Is Pakistan a Safe Country for Women? on August 13, 2021Georgetown Institute’s Women, Peace, and Security index ranks Pakistan in 164 out of 167 countries for the year 2019 and it is among five countries that are worst for women. Victimization has increased because of the increase in crimes and social problems and countermeasures taken by the state are insufficient and ineffective. Furthermore, the criminal […]
Women empowerment still a challenge in Pakistan on March 9, 2020A few days ago, millions of people have watched the live show where well-known misogynist writer Khalil Ur Rehman and Marvi Sirmad exchanged very indecent and abusive words with each other. Khalil Ur Rehman’s abusive discussion and comments on women reflect the mind-set of our patriarchic society where women are being tortured, harassed and exploited […]
Special Economic Zones in Pakistan: Learning from China on February 24, 2020Industrial development is an instrumental for a long run sustainable economic growth of a country subject to feasible industrial policies. For instance establishing business parks, export promotion zones, industrial clusters, and special economic zones (SEZs)would increase economic growth and development. SEZs are also known as investment promotion zones, industrial estates, free trade zones and export […]
Corruption in developing country like Pakistan on January 27, 2020Recent report of transparency international (TI) has ranked Pakistan on 120th number out of 180 countries of the world in the Corruption Perception Index compared to 117th in 2018. Though CPI is based on the assessment and perception of experts. The CPI has been constructed using 13 data source from 12 independent institutions specializing in […]