The IMF has 'asked' Pakistan to end the concessional tax rate on electric vehicles (EVs). The fundamental rationale reportedly offered is that electric vehicles are a luxury item rather than a necessity for low-income consumers, prompting a call for the c... See more
Time is such a big part of our lives. We plan our days around it. But have you ever stopped to think about how a watch actually works inside? I never did either, until one day, my wristwatch fell on the floor. When I looked at its tiny parts, I saw little... See more
Life in Pakistan runs through at least four crevices of discrimination – class, gender, religion and ethnicity. While gender, religion and ethnicity can be cross cutting, class divisions are socially constructed with fissures so deep that it is not even f... See more
From the classroom to award-winning children's literature, Emirati writer and illustrator Hessa Almehairi has built a career around curiosity, imagination, and seeing the world from a different perspective. Long before Hessa Almehairi became an award-winn... See more
My professors often advise me to fall in love. Probably because I talk endlessly about dry subjects, history, philosophy and the like, rarely allowing logic to leave the room. My ideas can seem divorced from human touch, even when they are full of intelle... See more
