Reading political philosophy in modern times on February 10, 2020Politics Science studies as to how the political structures and actions work. However, the subject of Political Philosophy studies as to how these should work, evolve and change! A politician does politics practically, whereas, a political philosopher systematically analyses the political phenomenon and suggests how the political actions should be! So far, the world has […]
Reading Political Philosophy in Modern Times on February 7, 2020Politics Science studies as to how the political structures and actions work. However, the subject of Political Philosophy studies as to how these should work, evolve and change! A politician does politics practically, whereas, a political philosopher systematically analyses the political phenomenon and suggests how the political actions should be! So far, the world has […]
Mental health and suicides in Sindh on February 1, 2020A global issue, suicide is a challenge to the political, economic and social systems and their legitimacy, including their contemporary forms and nomenclatures across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in 15 to 19-year-olds. As […]
Converge of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law on January 25, 2020In traditional terms, international human rights law and international humanitarian law were different sets of laws. Inherently similar in their substance, they possessed different institutions, scope and mandate. However, this is not case now completely. New forms of armed conflicts have virtually led international human rights law regime to enter in the domain of international […]
Access to Justice and Paralegals on January 2, 2020Paralegals are considered significant element of access to justice. There is no single definition of paralegals. However, paralegals can be defined as persons who have basic understanding of the relevant laws and mechanisms and work with people helping them to know and use the law and connecting them with the State’s institutions including redressal mechanisms. […]
Responding to cases of sexual violence and rape on December 9, 2019Without resorting to debate into whether there is an increase in the incidents of sexual violence and rape cases, or if these are now more reported in Pakistan, which requires empirical evidence, sexual violence including rape occur more frequently now. Surprisingly, rapes cases have high occurrence in the developed countries and not just in the […]
States and declining civic spaces on June 9, 2019Safe civic spaces remain essential for the meaningful realisation of civil liberties including freedoms of expression, association and assembly. However, civic spaces face serious challenges across the world not only in developing countries but also in some of most advanced democracies and liberal and minimal states in Europe. According to a recent Freedom House Report […]
A reflection on International Women Day in Pakistan on March 18, 2019On the International Women’s Day (March 8), women raised their voice for their rights in Pakistan; their visual slogans raised up into programs held into different cities of the country reflected women’s historical marginalisation, discrimination and subjugation at the hands of men rooted into rock-hard but not undefeatable patriarchy. The slogans they raised were not […]
Eroding civil liberates on November 16, 2018The recent report of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance on global state of democracy released in October, 2018 confirms that the global expansion of democracy has come to a halt in the past decade. However, what raises eyebrows remains is that the reports state that regions with a concentration of so-called established […]
Vanishing civic spaces! on October 1, 2018This is worst of the times for civil society in the world. The States have turned repressive over civic actors and civic freedoms leaving those endangered. Generally speaking, States seem to be on run to squeeze civic spaces and to crush down civic actors be it journalists, human rights defenders, writers, artists, or NGOs. There […]