Impure water in KarachiSir: It is very unfortunate that Karachi, which is Pakistan’s biggest metropolis, does not have water which is fit to drink. The situation is so bad that even the uneducated and the poor know that dri...
Drought in BalochistanSir: In Balochistan, drought is completely destroying the livestock owned by the people of rural areas. Almost 25 percent of the livestock has already perished in many districts of the province. Lives...
Underage driversSir: About a week ago, an incident took place in which an elderly man was struck down by a young motorcyclist and received serious injuries. This is not a new case. Many lives and property of people a...
Gender discriminationSir: As a Pakistani girl it hurts me immensely that Pakistan has been designated the second worst place in the world for women. In Pakistan thousands of girls and women suffer because of discriminatio...
A global anti-corruption waveWhile ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif repeatedly complains that he is being targeted singularly on charges of corruption, it may give him some solace that corruption is now the top agenda item the...
Identifying extremism in the mediaReporting on religion is one thing, reporting religiously is another, but it is totally different to be a religious extremist journalist. Extremism, like racism, has many facets. It creeps into our sk...
Appeasement never worksAn approach of ‘appeasement’ may remind us the interwar period between the end of the World War I and the beginning of the World War II. During this relatively short era of interwar, apparently there...
Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts remain unacknowledgedBy the tick of the clock, just at sunset every day, they come out of their hideouts or safe havens, fearlessly waiting for electric lamps to be switched on. Once the lights are on, they stay for the n...
Terrorism and IslamSince the time immemorial, it has been an article of faith of every Muslim that suicide is prohibited in Islam. There is a well-known Islamic precept that whoever commits suicide will go straight to h...