M Alam Brohi

The coronavirus pandemic is going to shake and, may be, pulverize national, regional and international political and economic structures and reshape the world order for peace and security. The pandemic has hit over 185 countries touching almost all the continents. The USA has so far failed to rise to the occasion to lead the world […]

We know, living and death are inseparably intertwined. When a warrior enters the battle field, he is conscious of coming out as victor or perish as martyr. Armies, nations and societies stand together to confront the impending challenge to their existence. Caution is part of the valor. Strategies for containment and mitigation of disaster are […]

The SDP is passing through the organizational process which is being overseen by the interim Chief Coordinator, Mr. Ali Mardan Rahoojo with the help of an interim 15-member Central Executive Council and a Core Committee of senior founding members appointed by the first ever convention of the party on 15 February 2020. The convention also […]

We, some friends, came together in Karachi to finally launch a new political party, Social Democratic Party, to challenge the oligarchic rule of the political dynasties from the landed gentry and industrialists – allied with military and civil bureaucrats, Sajadahnashins, clergy, cloaked in the garb of political leaders. They have perpetrated this political charade depriving […]

Some months ago, I posed a question whether Sindh was having a potential threat from the Federal authority and the majority province or by the provincial ruling elite and their administration being in power since 2008. I did not have any straightforward and clear answer to my question nor did it evoke any extensive intellectual […]

This question has been under consideration of the conscious sons and daughters of Sindh for quite some time now. The discussion was stimulated by a number of factors reflective of the utter failure of Pakistan People’s Party and the political alliances formed at the time of the general elections in addressing the chronic social and […]

The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has kick started the process of reviewing the national curriculum. The apparent objective of the exercise is to bring uniformity in the national curriculum orenforce a uniform curriculum throughout the country determining the use and role of other languages in teaching. The thrust of the proposed policy […]

Earlier, I had elaborated the bitter experience of Sindh with the federal regimes. The other small provinces also have had the same grievances with the federal authorities ensnared in the self-deceiving theory that only a strong center rather than autonomous federal units could guarantee the survival of Pakistan as a culturally, politically and economically homogeneous […]

To recap, the PTI federal government and the government of Sindh have serious differences over the process of accountability; the distribution of natural resources particularly water and gas; jobs in the federal secretariat and federal entities; the federally funded development schemes; the uplift of Karachi; the appointment of senior officers and the quantum of provincial […]