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Saidpur Village’s Glorious Past & Woeful Present

Reading Time: 4 minutes The quaint little village of Saidpur is located near the capital city of Islamabad, Pakistan. As it is nestled right beside the Margalla Hills, it is often considered to be scenic. The village is known for its artisans, heritage, legacy, and so much more. It is…

BySeirut JavedJune 24, 20220Comments

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The Why and How of Becoming a Sustainable Household

Sustainability is the word of the day. Well, more like the word of the century at this point. Short-term economic benefits have seduced most of humanity into shooting themselves in the foot-in the long-term. Cutting down trees, pumping fossil fuel exhaust into the air, burning plastics and petroleum products, dumping micro-plastics into the sea. So…

BySaad RashidJune 22, 20220Comments

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Waste Stats, Management & Recycling Efforts in Pakistan

Pakistan is a culprit like all other countries in the ongoing climate crisis. Pakistan’s waste generation statistics are alarming. In a day, 0.283 to 0.612 kg of solid waste is produced per capita, and 49.6 million tons in a year which increases by 2.4% annually. According to the Government of Pakistan's estimation (GoP), 87,000 tons…

BySeirut JavedJune 12, 20220Comments

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Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard: What Did We Learn?

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Depp v Heard trial might be the biggest televised trial since the OJ Simpson trial. In both cases, the verdict has been reached and has caused massive waves across the mainstream media sphere. Since the beginnings of the trial itself, social media sites have been…

ByKhudeeja AsifJune 7, 20220Comments

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Pakistani Healthcare System’s Political Hurdles

Reading Time: 4 minutes The World Health Organization’s recommendation for the percentage of GDP of a country to be spent on health care is 5% but Pakistan’s stats are deplorable. The Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-2021 stated that the country’s healthcare expenditure out of its GDP is 1.2%. On a per…

BySeirut JavedJune 2, 20220Comments

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Why Tax dodgers hurt the poor: A look at the reality of Tax evasion

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rs 310 Billion worth of tax dodging occurs in Pakistan annually. And this too, from just five sectors. To put that into perspective, this is three times as much as the total budget allocation to the HEC, both developmental and non-developmental.

BySaad RashidMay 26, 20220Comments

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PIA-Rise and Fall of a Juggernaut

Reading Time: 4 minutes PIA would serve to be a source of pride for the nation, with technological and service developments that would rival those of other international juggernauts while retaining the national roots that gave PIA its flavor. The famous slogan “Great People to Fly With”, the slogan of…

BySaad RashidMay 19, 20220Comments

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India vs Pakistan

Reading Time: 4 minutes Since independence, Pakistan and India have been at loggerheads over every possible issue imaginable. Whether it be over distribution of resources at independence, to the issue of water distribution fifty years after, to a seemingly benign game of cricket or hockey, the two countries have been…

ByKhudeeja AsifMay 17, 20220Comments

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How Colonial Era Famines still Effect us

Reading Time: 4 minutes The effects of colonialism on us South Asians has been catastrophic. This is a known fact, and the cultural, moral, material, and even spiritual impact of the white man on the subcontinent has been so detrimental that the effects are being felt to this day.

BySaad RashidMay 11, 20221Comment

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What about Whataboutism?

Reading Time: 4 minutes What exactly is Whataboutism? What does it entail? What is its history? And how can we sharpen our frame of analysis to be able to look through it, and overcome it in order to work towards better discourse?

ByKhudeeja AsifMay 9, 20220Comments

Here’s to understanding the crux of things.

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