Five years on since Pakistan signed and adopted the UN Sustainable Development Goals regime but is still crawling. Performance remains insignificant in terms of time and resources spent in despite having federal and provincial secretariats to mainstream SDGs into the development projects. Additionally we have a cell in the Prime Minister secretariat and a Parliamentary […]
‘’Life Below Water’ nowhere on priority
Pakistan has several infrastructures and hierarchies dealing with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at provincial and federal level. They are working very hard, as they claimed to be, on all the 17 SDGs the 193 countries including Pakistan signed way back in September 2015. Despite all ‘hard work’ and ‘very efficient teams’ and infrastructures, nothing is […]
China on the front foot
In the recent situation that emerged from the Covid-19 spread has shown China’s capacity to make unanimous, rational, and timely decisions. Perhaps just for a good reason that China is ruled by one party and very sincerely in China’s best national interest. Once I asked a Chinese diplomat in Islamabad if they have dissenting voices […]
Rise of the moronic regime
We have seen many insane and short-sighted politicians in Pakistan parliament in different governments, whether so-called democratic or purely dictatorial regimes. We are extremely blessed with the present one – the first ever regime in the last two decades that has most of the morons of all seasons and moments. However, except a couple of […]
China-India standoff: Beginning of a new cold war?
Over a week of deep silence on the Galwan valley China-India border in Ladakh after a deadly clash on June 15 night that left 20 Indian troops dead in a physical fight. China preferred not to report casualties. Reportedly the situation turned serious on May 5 late and reached the peak – the physical fight […]
Asia’s political pandemic in UNSC
To a surprise for many, India – the political pandemic of Asia somehow managed to win a nonpermanent seat of Asia-Pacific in the United Nations Security Council last Wednesday. India has been trying unsuccessfully to win a permanent seat in an expanded Security Council but elected unopposed to win 184 votes out of the 192 […]
Child Labour: Pakistan’s no priority agenda
Millions of Pakistani children are going through insanely miserable conditions while the world is commemorating the World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) on June 12 on the theme “COVID-19: Protect Children from Child Labour, now more than ever”. The United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) believes that the COVID-19 health pandemic and the resulting economic […]
Covid-19: a blessing for environment
This year June 5 – the World Environment Day witnesses significant reduction in consumption of the nature, natural resources and goods made in the factories that has reduced the emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs). Perhaps, it is the only positive side of the Covid-19. But it is not so. Restricted movement has saved about two […]
Herd immunity or the Chinese model
With more than 70,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and increasing toll daily deaths, Pakistan is getting into miserable condition while the decision makers are still reluctant to take any strict measures. Rather they are trying to convince the nation that the virus would peak somewhere in the first week of July. It means another six […]
COVID-19, climate change and biodiversity
This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD) marked on May 22 highlights significant improvement in the environmental conditions because there was no or extremely low human intervention around the world. Wildlife was roaming on the streets in many cities close to the habitats. Vegetation and biological diversity had deep breathing in the absence […]