An Organized Crime: The Climate Emergency on September 23, 2022Development means a better life for all. And all means all human beings without ifs and buts of race, gender identity, faith, class, ethnicity relations and many other societal conflicts. The colonial era is over officially but its impact is still intact on the governance of today’s developing and least developing countries. One kind of […]
Unequal People, Political Choices and Climate Change Impacts on September 17, 2022Pakistan was declared the eighth-most affected country when it comes to the effects of climate change over the past two decades. The unembarrassed and habitual disinterest in the progress of people is more unimaginable than the devastation caused by different earthquakes, epidemics, storms, and floods. “Uncertain times, unsettled lives” a recent report of the UNDP, […]
Relief services, religious groups, terror financing on September 9, 2022Pakistan is marked by certain rich individuals, poor masses, poor governance, and interrupted democracies, even if they are shams. Therefore, there is no dearth of inequalities and puzzlements of varied origins. The ongoing catastrophe of floods is widely made to be seen by politicians and bureaucracies as a natural disaster, but if one listens to […]
Disaster and Deception: Some Thoughts on the Current Flood Situation on September 1, 2022More than half of our regions are being tormented by the floods. The consequences are evolving with each passing moment. A mammoth mismatch between the magnitude of the impact and addressal mechanisms by all concerned governments tells a story. This is a lingering and heart-rending saga of endless corruption and unbelievable apathy toward the real […]
Youth and Pakistan (Through the Data Lens) on August 1, 2022Who can deny the role and relevance of youth in a nation’s progress and the significance of youth times in one’s own life? The youngest country in the world is Niger, where almost 50 per cent of the population is below the age of 15. The understanding of youth demographics and needs by age group […]
Behave! Time for a Ministry of Men’s Development! on July 22, 2022The entire world is patriarchal. Women, transwomen and all marginalized communities suffer in one way or the other amidst overt and covert inequities, injustices and imbalances with carefully managed justifications. Even today even in more civilized parts of the world (perception-wise) women in higher or senior official positions have to face many paradoxical circumstances and […]
World Day for International Justice on July 16, 2022The World Day for International Justice is observed each year, on the 17 of July since the historic adoption in 1998 of the Rome Statute and the establishment of the new system of international criminal justice. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is officially meant for establishing peace and the rule of law. Strangely enough, even […]
The ‘Other’ Women, Tax Morale Etc. on May 19, 2022Tax morale is influenced by social norms, evasion methods, vision, and the mindset of the leadership. It remains imperative for the governments to address matters of gender differences and discrimination in the governance systems, including their tax systems. Pakistani women have significantly higher tax morale than men, but their attitudes towards tax compliance “drastically worsen […]
Mothers — Some Alternative Views on May 12, 2022Pompous and portentous advertising on Mother’s Day over the years has been successfully and shamelessly commercialised. The normalisation of such materialism is disgraceful. The debauched and deceitful are more often treasured than being detested. The smart work and the influential network of multiple and multilevel players with the required material resources and skills, motherhood brands, […]
“Happy” International Worker’s Day on May 2, 2022Trivialising anybody’s trouble is not only unjust but callous too. Enigmatically life obliges even good people many a time to prioritise the plight. For instance, doctors have to triage in certain situations in the medical profession. The irony of life is endless perhaps. As a young child, I recall the crowded Chaand Raat in the […]