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It was June 2021, when the University of Peshawar, after going through a financial crisis for several years, had finally been able to pay salaries and pensions to its employees without borrowing a single penny. But the happy memory of days gone by. One of the great alma mater of Pakistan, the University of Peshawar...

Under the Taliban regime, women in Afghanistan have seen their rights and freedoms stripped away. The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in 1996 and imposed a strict interpretation of Sharia law on the country. Women were not allowed to work or attend school, they were forced to wear the burqa and were not allowed...

For the first time in history, the world has come together in Qatar, to watch the most expensive World Cup ever. In an effort to stand out on the global stage, the gas-rich emirate has, approximately, spent up to $300bn preparing for the most prestigious event of football, The 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar, a...

When a child is going to start school, one of the first things that parents inquire is which one school is best for their kid? And they have a lot of different options in their mind like affordability, syllabus, learning opportunities, school environment etc. Besides, it is totally different in the case of parents of...

Today, through a decree by Taliban supreme leader, Sheikh Haibatullah, the cultivation of poppy / Hash across Afghanistan is banned now and the decree announced that if anyone is found cultivating or supplying poopy/hash, they shall be treated through “sharia law”. Remember, Afghanistan right now produces 90% of world poppy and 90% of hash production,...

Many Chinese people have felt the warmth of witnessing a father from Central China’s Hubei Province reunite on Monday with his son, who was abducted 14 years ago, after years of searching and the joint efforts of public security departments across the nation with DNA comparison and matching technologies. Sun Haiyang burst into tears and...

We are taught that freedom is like a gate. If I am free to enter through it, I am also equally free to leave through it .This is not a case where one way is good and it’s opposite is bad. Both directions are equal in value. Freedom is when we have the right of...

All young people deserve the opportunity to flourish in school academically, communally, and emotionally. Realistic life needs just Recognition, Acceptance & festivity of differences among people. Ableism is not a lesser form of discrimination. The harm of disability bias is continuously questioned, minimized or excluded. The devaluation of disability bias is itself ableism. It dehumanizes...

The feminization of poverty is used to refer to the increasing proportion of the nation’s poor who are females. Globally, about half of women in poverty age are in “transition”, coping with an economic crisis caused by the departure, disability, or death of a husband. The other half tend to be economically dependent either on...