Nobel Laureates 2012

Published January 1, 2013

Literature

Mo Yan

Age 57 Country China

“for his writing that mixes folk tales, history and the contemporary”.

Physics

Serge Haroche Age 68 Country France

David J.Wineland Age 68 Country United States of American

Medicine

Sir John B.Gurdon Age 79 Country United Kingdom

Shinya Yamanaka Age 50 Country Japan

Peace

European Union

“for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades”.

Chemistry

Robert J.Lefkowitz Age 69 Country United States of American

Brian K.Kobilka Age 57 Country United States of American

Economic Science

Alvin E.Roth Age 60 Country United States of America

Lloyd S. Shapley Age 89 Country United States of America

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
Updated 24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

Tomorrow, if ties between Washington and Beijing nosedive, and the US asks Pakistan to reconsider CPEC, will we comply?
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...