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Arts or science?
Downgrading the social sciences suits the powers that be.
Zubeida Mustafa
Rising goodness
Some good is coming out of a little village of 3,605 people.
Spread the word
Communities must be involved in the TB campaign.
Ban the gun
It was a murder committed not by a single man but by the entire gun lobby.
An uphill drive
The school was in a shambles a few years ago.
Say no to GM maize
Our experience with GM cotton has been disastrous.
Luring readers
We need librarians who love the readers as much as they love books.
Women on bikes
Motorbikes are not easy to manage for sartorial reasons.
A dubious solution
The PMDC has had a controversial history from the start.
The dream house
All previous attempts at providing housing for the poor have failed.
To read or not
Where are Pakistan’s children on the reading scale?
Rights of rivers
The worst form of social injustice in Pakistan can be found in water distribution.
No hope is suicide
Many of the problems the youth faces are created by social media.
Fighting harassment
The law must be made effective against sexual harassment.
To cling or go?
A healthy discourse is needed on aging, illness and death.
Child at the centre
What ails our education system?
Whose girl is she?
It is our tragedy that people turn away when they hear of cases of young girls being trafficked.
Language myths
Experts support the use of several languages in a multilingual society.
Was Jinnah wrong?
Weren’t the minorities supposed to be, in equal measure, a pillar of the political structure of Jinnah’s Pakistan?
Inequality kills
Policymakers are biased against the poor.