Demystifying GM crops on July 9, 2015In a country where people fear polio vaccines and are gullible enough to believe that cars can run on water, Genetically Modified (GM) crops are unsurprisingly shrouded in mystery and controversy. Much has been said about GM crops since the introduction of the Seed (Amendment) Bill 2015, which has already sailed through the National Assembly […]
Exodus of religious minorities on June 4, 2015Faced with relentless persecution, religious minorities in Pakistan are often left with no option but to flee to safer regions. While some are leaving this country for good, others have to resort to relocating within Pakistan. The religious minorities only constitute three percent of the country’s population and this percentage is likely to diminish if […]
World No Tobacco Day s on May 31, 2015The World No Tobacco Day was observed on May 31 all over the world as well as in Pakistan with a renewed pledge to purge society of this menace. Seminars and rallies were held in the country to protest the use of tobacco and highlight its negative health effects, which currently leads to nearly six […]