Month: August 2022
AUG 2022 News, Views of Interest That You Might Have Missed…
GORBACHEV DEAD…Helped end Cold War…Last leader of USSR… 50,000 flood affectees arrive in Karachi; housed…
One Man’s Dream of Fusing A.I. With Common Sense
Artificial intelligence systems can process vast amounts of data in seconds, but they can’t make…
WATCH Some ‘Floating’ Ideas: A Hospital in Pakistan, A City in the Pacific, Iqbal Solar Park, Water From Ocean, Etc.
Curated by Irshad Salim (2020~) Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Ajaz Ahmed, Ammar Jafri, Anwar Abbas,…
UPDATE on Pakistan Floods 2022: Apathy vs. Sensibility, Proactiveness (Videos)
AUG. 31, 2022: Sindh PPP leader Manzoor Wassan hand signals some of the flood effected…
COMMENT: ‘International Relations Theory Suggests Great-Power War Is Coming’
According to IR textbooks, the United States, Russia, and China are on a collision course,…
Pakistani Politicians Ride the Merry-Go-Round
by Abdul Moiz Jaferii in the Dawn: When the British created the penal code and…
WATCH: Traffic in San Francisco. Traffic in Karachi. (Video)
USA started maturing in the 18th century. Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, etc. in So.. Asia are…
Floods in Pakistan: Rare View, Rear Window (Video)
Nowshera remains safe during the floods except few property damages and no casualties — only…
How Arab Filmmakers Investigate the Desert and the Peninsula
Film curator, writer and academic Roisin Tapponi looks at how contemporary Arabic filmmakers use thirst…
Pakistan Floods 2022: ‘Most Misgoverned Parts Are Worst Hit’
IRSHAD SALIM (Updated) — The OCHA Humanitarian Advisory Team (HAT) in Pakistan has published its…
Floods in Pakistan: THREE Videos on Human Endurance, Resilience
The deadly flooding in Pakistan is the worst disaster in a decade –at least 33…
The Strait of Hormuz آبنائے ہرمز (Video)
The Strait of Hormuz linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman provides the…