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Andleeb Abbas

Lockdown - A tale of other diseases
Opinion

Lockdown - A tale of other diseases

Lock down or die. Lockdown or economy. Lockdown or jobs. Lockdown or lives. These were the debates prevalent. World over and in Pakistan, from experts to individuals, the over whelming discussion was on the necessity of lockdown to defeat a virus that was
Published 28 May, 2020 12:03am
Will they...?
Opinion

Will they...?

A new phase, a new reality. The virus is there to stay for sometime. Sometime can be spent on being locked down or locked in, but, not for long. Countries are grappling with the reality of the virus being a way of life and that life without a virus will n
Published 18 May, 2020 12:06am
Challenging the leadership mettle
Opinion

Challenging the leadership mettle

Tough situations do not last, tough leaders do. In case of coronavirus crisis the tough situation seems to last indefinitely. That is why the bigger challenge, with the threat of Corona lurking around is what can leaders do to save people's lives, livelih
Published 11 May, 2020 12:04am
Humanity on profound trial
Opinion

Humanity on profound trial

"Human Kind" and "Gentlemen" had become obsolete words in Pre-Corona era. Human beings were neither kind nor men / women were gentle to each other or to their habitat. The consequences of this cruelty and unkindness have never been more exposed as in the
Published 04 May, 2020 12:07am
Mind your distance
Opinion

Mind your distance

Man is a social animal. Social isolation causes depression. Human interaction can never be replaced with machine interaction. Facebook can never substitute face to face. Virtual is not real. Human touch cannot to be compared with touch screen. And so on a
Published 27 Apr, 2020 02:51am
Certainties in uncertain times
Opinion

Certainties in uncertain times

Firefighting. Trapped. Blind Alley. Emotionally exhausted. Mentally fatigued. Search overload. Day-to-day. These are some of the feelings expressed by people who are going through life in the time of Covid-19. With a world shut down as never before this s
Published 20 Apr, 2020 12:00am
A silver lining in the Covid-19 clouds
Opinion

A silver lining in the Covid-19 clouds

Clouds obscure the sun. The horizon becomes grey and dark. It seems all ominous. However, rays of sunlight do break through eventually to make the world seem brighter. While Covid-19 has darkened the lights and sounds of the hustling bustling world, it ha
Published 13 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Stock values vs human values
Opinion

Stock values vs human values

Dow Jones is down. Nasdaq is nose-diving. PSX is declining. Stock values are crashing. The world is talking about recession, deficits and bankruptcies. Since it is an invisible virus, and thus a natural calamity, most people feel nobody could have foresee
Published 06 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Coronavirus war - the mental battle
Opinion

Coronavirus war - the mental battle

The mind hates uncertainty. The mind dislikes lack of clarity. Uncertainty and un- clarity create fear of the unknown. Fear creates anxiety and anxiety corrodes positivity, creativity and growth. The biological battle of fighting the virus is in full swin
Published 30 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Restoring planetary balance
Opinion

Restoring planetary balance

"We are living on the planet as if we have another one to go to." Terry Swearingen. A statement that is apt to our attitude about planet earth. The only problem is that we can no longer fly to another place that is safe and sound. The Coronavirus crisis i
Published 23 Mar, 2020 12:00am
World on a pause
Opinion

World on a pause

Rushed. Speed of light. Sprinting. Marathon. Racing ahead. These are some of the oft-repeated descriptors of today's business and life. Life was spinning past. Business is moving fervently. Products were churning out faster than they were being consumed a
Published 16 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Delhi 'HIV' virus
Opinion

Delhi 'HIV' virus

While the world is obsessed with coronavirus another deadlier virus is spreading fast in the region. This virus is a lethal virus and has the capacity of being more devastating than covid-19, i.e., the Delhi 'HIV' or Hate induced Violence virus. While Tru
Published 09 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Dealing with the deal
Opinion

Dealing with the deal

Finally, the deal. The double TT, Ie, Trump and Taliban have both agreed and signed it. The rest of the world is keeping their fingers crossed - not only that they sign it but also that the deal does not become too much to deal with. 19 years of live and
Published 02 Mar, 2020 12:00am
40 years of Pakistani hospitality
Opinion

40 years of Pakistani hospitality

Welcome to the unwelcomed is the lost spirit of giving refuge to the displaced. Consider a lost soul- they are those who are runaways, those who are strangers, those who are unwanted, those who have no identity, those who have no houses, those who have no
Published 24 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Lessons from Turkey
Opinion

Lessons from Turkey

"Istanbul a couple of decades ago was more like an African city than a European city", said one of the Pakistanis living in Turkey for 30 years. Hard to imagine as you come out of the largest airport hub in the world where Turkish airlines has overtaken E
Published 17 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Coronavirus outbreak
Opinion

Coronavirus outbreak

If you want an infection virus to become an epidemic virus, press the panic button. Viruses need measured, scientific, thought through responses. Panic blocks the ability to think, measure and respond in a logical manner. The latest coronavirus issue is i
Updated 04 Mar, 2020 10:41am
FATF - financial politics
Opinion

FATF - financial politics

"Money is the mother of all politics", Jesse. M. Unruh. A statement that has been debated but not disputed. This is visible in the classification of the world into the first world, third world or the developed Vs LDCs - less developed countries. The class
Published 03 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Pakistan and Malaysia - dissimilar similarities
Opinion

Pakistan and Malaysia - dissimilar similarities

Nation building is a continuous struggle. Many nations that in one century ruled were ruled by others in another century. In fact in modern times, with pace of change faster than speed of light, countries rise and fall in a matter of decades. The rise of
Published 27 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Battle of diplomacy
Opinion

Battle of diplomacy

Soft power is the best repellant for war and conflict. As they say prevention is better than cure, similarly diplomacy is better than enmity. We are living in turbulent times where it is increasingly difficult to live peacefully and progressively. Nations
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Economics of wars
Opinion

Economics of wars

"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal," John Steinbeck. Wars are dangerous, costly, destructive and inhuman. Yet history shows how they are a political indulgence many politicians find irresistible. Power and superpower are the main
Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:45am