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Zaid Abro

On-going undergraduate in Economics and History. I write about current affairs, culture and business. Live in Lahore but my heart stays in Karachi

11 articles published

Economics of Crime: Why does it Happen?

In the 1990s, across the United States of America (USA) crime rates dropped, across every state without exception. Over the years, many academics have come up with explanations on why this mysterious decline in crime started on such a massive scale. There are broadly two sides to this discussion, one which attributes the drop in…

ByZaid AbroOctober 6, 20190Comments

Business Latest Pakistan Recent Top

Is Pakistan Food Secure?

Reading Time: 5 minutes akistan as a nation is ‘Food Secure.’ However, the presence of excess food does not really mean that the populace is able to successfully access this food. Poverty, poor management of resources and not enough modernization has left millions malnourished and under the constant risk of…

ByZaid AbroSeptember 25, 20190Comments

Culture Latest Pakistan Recent Top

The Kartarpur Corridor – Explained

Thousands of Sikh devotees gather at the Dera Baba Nanak Shrine in the Gurdaspur district of Indian Punjab every year. From here they can view but not access the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur which is situated across the border in the Pakistani Punjab. To be able to visit the shrine, every year pilgrims have to…

ByZaid AbroSeptember 22, 20190Comments

Business Latest Pakistan Recent Top World

The Debt Trap: The Case of Pakistan

Reading Time: 5 minutes While debt, in general, may not be all that bad and many countries borrow a massive amount of money from abroad, it may not be ‘good debt’ if it is taken to ease existing expenditures such as a fiscal deficit or to pay for imports. If…

ByZaid AbroSeptember 21, 20190Comments

Culture Latest Pakistan Top

Satire : A Pakistani Drawing Room Conversation

It is a common pass time to sit with your friends and/or colleagues in your drawing room, sip chai (Tea) and discuss politics, in Pakistan and perhaps in other parts of the world too. Here you would find that the way politics is discussed is no different from those forwarded Whatsapp messages you may have…

ByZaid AbroJuly 8, 20190Comments

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The Pakistan Cricket Team: Who Has Led It The Best?

Cricket is perhaps one of the few games of the world where the on-field captain can radically change the direction of the game. Not by performing with the bat or ball, but by simple bowling changes, field placements, taking the new ball or the kind of direction being given to the bowler and fielder. Depending on…

ByZaid AbroJuly 5, 20194Comments

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Pakistan is Academic Scholarship Deprived

All over the world, it is the academia that generates public discourse, engages the youth into problems that concern society at large and undertakes research work in attempts to find answers for questions no one yet has. It has only been a little more than a decade since the High Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan…

ByZaid AbroJune 19, 20190Comments

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Presidential vs Prime Minister System : Explained

There is much talk and chatter around town about a ‘Presidential system’ of government. Actor turned news anchor/political analyst Mr. Hamza Ali Abbasi is one of the many public figures advocating for a ‘Presidential form of government’ on all public forums. While the Pakistan government has categorically rejected the truth value of such rumors, many…

ByZaid AbroJune 15, 20192Comments

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Lahore to Karachi: The Pakistani Film Industry

A thriving center of art and film, only second to Bombay, where everyone came from all parts of India and later Pakistan to make it big in the Industry; Lahore was once the heart of Pakistani Cinema , but no more. People would come to Lahore, hoping to catch a glimpse of stars like Madame…

ByZaid AbroJune 9, 20191Comment

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Latest Recent World

May Resigns, Brexit Looms : Now What?

On the 23rd of June 2016 the people of the United Kingdom (UK) comprising of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland voted in a referendum to end UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) -this is now referred to as ‘Brexit’ in popular and official discourse. The European Union started off as a customs union…

ByZaid AbroMay 29, 20197Comments

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