Bt cotton: the killer crop
 Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are contamination prone and they have hazardous results. In nature, genes cannot cross the species barrier. This artificial phenomenon is putting all life forms at risk.
| | Gender equality in Islam
 Islam openly declares that men and women have an equal status and value before God, and piety alone differentiates one individual from another
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Road sense
 Most of the drivers on public routes do not have driving licences and drive speedily to complete the required number of phere in limited time
| | Pakistan's future
 Whenever we are in a danger and our survival is at stake, a mysterious power comes to our rescue, gets us out of the crisis, defeats the designs of our enemies and saves us. This has been evident throughout our history
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India: skewed media approach to terrorism
 My point is simple: we need an even-handed approach in discussing (and dealing with) terrorism. Turning a blind eye to one form of it, just because it claims to speak for the majority of Indians, can only make the situation even more precarious for all of us
| | Farmer field school: an effective approach to educate farmers
 Farmer Field School is field based learning and lasts for a full cropping season. School does not mean the primary or middle like school in our country, but a weekly meeting of farmers’ that might range from at least 10 up to 16 meetings depending upon the crop under experience
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Should we abolish death penalty?
 The basic argument of campaigners against death penalty is that it carries the chance of irrevocable error, because once an innocent person is hanged, it is impossible to correct that mistake. While the spirit of justice dictates that executing one innocent person is worse than letting a hundred guilty go scot-free
| | An interview with Tanveer Jahan
 If the government is actually true to its cause, it should take upon itself to educate the people about the flaws in our judicial system and the negative aspects of death penalty in Pakistan. This will help in mobilising the masses to strive for a better society
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The US gas garrison | Energy self-sufficiency not military escorts for oil
 The Carter Doctrine, established 28 years ago, put the US military in service of assuring the nation's regular supplies of imported oil. This has near-bankrupted the US and corrupted the military, yet left the US insecure in energy sources and globally loathed. The time has come to demote petroleum and stand down the troops
| | Water resources: conservation and management
 In 1995, the per capita water availability globally was 5,300 cubic meters, which came down to 2,200 cubic meters in 1998 and by 2025 with the projected population growth; the availability will be only 1,500 cubic meters
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An ulema-run magazine with a difference
 Quite atypically for a magazine run by maulvis, the strictly religious content is minimal, because scores of other Indian Muslim magazines, in Urdu, English and other languages, serve that function
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