/2016 15:43 PM

Rethinking Urdu’s hegemony in Pakistan

The status of Urdu became a marker for Muslim identity in the pre-partition Indian subcontinent, and helped legitimise the Two-Nation Theory, based on which...

Friday 11/March/2016 15:22 PM

Empty promises and dead children

Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted by the United Nations last September amid a blaze of glitzy...

Thursday 10/March/2016 13:38 PM

So to speak: Travelling stress

You would think that in this modern era of jet engine technology, travelling would be full of fun. It is not and it is increasingly becoming stressful and...