At the end of 2010, the FIFA Executive Committee announced that Qatar would become the host country of the 2022 World Cup, with that decision becoming the first Arab nation to host the great world soccer tournament. The State of…
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Determinants and Risk Factors of Suicides in Pakistan
Introduction: Suicide is one of the major causes of death in the whole world. According to WHO, suicide is defined as the ‘’act of intentionally killing oneself’’. Around the world, every 40 seconds, one complete suicide is attempted. 5% of…
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لبنان بين اللّيباراليّة.. وعهد القمع
لطالما كان لبنان بلداً للحريّات. حرّية الرأّي، التّعبير، السياسة، الدين. لطالما كان تصنيفه بحسب التّصنيف العالمي لحرية الصحافة من الأفضل على صعيد البلاد العربيّة.ولكن ومع دخول لبنان عهد الرّئيس ميشال عون، تراجعنا، انهار الوضع، وأصبحت حرّيتنا مقيّدة. ففي عام 2022، …
Western Media Coverage and the Ukrainian Invasion
The Russo-Ukrainian war is a conflict that has been going on since 2014, beginning with the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, and an uprisal of Russian separatists in the Donbas-region. At that time, international media corporations wrote about the…
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The Healthcare Loophole: developed countries v/s India
In the present world, where medical services are progressively reinforced everywhere therein lies the socio-economic barrier between the population availing these services to the huge proportion of public and communities not availing it. An example is the before birth or…
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Introducing In Vitro Fertilization In Pakistan For The First Time By Dr. Rashid Latif Khan
Dr. Rashid Latif inaugurated the first in vitro fertilization center named “Life’’ in Pakistan for the very first time in 1984. However, he successfully produced a healthy test tube baby after his five years of struggle in 1989. What Is…
What’s Going on in the Solomon Islands?
Solomon Island is a tropical island nation somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. That’s honestly the first thing that came into my mind before writing this. It’s a country of roughly 650 000 people east of Papua New Guinea. Despite its…
First Transgender Doctor of Pakistan ‘’Beacon of Hope’’
Dr. Sara Gill has made history by becoming the first transgender in Pakistan.Pakistan is still a developing country in which many areas and towns still follow the old traditions andculture. Being born as a transgender person in Pakistan is still…
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One Problem, Two Systems
Towards the end of last year, there were a few unrelated incidents that became talking points regarding the #MeToo movement. China watchers started following one of them with great interest not only because it’s a micro cosmos into the #MeToo…
Pakistan’s Battle against Climate Change and the Hindrances in between
The world has been rushing to contain the threat of climate change. Countries are taking drastic changes to secure their futures. However, such changes sometimes result in the economy’s stagnation, especially for those countries that employ a more traditional approach…
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