Asma Jahangir — the iron lady on February 13, 2018Pakistan’s fearless rights campaigner and lawyer, Asma Jahangir, served two terms as Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and was the first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. She breathed her last in Lahore yesterday. Her funeral will be offered today. I have had many interactions with her and […]
Quaid-e-Azam — a leader par excellence on December 25, 2017When frustration and despondency envelop a period of history like blinding fog, there arises at times a genius among his people, whose confidence in himself and the cause he advocates become the solid foundation on which is built the magnificent mansion of immortal achievement. The first half of the 20th century was one such period […]
Some wounds, even time can’t heal on December 16, 2017They say there is a reason, They say that time will heal, But neither time nor reason, Will change the way I feel, No-one knows the heartache, That lies behind my smile, No-one knows how many times, I have broken down and cried, I want to tell you something, So there won’t be […]
Women empowerment through social safety nets on September 20, 2017Pakistan is a developing country and most of its population lives in undesirable circumstances. A large number of people in our country do not have a proper place to live, this miserable condition has given birth to a large number of beggars and needy people to survive on the charities. The economic condition of an […]
Who are Rohingya and what is the crisis on September 8, 2017The Rohingya people are a distinct Muslim ethnic group with 1.1 million populations, mainly living in the northwestern part of the Arakan (Rakhine) state in Myanmar (also known as Burma) bordering Bangladesh. They came to Myanmar generations ago. Unlike the Buddhist community, they speak a language similar to the Bengali dialect of Chittagong in Bangladesh. […]
208 million and still counting on August 30, 2017Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has officially revealed the provisional results of the sixth Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in it’s presentation to the Council of Common Interests (CCI) earlier this week. The results are rather depressing for a country like Pakistan where majority of the population lacks basic necessities of life. The results […]
Afghan war: no end in sight on August 27, 2017 After months of speculation and delays over his plans about Afghanistan, President Donald Trump finally unveiled his strategy to win the war that has been going on for 16 years now. The US President was determined to focus on allowing US forces to target the Taliban and other terrorist groups wherever in Afghanistan or […]
Democracy must not suffer anymore on August 16, 2017In May 2013 after his electoral victory, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said something that for years, no Pakistani leader had dared to express. During an interview to renowned Indian journalist and anchor Burkha Dutt for NDTV, he expressed as “civilian supremacy over the military is a must.” He went a step further and said, […]
16 December APS mayhem recalled on December 19, 2016It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds’. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens but it is never gone. There are wounds that never show on the body and are deeper, more hurtful than anything that bleeds. Similar […]
Inequality and poverty puzzles on November 27, 2015The main goal of economic development is improving the economic well being of a community through efforts that entail job creation, job retention, tax base enhancements and improving quality of life. As there is no single definition for economic development, there is no single strategy, policy or programme for achieving successful economic development. Communities differ […]