Naveed Iqbal – a dutiful, courteous cop is no more on January 10, 2022Surfing the internet daily on my cell phone for news updates has been my favorite pastime for ages. It’s something that I can’t resist due to my journalistic background. As I opened my favorite news site on Saturday, the main news gave me the shock of my life. It read: Many dead as heavy snow […]
World First Aid Day: saving lives amid Covid-19 on September 12, 2020The World First Aid Day is being celebrated today around the globe, but in an entirely changed world this time. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) introduced the World First Aid Day in 2000 and it is celebrated on second Saturday of September every year with an aim to raise […]
Goodbye Prof Dr Malik Hussain Mubbashar on August 25, 2020Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts and minds. You don’t come across many of them and when you do, they leave a lasting impression. Prof Dr Malik Hussain Mubbashar was one of such very few people I have come across in my life. I first met him in year […]
World Humanitarian Day 2020 Real Life Heroes: Thank you for saving lives on August 19, 2020Not all heroes wear capes. There are people who have given their life to something bigger than themselves. They are just around us to help out even in the most extreme circumstances, ensure our safety when adversity hits, and voluntarily walk into the unknown to make this world a better place to live. August 19 […]
As blood donation curve falls, life stops for many on June 16, 2020The international community is today celebrating the World Blood Donor Day 2020 at a time when the new coronavirus disease COVID-19 has thrown the entire world a curve ball with its gory tentacles – anchored deep down in the earth – feeding on more and more victims and bleeding the state coffers. Never before in […]
‘Red Muhafiz’: the frontline warriors against Covid-19 on June 3, 2020We can’t see the enemy, but everyone is terrified. The world is now racing against time to slow the spread of Covid-19 by testing and treating patients, limiting travels, quarantining citizens and encouraging social distancing. The pandemic is moving like a wave – one that may yet crash on those least able to cope. And […]
Corona Care Hospital — from dream to reality on May 22, 2020The killer coronavirus disease Covid-19 spilled over to Pakistan in February. It soon took root and began to course through the length and breadth of Pakistan, taking its toll on more and more people. With the outbreak of the epidemic, the federal government together with the provincial governments, the armed forces and the international community […]
Coronavirus: act as a nation, not a crowd on May 12, 2020There has never been such a time in recent human history when virtually everyone on planet Earth is under threat from the same enemy. The global pandemic, which now threatens countless lives worldwide, came out of the blue, catching China off guard. It reared its ugly head in the sprawling commercial Wuhan city of Hubei […]
Coronavirus: challenges and pitfalls on March 31, 2020Misfortunes never come singly, as they say. From the loss of precious lives to collapsing healthcare systems, and from crashing economies to joblessness, the coronavirus pandemic has birthed a plethora of problems for the humanity. Countries which are already struggling with poverty, conflict or natural disasters, will be hit hard by the pandemic. Governments, medics […]
Coronavirus: every day counts on March 17, 2020Coronavirus has thrown the entire world in a tailspin, forcing the world capitals to declare national emergencies, quarantine hundreds of thousands of people, slap international travel restrictions, padlock their educational institutions, put off international sports events, allocate big sums of money to fight off the deadly infection and manipulate the flow of information. The gory […]