Interesting times…“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light,...
Asma Jahangir — the woman warriorAsma Jahangir’s death shook us all, not only due to its suddenness but also because we lost one of the bravest voices of the country. Since her demise, there have been a plethora of articles speaking...
Population boomSir: The federal minister for Power Division, Awais Leghari, has said that Pakistan’s population will reach 250 million by 2025. He also shed light on the problems of water shortage. Our reservoirs ca...
World needs peaceSir: Russia is now boasting about its nuclear might apart from chalking out the possible nuke plans. The inference one can draw from such arms race is that the factors such as enmity, political bias,...
Krishna KumariSir: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) needs to be lauded for awarding ticket to a Hindu Dalit woman, Krishna Kumari. Of course there are flaws in PPP’s politics which need to be addressed, but at lea...
Need for public transportSir: Nowadays travelling from one place to another has become the most difficult activity of the day. Those who do not own any vehicle are the real sufferers. Students, office workers and other people...
Karachi electricity woesSir: As heat wave has already descended over Karachi, the city is facing outages of electricity. Recently on a workday there was a breakdown of electricity for about 6 to 7 hours consecutively and fro...
CoercionSir: So apparently, the state has undertaken the responsibility of ensuring that nobody abandons Islam. The state has forgotten that it is not her duty to take religious matters in its hands. It shoul...
Nothing to celebrateWomen’s day is supposed to be my day, but I am not celebrating it. I am not celebrating it because my country Pakistan ranks second worst on the gender gap statistics. Simply put, women are not treate...
Pakistan’s migrant tragedyLast month it was reported that 16 Pakistani migrants drowned at sea near the shores of Libya en route to Italy. Such tragedies are becoming all too common, highlighting the plight of countless Pakist...
A united democratic frontShould our respected political representatives be good enough to move forward steadily and carefully from hereon, putting aside political and ideological differences,it would be appreciated by those o...