Reign of radicalism in Pakistan on April 26, 2014In recent times, a lot has been articulated to understand the roots of radicalism in Pakistan. Based on the print media’s discourse, the Ziaul Haq rule remains the root of the present face of fundamentalism. A few columnists have even named two-thirds of the total population born after 1977 as ‘Zia’s children’. The question for […]
Long march for education on April 17, 2014The great French writer, Victor Marie Hugo, once wrote, “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” There are hundreds and thousands of schools in Sindh but what these schools are and what they produce is a matter of great distress. Cheating in examinations, mismanagement, ghost teachers, unavailability of the school syllabus, missing basic […]
Parliamentary politics of gender in Pakistan on March 13, 2014Pakistan is a country where men rule over almost all the functional mechanisms of the country’s parliamentary and legislative systems. Statistically, women make up 20.29 percent of representatives in the current National Assembly. This significant number makes Pakistan the leader compared to other South Asian states. However, to our disappointment, there is not a single […]
Individuals versus institutions on June 8, 2012Leo Tolstoy dedicated the last part of his classic novel War and Peace to the discussion whether a leader is made by the hand of destiny or a person makes his own destiny through sheer hard work and ability. There is no definitive answer to this question and the debate continues to this day. But […]
The way forward II on July 5, 2011Bengalis, anti-imperialist and freedom loving people by inheritance, were the real force behind the creation of Pakistan. Sindhis, led by G M Syed, were the only people who passed a resolution in favour of Pakistan in their assembly and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the popular leader of Pakhtuns, despite being averse to the idea of […]
Belgium and the question of identity on February 18, 2011Holding of general elections and subsequent formation of the government, sometimes coalitions, is just a routine matter and a normal course of life in the countries of Western Europe. But not so in the case of Belgium, the country considered and called to be the ‘capital of Europe’ since it provides headquarters for the European […]