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In American elections, there is the existence of this unreasonable practice called the electoral college vote. If you really think about it, the...
The push for the education of science comes primarily from parents. They’re the ones who tell us from the outset that we must either become doctors...
Shafique-ur-Rehman in his famous book, Hamaqatain, has written a passage titled Neeli Jheel. For those of you who may not have read it yet, I just...
The most successful entrepreneurs in the world such as Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and so forth have some distinct features that are quite...
There are those who argue that we have bigger and more serious issues to deal with right here on earth instead of venturing out into space. Former US...
The sons of Nawaz Sharif have been acquitted in corruption cases. They would be walking on the soil of Pakistan as free and powerful men. About five...
Once upon a time, Pakistan enjoyed its golden age. I don’t mean the 60s or the 70s but rather Pakistan about a decade or so ago. Yes, during the...
I was in Islamabad last year. Suddenly, one evening, my internet stopped working. I tried rebooting the modem but it did nothing. Then I called the...
W hile the American missions set out to go to the moon, one of the Apollo commanders said something very wise, which was that we went to the moon to...
Something funny just crossed my mind about us human beings. There are ghosts in this world that we don’t see, yet, we believe and sort of know that...
In the movie The Godfather , there is a famous scene where Al Pacino confronts the murderer of his elder brother who also happens to be the husband...
I n space, stars are formed and they are also destroyed in supernova explosions all the time. The stars and the planets we came to know and love are...
I srael was established as a home for the Jews. The Law of Return basically says that any Jew has the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli...
N ot much discussion happens about this one topic that has perhaps been pushed down the Orwellian hole — at least in the US academia and media...
E volution and exploration complement each other. Evolution in human beings as well as evolution in society leads us to explore and understand things....
Nation states around the world broadly use 3 justifications to pursue foreign policy that is otherwise devoid of reason, vision and popular support....
S outh African comedian Trevor Noah was once going about his stand-up comedy. He was comparing the level of threat people feel from Russians versus...
T he above are the words of the great Carl Sagan. Almost everyone has associated his words with his belief that there was no God and religions were...
M any people like to draw parallels between the states of Pakistan and Israel. They view many similarities such as both the states being created for...
The above is not an opinion. It is a cold hard fact. Here is another hard fact: next year would perhaps break the warming record of this one, and it...
I n war, they say, truth is always the first casualty. In the Israeli war against the children of Gaza, a lie has become the first casualty. The lie...
I was once driving from Houston to Colorado. If you ever got the chance to make that drive or if you take a look at the map, you’d realise that...
W hen Imran Khan visited Russia to meet Vladimir Putin. The Russian president had been reading books about Imran Khan. What Imran wasn’t reading was...
T he US habitually criticises the UN, International Criminal Court and other such global bodies as hostile platforms, which would violate American...
I had the chance of reading the book Destined For War by Graham Allison. The author was not able to escape out of his prejudices while explaining...
M any people argue that Israel and Pakistan are similar states. That both were created in the name of faith and declared a home for the followers of a...
I sraeli terrorism in Gaza has driven home further the idea that one of the key threats to the world is the erosion of democracy worldwide. The...
I was offering Friday prayers in a mosque here in Houston. The Imam was talking about the situation in Gaza and how we need to show our support and...
In 1988, NASA climate scientist James Hansen stood in front of the US congress and made a stark declaration for which the audience was not trained or...
In the Indian movie Aakhri Raasta, there is an interesting scene between Amitabh Bachchan and his son who happens to be his duplicate. The father...
During the 90s, dish antennas were in fashion in Pakistan and quite frankly, they were our portal to the outside world, away from the boring national...
The world has gradually moved from saying that climate change is a threat to humanity to now saying, with scientific proof that climate change is...
Nowadays when you want to refer to 9/11, you have to clarify that you actually are referring to the real one that happened on September 11, 2001....
American columnist CJ Werleman posted on X: “there is no such thing as an innocent occupier.” In every story of global politics, when a powerful...
I went to an observatory here in Texas where I had the chance to look at stars and planets through some high powered telescopes. The fun, yet, sad...
Almost every week I receive a text message from friends, which I haven’t even talked to in years, asking me about ways to come to America and if...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused the Indian government of killing Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. Ever...
We have all heard the joke that Muammar Gaddafi once got more than 100% votes in an election. People wondered if dead people came out of their graves...
Enrico Fermi, an Italian American physicist, was once having a discussion with his fellow physicists while walking to lunch. This was in the year...
One of the biggest and most vividly present self-deceptions that mankind has created is what we call a ballot. A ballot is no guarantee or indication...
It’s always challenging and stressful when facing aggression and hostility from an adversary or a rival. I have spent over a decade in America...