Governance Challenges Due To Emerging Technologies

A corollary of Buckminster Fuller’s Knowledge Doubling Curve states that the knowledge created since 1900 exceeds the sum total of knowledge created by mankind since the start of recorded history. The pace at which new knowledge is created, and applied towards the development of technologies, is exhaustive and exceedingly hard to track even by ardent…

How Balance of Power Shapes the World

The twin concepts and mechanisms of the balance of power and power maximization act as key global geopolitical drivers in the current international system. What these concepts mean in the simplest terms is this: the anarchic nature of the international system compels states to act as relentless power acquisition entities in order to ensure their…

NUST’s Energy Research Center Investigates Repowering Potential of a 49.5 MW Wind Farm based in the Jhimpir Wind Corridor

Wind power generation has increased in Pakistan over the last decade as newer renewable resources were explored to curb the electricity shortfall in the country. The Gharo-Jhimpir wind corridor, in the province of Sindh, was identified as the most lucrative site for establishing wind power plants in the country. As of now, the Jhimpir wind…

COVID-19: Reshaping Politics, Economy and Society

While we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020, COVID-19 is restyling the priorities of globalization. The actions of states–whether these are preferences for strategic and economic interests over managing the shifting sands of climate change, perils of livelihoods, or matters of lives – reflect that the world is changing and the challenges…

NUST gets manufacturing license for Medical Devices from “DRAP”

Pakistan’s health indicators severely fall short of the required levels. Per capita expenditure on health is very low in Pakistan and in the last eleven years has not increased significantly.Later in 2019 National University of Sciences and Technology amplified the healthcare sector by being the first Pakistani university to develop low-cost indigenous and implants including…