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Mistreatment by Pakistani University Administrations: The LSE Dean’s Questionable comments and the LUMS Fee Hike

Administrations of Pakistani universities have been mistreating students for a long while. In early May, LUMS suddenly increased its fees by up to 41% causing significant media attention and uproar from the student and parent community of LUMS. Now the Dean of Business at Lahore School of Economics (LSE) has poked fun at a Swabi…

ByAnonymousMay 25, 20200Comments

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The History of Blaming Communities for Disease

As we have often seen throughout history, majority social groups find it politically prudent or personally convenient to blame certain communities for disasters and problems. As the Coronavirus pandemic began to take hold across the world, certain populations began casting looks to see whom they could attribute this to. It is almost unsurprising that racism…

ByImaad HasanMay 21, 20200Comments

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Will Pakistan’s scorching heat be enough to defeat COVID-19?

For months people have been hoping that coronavirus will go away in the summer and key public figures have voiced their hopes for it to go away too, while many news organisations have called it a ‘myth’. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan’s “hot and dry weather” will mitigate COVID-19 for which…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 19, 20200Comments

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How cigarettes and smoking became prominent in movies and television

If you are watching an international film or television show from any movie industry, chances are that you will see a character smoking a cigarette. Over the last century, smoking has swiftly turned from a social deviance to a norm in popular culture but how did it get to this point? How smoking is a…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 18, 20200Comments

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How will sports continue after COVID-19?

Nearly every sports competition or league around the world has been suspended and many sports organisations face drastic financial consequences or even possibilities of bankruptcy. Cricket Australia has reported that they have enough cash to survive until the end of the year (2020), USA Rugby Association declared for bankruptcy while the English Premier League claimed…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 16, 20200Comments

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Why Capitalism Stops Working During Crises

For a long time, proponents of capitalism have said that jobs or capital is not lost in a capitalist system, rather it is transferred from one entity or industry to another but why does this principle not work during times of a crisis such as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak? Logic behind capitalism The beginning and…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 14, 20200Comments

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The Case for Those on the Frontlines and Our Sanitation during a Pandemic

The world is facing a global crisis at the hands of the coronavirus. While this continues to impact all human lives at their facets, there is a more sinister role the virus plays for those who are on the frontlines. Across the nation and around the world, medical professionals are working day and night to…

ByKhudeeja AsifMay 12, 20200Comments

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COVID-19: How Netflix could come out on top

The coronavirus outbreak has caused major problems for most businesses and industries, and has been disastrous for the majority of the world, but one business stands to benefit heavily from stay-at-home orders: Netflix. What is Netflix? Netflix is an online streaming service that allows its members to watch unlimited entertainment (TV shows, movies, documentaries and…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 8, 20200Comments

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Will the WHO be abandoned after COVID-19 pandemic?

US President Donald Trump has halted US funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) amid this coronavirus outbreak citing worries over ‘disinformation’ by WHO, while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced his concerns over WHO’s poor response and politicization of the COVID-19 crisis. On the flip side, the Republic of Ireland has announced that…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 6, 20200Comments

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How has the coronavirus outbreak impacted Trump’s image and reelection chances?

A few months ago, experts were predicting that Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders would be the greatest threat to Trump’s re-election chances but now it seems to be COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2. It is not the spread of coronavirus that is jeopardising Trump’s image as a leader and his political campaign for the 2020…

ByMahnoor KhalidMay 4, 20200Comments

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