Afghan scavengers in Pakistan create informal economy By: Kinza Tahir on August 26, 2020It’s a cold difficult morning. The cold breeze is piercing through the skin. Scavengers who belong to the lowest class of society begin collecting garbage in the wee hours of the morning The scavengers hail from the province of Punjab or either from neighbouring Afghanistan. One of the Afghan scavengers Kadir Aziz, arrived in Pakistan […]
Coronavirus spirals down in Pakistan but at a hefty price By: Kinza Tahir on August 25, 2020The coronavirus has wrapped the whole world into its claws. With schools and universities being shut since six months, life has become mundane for students and parents. Jobs are now being switched from going to office to working from home. People who are affected with coronavirus are in isolation as their family members being in […]
Lifting lockdown might worsen the transmission of COVID-19 By: Zahid Raza on August 11, 2020These moves might worsen the transmission of COVID-19 among the millions of people across the country. Withdrawing the lockdown will not bode well for Pakistan as we do not have sufficient evidence to determine when coronavirus transmission will reach its peak in the country and how long it will take to flatten the curve. The […]
Al-Andulas: Lost History of Muslims By: Abdullah Ijaz on August 10, 2020Today, the whole Muslim world is in Jeopardy. Our political, social and economic structures are constantly deteriorating. According to Pew survey in 2015, there are almost 1.8 billion Muslims all over the globe. Yet, we are divided on sectarian grounds and fighting with each other. As Iqbal, the great poet, writes: yuuñ to sayyad bhī […]
The Evolving Democracy of Pakistan By: Damiya Saghir on August 10, 2020Parliament is a democratic repository of the citizen’s will, in futuristic investment to make the country’s parliamentary institutions work well and meet the expectations of the electorate. The fragile but ever -evolving democracy of Pakistan occupies numerous challenges and threats; the initial 9 years delay in constitution making, though it could barely breath for 2 […]
The Rise and Rise of Australian Rules Football in Pakistan Part 1 By: Michael Gallus on August 7, 2020The game of Australian Rules Football, which was first played in Winter in 1858 by students from Melbourne private schools to keep their fitness up during the cricket off season, has made its way to Pakistan and is igniting interest and passion by all who are introduced to it. Australian Rules football is a game […]
Casual attitude of Pakistani’s about virus complications is alarming By: Mahrukh Khan on July 30, 2020Study conducted by Aga Khan University (AKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong revealed that “One in six Pakistani adults believe that they and their families were safe from the coronavirus even without any preventive measures”. Pakistani researchers conducted an online survey of 1,406 adults across Pakistan over the first two weeks of May […]
Why do Karachiites don’t want it to rain in their city? By: Yusra Salim on July 27, 2020With the nastiest sewerage and drainage system of the city, the rain is what the Karachiites pray to get until a few years ago but for the last 5-6 years, people in this city don’t want it to rain. We conducted a small survey where we asked if they want it to rain or not […]
You want or not, pay TV fee By: Yusra Salim on July 19, 2020When I asked around in my family Whatsapp group and few other friends group I realized there were hardly ten people who knew that they pay TV fee in their electricity bills. What does this trend explain? Everyone living in Pakistan and getting their electricity bills are paying a TV license fee whether they have […]
Growing Influence of Regional Powers in Indian Ocean By: Damiya Saghir on July 17, 2020The Indian navy has halted the exercise Milan for the year 2020. Milan is one of the multinational naval exercises. India this year had invited approximately 42 navies to join the exercise at India’s eastern naval command at Vishakhapatnam. Milan has grown to be one of the biggest Multinational exercises and this year it was […]