Hadia Mukhtar
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Kamli: The magical realism of love lost...
Pertaining to its symbolic overtones, Kamli employs the concept of lion and deer preying scene to shed light upon the right of independence and will denied to the protagonist the backdrop of rigid and orthodox societal customs.
Biden’s climate financing pledge: a promising end...
Sub-Editor GVS Hadia Mukhtar highlights that though Biden's climate financing pledge is a key development outlining the focus of the forthcoming COP26, climate adaptation financing is also necessary alongside.
CTTI: Capitalizing on Pakistan’s Youth Quotient
While investment in youth is a promising and rewarding one for the economic and social progress of the nation, unfortunately, in Pakistan, such investment is limited, despite 60 percent of its population being below the age of 30. We look at the role one training institute set up by by the FWO with Japanese cooperation, Construction Technology Training Institute (CTTI), plays to help youth employment through prioritizing vocational skills.
Healing lives through literature during a global...
The conceivable prescient books, by notable authors in literature, narrated the theme of isolation, community, and love. And in this respect, they are powerfully...
The Changing Afghan chessboard: Is it up...
With the exodus of US troops from Afghanistan and the speed at which the Taliban has advanced northwards, fears reign that power vacuum might emerge again as the intra-Afghan talks have made little headway. As the battlespace in Afghanistan straddles the border with Pakistan, new challenges are in store for the latter. With competing factions within Afghanistan pitch for influence and the regional states turn to safeguard their stakes checkmating chaos to secure a stable future in is dire straits.
Budget 2021: Retreating from development promises
The quest to formulate a viable development strategy in the recent budget which would aid in improving macro-economic indicators remains a herculean task for...
Rethinking work ethic in the post-Covid world
As Covid-19 swept across the world, it has challenged and altered society in ways previously considered unimaginable. Out of all the challenges and alterations,...
Afghanistan’s tricky endgame: What should Pakistan do?
As the last round of US forces pitches for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the post 9/11 Pak-US ties, which were originally touted as the...