Daily Current Affairs

By: Sakib Sherani THE world appears to be engulfed by the politics — and economics — of anger. Much of the ire stems from the ‘fallout’ of globalisation — freer trade and large-scale migration of people — and is concentrated in the advanced economies. Results from a 2014 survey by Pew Research Centre are illustrative. Fifty per cent of respondents …

By Lawrence M. Krauss Donald Trump’s candidacy has been a source of anxiety for many reasons, but one stands out: the ability of the President to launch nuclear weapons. When it comes to starting a nuclear war, the President has more freedom than he or she does in, say, ordering the use of torture. In fact, the President has unilateral …

BY Sultan M Hali Yellow journalism is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. The term originates from the period of the nineteenth century, when William Randolph Hearst, the proprietor of “New York Journal” was competing for circulation with Joseph Pulitzer’s “New …

National Oct 10: The name of Cyril Almeida was put on the Exit Control List (ECL) after his controversial report in Dawn newspaper on a recent meeting between civil and military leaders. Oct 10: As per a report shared with the National Assembly, only two projects at a cost of $137 million under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been …

By Sulaiman Mandar The PML-N on one side, all the others on the other. That is the CPEC divide. While the federal government considers it a game changer for Pakistan and the entire region, the others consider it a game changer for only Punjab. Almost all political parties from the smaller provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan complain that …

By Asad Rahim Khan It’s true when they say one man’s shame is another’s pride. Just as it’s true there are men in this country that find honour in honour killing. The sentiment’s supposed to be an old one: in certain Ottoman lands, the killer would sprinkle his victim’s blood on his clothes and parade through the streets, thus ‘increasing …

By Tariq Husain The second article in this series illustrated the potential for local action in organising basic services. Improved service delivery, however, is one part of the process of change that is needed in local governance. The second part is provincial reform that leads to effective local government. Reform in local governance is a political process for which leadership …

By Duriya Hashmi in Bonn SHE disembarks from her car in Düsseldorf and waves to the children waiting to welcome her. Then there are selfies and formal handshakes; pianists mark the occasion with the Ode to Joy for the chancellor. Yet she, some believe, does not have much to rejoice about. The CDU is celebrating its 70th anniversary in the …

BY NIAZM URTAZA GIVEN the ulterior agendas of global powers like the US, the UN record of resolving the status of contested domains is poor. Eritrea, Kashmir, Palestine, East Timor and Western Sahara`s fates languished at the UN for decades. Eritrea and East Timor gained freedom, not primarily due to the UN or even their freedom forces, but because their …

National Oct 08: The ADB management approved a loan of $9.7 million for financing the designing of the Karachi Bus Rapid Transit Project. Oct 08: The Department of Archaeology and Museums (DOAM) started the first-ever archaeological survey in the federal capital. Oct 08: Governor SBP Ashraf Mahmood Wathra was awarded with Euromoney`s Central Bank Governor of 2016 award. Oct 08: …