Karachi — Abandoned City of the Heartless on August 30, 2020Who we are to blame? The Metropolitan, the megacity, the melting pot of Pakistan, the first capital, most revenue generating city and city of 20 million heartless souls. Karachi – do not owe its misery to any political party, any institution, any utility providing company or any other organization. The slow death of the megacity […]
Find the missing millions on July 27, 2020According to W.H.O. website, globally 325 million people are living with viral hepatitis B and C causing annual death of 1.4 million patients. It is the second most killing infectious disease after tuberculosis. What is even more alarming is the fact that around 80 percent of the people living with hepatitis lack prevention, testing and […]
The successful ‘One Country — Two Systems’ mantra on July 13, 2020One country — two systems! President Xi Jinping of China repeated his solution while putting forward his years old ruling approach of how Taiwan and China can remain together while protecting the welfares of Taiwanese compatriots. The same approach that was adopted in 1997 when Hong Kong incorporated into China, seemingly resulted in the loss […]
Pakistani society: better-off in wake of COVID-19 on May 31, 2020Virulence or no virulence, we hear theories where we are told that strain here in South Asia is less virulent, less capable of causing death. Or the other one that suggests that BCG vaccination that we all received against Tuberculosis under the EPI programme which leaves a scar on our upper arm, provides us with […]