Focusing on victims or perpetrators? on December 7, 2018When poor Zainab was raped and murdered brutally we as a nation saw her face plastered over every hard and soft media outlet and site. Not only she but her family was also focus of the media for several weeks, being interviewed and camera zoomed in time and again. So much so that a not-related-person like me started to feel as if I was a part of that unfortunate household. This is repeated every … [Read more...] about Focusing on victims or perpetrators?
Who will speak up for the doctors? on November 18, 2018General public, especially those people who do not have a doctor in their families have the perception that a ‘doctor’ is a money making machine who charges a lot for his/ her services. If someone wants to earn a lot of money, he/she chooses the profession of Medicine. Let me correct this and tell you a story of a typical ‘doctor’ as she progresses in her life and profession (I am choosing to tell … [Read more...] about Who will speak up for the doctors?
Women empowerment: what went wrong for Muslims? on October 31, 2018From Islamic point of view men and women are a single entity as a woman was created out of a man’s rib and then, humanity was created with combination of a man and woman. They are two equal parts of a single unit, which is differentiated into nations and tribes only for the sake of recognition and nothing else. In the sight of Allah, honour is not related to color creed or gender; it is the … [Read more...] about Women empowerment: what went wrong for Muslims?
10 million job creation challenge: some policy recommendations on October 27, 2018Government of Pakistan has promised to create 10 million jobs as soon as possible. For that purpose a sub-committee of Economic Advisory Committee for Human Capital and the Labour Market is created. This committee is supposed to develop a 'National Job Creation Strategy' by end October. Today youth under the age of 25 constitute 63 percent of the Pakistani population. This makes focus on Job … [Read more...] about 10 million job creation challenge: some policy recommendations
Women empowerment: myths and reality on October 6, 2018Today marks the thirteenth day of Sajida facing brutal verbal and physical abuse by her husband. To her nothing matters more than her daughter's (Shahzadi) chance to get her right to go to school. She is determined to face this onslaught and send her daughter to the newly opened private school in her vicinity than to take her along to Baji Sumaira's place to work as a maid. Bless Baji Sumaira for … [Read more...] about Women empowerment: myths and reality
India doesn’t need weapons, it can kill us with water on July 7, 2018Water is necessary for survival, and not just agriculture, industry or the overall economy. This fact has been ignored by past Pakistani governments and is still being taken lightly. The construction of the Kishanganga and Ratledams by India did not start yesterday. Kishanganga Hydroelectric project started in 2007. In 2011, Pakistan protested at Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration (CoA) due … [Read more...] about India doesn’t need weapons, it can kill us with water
