Every year since 1999, the UN celebrates February 21 as the International Mother Language Day. This year, the Day was celebrated with the theme, ‘Multilingual education – a necessity to transform education” to highlight the importance of indigenous people’s education and languages. Mother-tongue, alternatively known as native language, first language, or L1, usually refers to…
On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590 took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for New York but crashed shortly afterwards taking lives of all 109 passengers on board and 04 people on the ground. The incident may have faded away in history but the repercussions of it as well as the legal…
Biodegradable packaging is an important topic that has been gaining more attention in recent years. With the increasing awareness of the impact of plastic waste on the environment, more and more people are looking for sustainable alternatives to traditional packaging materials. One of the most promising options is biodegradable packaging, which is made from natural…
A university’s ranking synchronically mirrors its progress vis-à-vis various Key Performance Indicators, such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty-Student Ratio, Citations per Faculty, International Faculty & Students, etc. NUST’s growth trajectory over the past 5 years epitomises a progressive vision and a journey of excellence in higher education, research, innovation and numerous other initiatives within…
Faisal Mosque designed by Vedat Delokay is an iconic architectural landmark that requires no introduction. Given its contradictory form in the canonized context of mosque architecture in South Asia, the complex has more to offer than just the quintessential definition of an area to offer prayer. In this article, 3rd year students of History and…
In 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change instituted a treaty to address the human influence on Earth’s climate systems. The treaty came into force two years later and the first Conference of Parties (COP1) was held in Berlin, in 1995. Fast forward nearly three decades and the UNFCCC has just wrapped up…
