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April is not supposed to be this warm. The heatwaves in parts of the country are not normal. The sudden hailstorm in Islamabad a couple of weeks ago...
The discussion about the possible utility of AI in improving efficiency or increasing productivity is touching newer areas of society. Most recently,...
I have had the privilege of working with remarkable scientists and engineers at multiple universities in Pakistan. They are driven by the same...
Eight years ago, in December 2016, I accompanied a team to a small camp at the Lebanese-Syrian border. It was cold and there was snow on the...
Imagine a system with many parts. Assume that these parts can operate both independently and interact with each other. At any given time, these...
We do not have all the facts about the recent HIV outbreak at Nishtar Hospital in Multan. But we do know quite a few things already. For example,...
The debate about how higher education should be viewed for large sectors of society is not new. There are longstanding discussions about who should...
I honestly did not know that it was possible to hit 1000, or 2000, on AQI. I mean I knew that those numbers were possible, but I did not expect...
Egypt reminds me of Pakistan. It is not simply the busy streets of Cairo, the directionless traffic that produces toxic smog and the chaos of an...
Growing up, I knew that we could trust the contents inside the white rectangular sachet. ORS - or oral rehydration solution - came in those tiny...
We probably do not associate the words "breaking news" with the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training. But we live in a strange...
Professor Wendy Pearlman's latest book, The Home I Worked to Make, asks a simple question - what is home? Pearlman, who is a distinguished scholar...
When we talk about science (and engineering) in the classroom, in seminars or in research studies, we take one of two positions. We either talk...
Lebanon has a very special place in my heart. Even with my rudimentary Arabic, I feel at home there. Beirut and its people have shaped my life and...
Like many of my colleagues, I routinely get requests from prospective graduate students who are interested in applying to our programme. There is a...
While the destruction of hospitals or clinics during conflict makes headlines, as it should, the destruction of colleges or universities does not...
A recent debate, led by an elected member in the Sindh assembly, called for expulsion of all illegal aliens from the province. This particular...
Several years ago, in Beirut, I first got to fully appreciate the value of medical humanities. It was a small workshop at the American University...
Long after the guns have gone silent, the lasting legacy of the evil of war continues to inflict harm on generations of people, including those who...
Last week, I had the opportunity to work alongside nearly two dozen educators, to think about how to discuss issues of forced displacement (i.e....
The excitement around Arshad Nadeem's success is a testament to how eager we all were for some good news. The euphoria about the Olympic record and...
In his long poem, Baghdad Ki Aik Raat (a night in Baghdad), written 75 years ago this year, the great Urdu poet Ibn-e-Insha shares his anguish as...
During my PhD, I worked on computer simulations of biological systems and processes. The idea was to simulate how a system would develop, evolve or...