By Faisal Bari Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has, on a number of occasions, talked of his desire to see a uniform curriculum being taught for grades one to 12 across Pakistan. The Punjab education minister has also announced that a uniform curriculum for grades one to five will be implemented in the province by […]
By Fazle Yar Khan Global warming is posing high risk in the form of rapid melting of glaciers, increase in frequency of floods and droughts in South Asia. On the global level, climate change has become an issue of grave and immediate concern having far-reaching effects on agriculture, natural resource as well as on energy
UNITED NATIONS: He spoke of Islam his religion but he used references like Charles Bronson’s Death Wish movie, Monty Python and Japanese kamikaze pilots during World War II. He built linguistic and pop-culture bridges as he carefully made his points. Pakistan’s enigmatic prime minister, Imran Khan, effortlessly projected his East-meets-West brand from the podium of
By Asheq Ali The foothills of Hindukush range provide an amazing landscape to our home: Chitral. The hostile mountain ranges surrounding the valley give a phenomenal portrait of nature. The natural architecture of Alpine forests cover the mountains providing a wonderful sculpture to the north. Grasses carpet the land and bushes along with large trees
By Zahiruddin “In past, a stranger entering any village of Chitral would pause for a while to look for a house with a tall tree of chinar by its side where he could find shelter to take rest for a short while or an overnight stay. The very presence of chinar tree near a house
