Fighting symptoms, not the disease on December 28, 2019The hatred and violence dictated by the state through the textbooks need to be challenged, which is only possible through the restoration of the students’ unions. The recent clashes between lawyers and doctors in Lahore as well as that between two student bodies in Islamic International University, Islamabad (IIUI) raised a serious question on quality […]
Family planning behaviour on December 10, 2019Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) is a global partnership working with governments, different organisations, civil society, public-private sectors and research community to enable 120 million women and girls to use contraceptives by 2020. In other words, FP2020 was an outcome of London Summit in 2012, where countries make commitments to achieve goals of women rights “to […]
Environmental Sociology on November 2, 2019The current environmental issues dominate the discussions of policy makers, climate experts, corporations, scientists and academia throughout the world. Environmental issues such as climate change, global warming, solid waste, water shortage and contamination, and deforestations are treated as multiple disciplines, according to their own perspectives. However, environmental sociology, a sub-discipline of sociology, sees it from […]
Population and environment nexus on October 26, 2019Pakistan is at the verge of two volcanic eruptions. One is population growth and the other is environmental degradation due to the burden of population. Both are reciprocating each other with potentially calamitous damage to the wellbeing of masses and economy. On one hand, more population is contributing to more consumption patterns, paving way directly […]
The political economy of family planning on October 18, 2019Pakistan stands as the first country in the world, where the comprehensive family planning program was launched in the 60s. Pakistan has the highest population growth rate in South Asia. Surprisingly, soon after the results of the belated 2017 census, the realisation was that we had surpassed Brazil in standing the fifth most populous country […]
The single-use plastic challenge on May 18, 2019Efforts are being undertaken around the globe to handle the issue of plastic waste that ends up in oceans and landfills. On March 13, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to seek a solution to the very important issue of plastic waste and make efforts to achieve sustainable development goals. The member […]