Listening to Greta Thunberg: SDG 13 and a lot more on February 14, 2021Perhaps if the older generation stopped dumping their existential angst on children maybe the world will start to prosper as the one world that is so often touted. As an FIR was cut from a certain country against the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, for expressing her viewpoints on global affairs, we wondered how the […]
The single national curriculum – moving education forward on February 7, 2021The Single National Curriculum (SNC) stands vehemently opposed by a select few as not being ‘the right time’ or being too hastily implemented. However, none of the refutations seemed to have read through the official SNC policies nor what the directive is. It has transparently discussed the construct, carefully outlining the framework and had these […]
Reset of US-Pakistan relations Part II-Changing the lens on January 31, 2021The second webinar of the series called the “RESET OF US-PAKISTAN RELATIONS” hosted by KCFR (Karachi Council on Foreign Relations) was held on January 19th 2021. It was a pleasure listening to a fresh and candid approach to the multiple complexities of the relationship between the two countries as well as a way going forward. […]
Reset of US-Pakistan relations (Part I)- Economic Security on January 29, 2021The first webinar of the series on the ‘Reset of US-Pakistan Relations’, hosted by KCFR, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations, took place on January 12th, 2021 with much success. We were privileged to hear brilliant speakers such as Ambassador Cameron Munter (Former United States Ambassador to Pakistan), Dr. Daniel Markey (Sr. Research Professor and Academic […]
The world congratulates America inauguration ceremony of President Joe Biden on January 24, 2021President Joe Biden’sinauguration was pretty much awaited by the whole world. Not a single house, aware of International affairs, across our nation went without viewing theceremony. There was also no doubt to whether the rest of the world was watching or not. This time was a very different one than the rest, and millions around […]
Covid-19-The second wave on January 20, 2021A full acceptance of the second wave of COVID-19 came when our home had a case of it. It is not until we truly go through something personally, do we understand what the situation actually is. Pakistan has now officially reported crossing the 500, 000 mark of Covid-19 cases in the country. The reported deaths […]
The ID process needs a ‘change’ on January 10, 2021A friend’s maid remains unidentified in the year 2021.No ID, no means of obtaining one, no access to facilities or future in terms of a better job or even having a bank account. And moreover so, the law states that she must bring a family member to The National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) office if she […]
2020, The Year we would like to Cancel on December 27, 2020The year 2020 is soon coming to an end. One never thought that we would finally say these words. It certainly seems to have felt like the longest year of our lives. It has been the one most people in this world will not want to re-live again even in memory. Death, illness and grief […]
Covid-19 loss support for family and friends on December 20, 2020On April 14 th , Pakistani-American Sabila Khan lost her father to Covid-19. In trying to cope with such traumatic events and affected by grief, by April 17 th , she started a Facebook group called Covid-19 Loss Support for Family and Friends. A tribute to the lives lost to this virus as well as […]
Israel: To open the corridors of the world. on December 13, 2020This is not a strategist’s perspective neither a politician’s viewpoint. I am neither an economist nor a defense analyst. Nor am I an agent of anything (as will soon be accused of). What I am is an individual who has seen the map of the world change over time through the decades. Recently we were […]