Murtaza Haider
Airports, banks, hospitals, Nadra outposts...Pakistanis practice the art of jumping queues everywhere.
Updated 08 Oct, 2015 01:22pm
An unmet demand for data scientists opens possibilities for the youth in Asia with no constraints of money and location.
Published 23 Sep, 2015 05:01pm
A bigger responsibility rests with those in the West, who emigrated from war-torn parts of the world, to find refuge.
Updated 09 Sep, 2015 06:21pm
Those arguing that small surveys and other national databases could substitute for the Census, are gravely mistaken.
Updated 07 Sep, 2015 07:39pm
If you live in Pakistan, you must be used to hearing or making such and even more outrageous statements. But not I.
Updated 26 Aug, 2015 02:54pm
Tesla Motors designed a solar-charged battery specifically for residential use. It could serve our energy needs well.
Updated 20 Aug, 2015 01:44pm
It's convenient to blame administration and bureaucrats for the state of the Railways. This, however, will be wrong.
Published 17 Aug, 2015 01:34pm
The government can help create privately operated cooperatives to run ghost schools.
Published 05 Aug, 2015 06:25pm
Parents assume, and the brides are made to believe, that strong familial ties will guard against such violence.
Updated 29 Jul, 2015 04:03pm
A new report reveals why Pakistanis may have to live with the energy shortfall for decades, if not more.
Updated 24 Jul, 2015 09:21pm
The APA is apologetic, but it is not apologising to those subjected to torture.
Updated 15 Jul, 2015 05:40pm
As Greece negotiates with the troika, other heavily indebted countries keep a close watch on how this dispute is settled
Updated 09 Jul, 2015 04:06pm
To alleviate poverty, stop considering arbitrary thresholds of poverty like absolute income and calories consumed.
Updated 02 Jul, 2015 05:30pm
Globally, heatwaves kill thousands but the media and governments often ignore their humongous death toll.
Published 24 Jun, 2015 05:49pm
Almost half of all global remittances are sent to rural areas, but they are not transforming societies like they can.
Updated 18 Jun, 2015 04:45pm
There are no shortcuts to a prosperous future for Pakistan, there are choices though.
Published 10 Jun, 2015 07:56pm
The challenge for Bilawal is not to just revive the PPP, but to restore the nation’s faith in the democratic process.
Published 03 Jun, 2015 02:38pm
Bias, massive conflict of interest, double counting, favouring those that comply - the list goes on and on.
Updated 27 May, 2015 10:35pm
The important distinction to realise is that society does not treat all fake assets the same.
Published 20 May, 2015 05:55pm
Waterborne diseases cause 1.2 million deaths each year in Pakistan; these numbers are indicative of a national emergency
Published 13 May, 2015 03:18pm
