Servants or MastersBy: Qasim Khan on October 15, 2019Central Superior Service (CSS) is the most privileged service in Pakistan. Students are scrutinised by passing them through a tough exam comprising written, psychological, medical tests, and interviews. The students selected for the posts of civil servants are generally claimed to be highly competent with dynamic personalities. After training in the civil services academy, these civil servants are … [Read more...] about Servants or Masters
Ignoring girls’ education in SindhBy: Salman Ali on October 15, 2019Education is the key to success. However, in Pakistan, despite comprising over half of the general population, the female literacy rate is negligible.Various policies are formulated to achieve a considerable literacy rate but still, the country is unable to achieve the goal of universal education due to various hurdles.It is usually believed that no society can progress when half of its … [Read more...] about Ignoring girls’ education in Sindh
Why do police resort to torture in custody?By: Numan Bacha on October 15, 2019In the aftermath of Salahudin's death in Punjab police custody, the custodial torture has become a burning issue. It remained a part of the media campaign throughout last month. Since this topic concerns me greatly, I have decided to pen some thoughts on it. How effective they are, only you can tell, my readers.Death of Salahudin in the custody of Punjab police soon turned into a hot topic for … [Read more...] about Why do police resort to torture in custody?
Tackling povertyBy: Sarah Saleh on October 14, 2019Poverty is one of the major issues faced by Pakistan. We rank 150th on the human development index among 189 countries. This alone speaks for the miserable condition of our people. Up to 29.5% of our population lives below the poverty line constituting approximately 55 million people.There is no denying the fact that poverty is indeed the mother of all evils. It claws it tentacles deep inside … [Read more...] about Tackling poverty
From electoral politics to governanceBy: Dr Farid A Malik on October 14, 2019Despite best intentions and efforts, governance continues to be a challenge. Too much focus on electoral politics is to be blamed for this shortcoming. Even after over three decades after the death of the third dictator, we have not been able to exorcise his evil spirit from our system. After the 1985 party-less elections, politics has never been the same. Instead of party ideology electable … [Read more...] about From electoral politics to governance
Further down we slideBy: Maiza Hameed on October 14, 2019Most of the good that seemed to have been done in the past decade, one by one is coming undone. And while one can ignore most steps taken back, no one in this country has the luxury of taking lightly or allowing steps taken back in measures that can directly lead to loss of lives.It was during the tenure of the PML-N that the menace of dengue first reared its ugly head in Punjab. As it was a … [Read more...] about Further down we slide
Assad: the real beneficiary in SyriaBy: Manish Rai on October 13, 2019Turkey has launched its operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria; aiming to uproot Kurdish forces. The US has already abandoned their Kurdish allies, which helped them finish the ISIS caliphate, and pulled out all American troops from Syria to facilitate the Turkish operation. Turkey has come very heavily on Kurdish forces by launching airstrikes, heavy artillery bombardment and ground incursion … [Read more...] about Assad: the real beneficiary in Syria
Modi’s phantasmal demonBy: Mir Adnan Aziz on October 13, 2019“A king rules over willing subjects," wrote influential historian and scholar, George Buchanan, "a tyrant over the unwilling."Today, some democracies have enabled the same with mass complicity of the willing.One would have thought that India with its much-touted 2.7 trillion dollar economy and huge military force would, for once, shed off its insecurity and Pakistan-phobia but not to be. … [Read more...] about Modi’s phantasmal demon
WELLNESS GENIE: organic crushBy: Aliya Agha on October 13, 2019Organic vegetables! Organic meat! Organic dairy! The list keeps going on and on. The markets are advertising organic labels to attract customers for higher profits. But is organic labelling enough? When it comes to organic meals, the kitchen tools and techniques also need to be transformed as well. Organic methods of cooking are about going back to ancestral ways of cooking for healthiest and … [Read more...] about WELLNESS GENIE: organic crush
PM’s visit to China — way forwardBy: Muhammad Sohail Ahmed on October 12, 2019Upon assuming the charge of the state, one year ago, the leadership expressed its apprehensions about the way China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was planned or executed. After one year, our leadership seems to have registered that CPEC is not what previous governments had conceived. It was part of a greater, One Road One Belt initiative of the Chinese government that was going to benefit Pakistan by … [Read more...] about PM’s visit to China — way forward