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Saad Rashid

This is Saad Rashid, Finance major, runner, swimmer, history nerd, and a fan of FC Barcelona. With interests ranging from Psychedelics in History to sports science, there is nothing that he will not get stuck into.

57 articles published

Remittances – History and Importance

Reading Time: 4 minutes Remittances are highly important to a lot of developing and third-world countries in the modern age. These provide an economic lifeline for those back home, provide an emergency fund for when disasters strike and local jobs are at risk, and serve as a sort of buffer…

BySaad RashidApril 14, 20221Comment

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The War in Ukraine-The latest in a Global Conflict

It is easy to get our facts lost in the fog of war following the recent conflict in Ukraine. Our hearts go out to those suffering in the conflict and we hope that the violence comes to an end before more blood is shed. To get a better understanding of the Realpolitik behind the current…

BySaad RashidMarch 5, 20220Comments

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Dune – A Sci-Fi Masterpiece

Dune (2021) starring a star-studded cast including rising star Timothy Chalamet and Zendaya, was able to garner box-office success later last year. As of January 2022, the film has made almost $400 million and with a budget of $165 million, it can be considered a box-office success. This can be gauged from the fact that…

BySaad RashidJanuary 27, 20220Comments

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The Green Tsunami

On the second of September, 2018, the newly elected Prime Minister Imran Khan kicked off Plant for Pakistan. Also known as “The Green Tsunami” or “The Ten Billion Tree Tsunami”, the drive was begun by the planting of 1.5 Million Trees were planted on the first day. This was a continuation of the current Prime…

BySaad RashidMay 26, 20210Comments

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What is Pedagogy?

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Pedagogy is the “ study of teaching methods, including the aims of education and the ways in which such goals may be achieved. The field relies heavily on educational psychology, which encompasses scientific theories of learning, and to some extent on the philosophy of education, which considers the aims and…

BySaad RashidMay 18, 20210Comments

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Sindh, Marx and Iqbal

Despite having one of the biggest, and most productive cities in Pakistan (Karachi), Sindh is still one of the worst provinces in Pakistan. Sindh and Class Divide Worse in terms of the standard of living of the common man as well as the class divide that exists between the elite and the proletariat. According to…

BySaad RashidApril 3, 20211Comment

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The Missionary and the Tribesmen

“Please do not be angry at them or God if I get killed,” These were the missionary’s last words. His body was seen being dragged across the shore and buried by the tribal locals, riddled by arrows of archaic design. John Allen Chau, fond of traveling the world, made it his mission to introduce Christianity…

BySaad RashidMarch 6, 20210Comments

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Running from our problems-The right thing to do?

The advent of the pandemic has affected our lives in so many ways that it is difficult to document them all. Like whack-a-mole, more and more of the effects of the spreading disease and the ensuing quarantine period are coming to the fore. Apart from rising mental illnesses, high unemployment rates, and skyrocketing cases of…

BySaad RashidFebruary 22, 20211Comment

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Paranoid Maulvies and the Vilification of Vaccines

As this article is being written, more than 150 million people worldwide have received the COVID 19 vaccine. China has gifted Pakistan with half a million doses and the frontline workers have already started receiving the vaccine. However, when the first few doses were being administered it was followed by press conferences by health specialists…

BySaad RashidFebruary 17, 20210Comments

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GameStock-A win for the Proletariat

Most of us have become familiar with the terms “Short-selling”, “GameStop” and “Buy and Hold” over the last month or so. Even if most of you have never dabbled in the stock market, or have ever shown enough interest to want to learn about it, it has become an inescapable part of the news cycle.…

BySaad RashidFebruary 9, 20210Comments

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