Exclusion of BISP beneficiaries is academically questionable on January 10, 2020The large-scale government cash transfer programmes have become an important element of social protection and poverty reduction strategies throughout the developing world. Pakistan is no exception. In 2008, Pakistan established the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as an unconditional cash transfer targeted at the poorest of the poor. The primary goal of BISP is to […]
Lack of security to private institutions in Sindh on December 28, 2019The only good thing that came out of the APS school attack was that terrorists shook us out of our reverie. The bad thing was that though temporarily awakened, we flailed bewilderedly in all directions; conveniently missing the elephant in the room. Sindh is notorious for its sorry state of education, with people dragged in […]
Pakistan and Kashmir on August 8, 2019Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres has called India’s move a violation of the UNSC agreements India revoking the disputed territory’s special status is incendiary and wrong. This is the maiden step taken by India since 1947. However, Pakistan and India are bound to abide by the truce agreement of the UN Resolution number […]
Budget bomb and political turmoil on July 6, 2019With the already precarious and struggling economy to make ends meet, the masses are braced for yet another budget bomb. This is the first full year budget by the incumbent government of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Not discussing the other sectors, but the ones that the PTI promised when it was in opposition, and voiced […]
Pakistani nation at a crossroads on June 21, 2019Dreams are important for nations as well as individuals. Sadly, most of the dreams that Pakistan’s founding fathers had for the new country never materialised. Quaid’s dream of making Pakistan a great nation did not come to fruition. Death did not allow him to build the country of his dreams. With the early death of […]
The Foreign Policy Mystique on August 25, 2018Amongst the myriad of challenges that Pakistan faces; a lack of coherent national and foreign policies are some of the most imperative challenges that we face. Pakistan’s foreign policy is basically a reflection of its national one. After the Afghan war- our foreign policy has remained fragile. Undoubtedly, the earlier Pakistani leaders tilted towards to […]
Glorious foreign policy is reflection of strong national policy on August 19, 2018Among all the myriad challenges that Pakistan is facing, lack of coherent national and foreign policies are the uphill tasks of the country. The foreign policy of Pakistan is basically the reflection of national policy. Pakistan’s foreign policy has remained fragile, unfortunately, after the Afghan war. Undoubtedly, Pakistan’s earlier leaders tilted foreign policy towards United […]
Will opposition play constructive role for better governance in Pakistan? on August 13, 2018 Democracy is the ideal political system upon which the ruling party and the opposition can co-exist without having the goal of eliminating one another or living with the fear of being annihilated. Pakistan is a country that has remained prey to lingering governance, politically unstable and fluctuating economy during its past 70 years. The […]
The challenging next five years of PPP in Sindh on August 8, 2018The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has once again emerged as the largest party of Sindh as it managed to retain majority of seats in the provincial assembly. The PPP has bagged 76 provincial seats more than any other party in the province. The PPP government has been under headlines in national media pertaining to its […]
For the sake of Pakistan on July 29, 2018 Unsurprisingly, this is an archaic precedent in Pakistan’s electoral politics to accuse the winning party of rigging. Going no before 2013 elections, PTI cried fouls in the election and alleged the then ruling party for rigging and PTI chairman Imran, in this regard, showed his demonstration in the form of 100 days sit-in at […]