Category: Articles
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Industry 5.0 and Green Engineering: Human-Centric Sustainable Production
INDUSTRY 5.O Industry 5.0 redesigns the production architecture in order to place human beings at the center of highly technological operations, producing a synthesis of human creativity and intelligent automation. In contrast to Industry 4.0, which focused on efficiency and digitization, Industry 5.0 is focused on purpose-driven production, in which sustainability, resilience, and human well-being…
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US–Israel–Iran War: Where Does Pakistan’s Food Security Stand?
FOOD SECURITY By Manzoor Shaikh For now, doomsday scenario such as a full-scale escalation involving a US attack on Kharg Island is set aside for a while. However, even without such escalation, a key question remains: in the current geopolitical environment, where does Pakistan’s food security stand? So far, amid the US–Israel–Iran tensions, Pakistan has…
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Building Future with Tech-Skilled Youth
By Ramesh Raja Sindh, with its rich cultural heritage and industrious population, is home to millions of youth, many of whom are unable to pursue higher education due to economic constraints. For these young individuals, the lack of access to education often translates into limited employment opportunities, perpetuating cycles of poverty. However, the future need…
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Roads of Risk: How Extra-Width Agricultural Transport is Killing Pakistan’s Families
PAKISTAN By Ramesh Raja Across the fields of Sindh and Punjab, the harvest season is a time of economic activity—but on the roads, it has become a season of tragedy. Every year, scores of families lose fathers, sons, and daughters to accidents caused by overloaded tractor trolleys and trucks carrying sugarcane, cotton, and rice or…
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Flyovers Above, Filth Below: The Illusion and Betrayal of Modern Karachi
PAKISTAN By Ramesh Raja Karachi was once envisioned and briefly lived up to its reputation as a modern, orderly, and cosmopolitan city. Before the 1960s, it functioned as a planned urban center with strong municipal governance, functional infrastructure, and a visible sense of civic responsibility. This transformation was not accidental; it was the result of…