New narrative needed to counter Islamophobia By: Yasmeen Aftab Ali on June 15, 2021Four members of a family were killed in Ontario recently. Their attacker hit them with a pick-up truck. It has been declared a targeted killing. It is “[b]ased on information collected during the course of the investigation, we believe that this was an intentional act,” London Police Chief Steve Williams told the media. “We believe […]
Pakistan and the year of growth By: Dr Hasnain Javed on June 15, 2021China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Korea breathe new life into their economies by targeted growth in their agriculture sectors. What is consistent in the evolution of these agri-based economies is the extensive research and technology investment efforts by the respective government in irrigation, seeds, and land development. However, agriculture has not been the only sector in […]
Cohabitation and Malala’s paradigm shift By: Zafar Aziz Chaudhry on June 15, 2021Recently, in an interview with British Vogue, Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel Laureate from Pakistan answered a question about marriage thus: “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?” […]
Bahria Town violence and its aftermath — III By: M Alam Brohi on June 15, 2021The occupation of Sindh’s lands is not a new phenomenon. This saga started back in September 1948 with the new rulers sidelining the native leaders and arbitrarily designating Karachi a federal territory. Karachi was declared one-district. Karachi Development Authority was established in 1957. In the name of development, many ancestral villages surrounding Karachi, which were […]
Paradigm shift need of the hour By: Jawad Khalid on June 14, 2021It almost feels like déjà vu.The current situation in Afghanistan reminds one of 1991when the USabandoned the Afghan Mujahedeento their own devices when it had achieved its strategic objective: the ouster of USSR and fall of the Soviet Najibullah regime. What followed was a bloody civil war followed by the Taliban regime and the subsequent […]
Sindh’s Tribal Warfare By: Shaikh Abdul Rasheed on June 14, 2021Recently, a heart-rendering incident of tribal clashoccurred in Sindh which mercilessly killed at least 9 people and seriously injured 5 others. Thislatest episode is an ongoing saga of tribal clashes in the province for years. Deadly tribal conflicts that have devoured numerous lives proves that the province lacks writ of the government. On May 16, […]
Mahathir’s vision for the Muslim world By: Muhammad Hunain Khan on June 14, 2021After the recent attack on Gaza last month by Israeli forces, Governments of various Muslim majority countries are demanding for a permanent solution to the Palestine issue. The Muslimcommunity across the globe has lost faith inthe conventional methods of diplomacy.United Nations is only seen as a platform that serves the hegemonic interests of Western powers. […]
The violence at Bahria Town Karachi and its aftermath (Part-II) By: M Alam Brohi on June 14, 2021The beauty of the Sunday crowd was that it reflected not only the 12 component political parties of the Sindh Action Committee (SAC), but also the civil society, all ethnic and linguistic communities of the province, and the displaced farming families. Some leaders of the SAC and other protesters were accompanied by their families. This […]
Not a people’s budget By: Dr Ikramul Haq on June 13, 2021Fixing of unachievable tax target for the FBR represents continuation of past legacies that relied on ill-directed, illogical, regressive and unfair taxes. Such skewered approach has a proven record of dampening industrial and business growth. Whereas — in the negative economic aftermath of Covid — Pakistan needs to do just the opposite In document titled, […]
Of farmers and middlemen By: Shakeel Ahmad Ramay on June 13, 2021The middleman is an evil and responsible for all ills of agriculture and farmers’ miseries. This is the prevailing narrative in government circles these days. We can find many government officials and advisors, busy preaching the need to eliminate the role of middleman. It is good that the government has realised middleman are the exploitative […]