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Disheartening twist to a green policy by KMU

Aamer Zeb Sultan As a climate activist, I have always sought hope in small yet meaningful institutional steps that contribute toward environmental sustainability. One such initiative that genuinely inspired me was Khyber Medical University’s (KMU) policy under Examination Regulations 2017 (Amended 2023d), specifically Item No. 32, Serial No. 1. The regulation stipulates that any student […]

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Pak-India war – an analysis

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan  (As a sequel to my earlier writing on the same topic). The melodramatic denouement of the recent Pak-India conflict has not only shattered the long-held hegemonic ambitions of India which it has been harbouring for the last five decades but has also recalibrated the balance of power in South Asia

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Pak-India showdown

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan The recent undeclared brief but intense Indo-Pak war which lasted for only four days before it came to a sad ending for India in the shape of an unexpected and humiliating denouement, has utterly baffled not only the Indian military but also the war strategists world over. Our arch-nemesis which

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The spell of gold-worship (corruption)

Dr Shakira Nandini “The spell of gold-worship” — or corruption — is not merely a sequence of letters, but a ruthless truth. It doesn’t confine itself to back alleys, corridors of power, or the walls of institutions. It is a cancer that germinates within, silences the conscience, and extinguishes the flame of awareness. Corruption, though

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Our plastic lives

FARIHA AFSAR A woman, Yvonne Burkart, hit her menopause at the age of 30. She wanted to have kids, but the doctor\’s only suggestion for her was to give up the dream of having a normal pregnancy.  She was advised to go for IVF. She couldn\’t bear the thought of menopause at 30, she was

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