Understanding how to control price is one of the most complex issues in Pakistan. As always, we look at rising prices for all the essentials such as fruits, vegetables, grains, oil and more. According to inflation figures the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) rose from 8.2 per cent on August 9 per cent in September […]
Pakistan needs digital transformation
The digital transformation discusses a business model motivated by “the changes associated with the application of digital technology in all aspects of human society.” Generally, it is executed as a result of digitisation, i.e. the “ability to turn existing products or services into digital variants, and thus offer advantages over tangible product.” The digitalisation has […]
Justice for Namrita!
Where as a society, we are moving towards? Everywhere the clouds of darkness are hovering around – the pains, aching, sighs, and yells of deserted parents, innocents are being murdered inhumanly. The day times’ incidents of savagery come as nightmare, it becomes hard to sleep for a conscience soul. On the other hand, our justice […]
Future of water in Pakistan
Historically, every living being has been associated with water. No water means no existence, and no existence means no world. It is a vastly prized and precious natural resource that we have. But it is to pronounce with profound grief that with time it is becoming a highly scarce resource. Pakistan, among the South Asian […]
Water shortage in Sindh affecting poor farmers lives
Thatta, Badin and Sujawal districts of Sindh are the tail end areas of the Indus Delta. Since decades, these are the most water-stressed districts of Pakistan. These districts also rank last in the human development index. The majority of the population of these districts depends on farming, livestock or fishing, but due to extreme water […]
Water scarcity wreaking havoc on Sindh farmers
For 10 months now, people of Badin have been holding protest marches and demonstrations. They are asking for irrigation water. There is no one to listen to the cries of the marginalized people. Water scarcity has hit not only Badin but all of Sindh. A pregnant woman from a remote Badin village I found carrying […]
Plastic-free wedding
A few days ago, one of my friends from rural Sindh organiszed his plastic free wedding ceremony.And luckily,I was invited to attend that lovely and inspiring gathering. I wondered looking at there was no single use of plastic. All utensils and pots used either were of marble, clay or steel. I never ever have attended […]
Women’s plight in Pakistan
International Women’s Day is just around the corner – March 8 to celebrate social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. On the day around the world, there will be conferences, seminars, workshops, theatres, plays and reports launch events in a series on ‘better for balance’ – this year’s theme of the day. For some […]
Harnessing our tourism economy
Tourism plays significant role in boosting the economy globally. But Pakistan in this sector has remained far behind. Even though, Pakistan has plenty of potential in the tourism sector. UN’s general secretary Mr. Antonio Guterres has said “Every day, more than 3 million tourists cross international borders. Every year, almost 1.2 billion people travel abroad. […]
Increasing rural poverty in Sindh
Poverty is the state, where basic human rights are denied. From which Sindh generally, and rural areas particularly have been longing to get rid of since decades, but live in grinding poverty. Sindh’s rural deprived conditions are highly embedded in incessant bad governance, institutional decay, and concentration shift from agriculture to service sector. In addition, […]