Undermining Stoneson June 30, 2020Despite being blessed as the fifth largest gemstone reserve, Pakistan has not been able to develop an internationally competitive gems industry so far. Being home to world-recognized expensive jewels and its abundant reserves of precious and semi-precious gemstones, Pakistan should have significantly dominated the international market for precious rocks. However, despite the country’s unquestionable potential, […]
Being At Peaceon June 23, 2020Ending one’s life is probably the hardest decision for anybody. It is difficult to imagine what makes a person to commit suicide. What so ever may be the reason amongst a long list of causes identified by experts in relevant subject; it is for sure that the one making this lethal decision fails to see […]
Him Too Ritchie?on June 9, 2020I am a feminist. You may call me radical, but I believe that respecting women is one of the most important things taught by every religion. It is a definite norm for everyone to uphold in life. However, these days I am bit shaken by issues around the ongoing scandal which has pushed the entire […]
Open letter to Ajit Kumar Dovalon May 28, 2020Dear Ajit Kumar Doval. Congratulations for adding Gilgit-Baltistan, which happens to be my beautiful home, in your weather forecast on all media channels in India. I think this was the maximum you could do. Besides, I consider that you are much sensible to understand the extent people of Gilgit-Baltistan hate your country and your false […]
Campaign for Gilgit-Baltistanon May 12, 2020While the COVID crisis occupies most of government’s attention in Pakistan, people in Gilgit-Baltistan are looking forward to fresh elections. The incumbent Pakistan Muslim League (N) led government is about to complete its term. To settle some issues, the apex court in the country has also given a go-ahead to prepare and hold elections in […]
Rich Sans conscienceon May 5, 2020Nothing wakes up the dead. So is the case with a living people with a dead conscience. A dead conscience can only be woken up if one accepts faults and shortcomings with a realization to correct those. However, being the 117th out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s 2017 Corruption Perception Index, we have become […]
Certain Uncertainityon April 21, 2020Corona and its terror seems far from diminishing. Uncertainty remains with no predictive tools working at the moment which may calculate that how far this would go in claiming lives and disrupting social order. Every new day is bringing up a novel challenge for the Governments world over. However, in Pakistan we are looking at […]
Corona: Civil Society Responseon April 8, 2020Amid a sordid and blatant political mudslinging on sugar crises inquiry recently completed by Federal Investigation Agency, the civil society in Pakistan is focused on managing the pandemic crises that has erupted emergencies at multiple planes. Overwhelmingly, governments across the globe with the exception of few, failed to take the initial warning signs seriously, thus […]
Monologue lockdown reflections: a monologueon March 31, 2020Locked down in a time of disease, death and despair. Is there any hope anywhere to be found? From very deep inside words come out spurting up the fountain of thought. Mind struggles to hush the unwelcomed rhyme, but the soul allows the pen to write, word by word, verse by verse, and a sentence […]
Bells of peaceon March 3, 2020Bells of peace are ringing in Kabul as United States signs a long awaited peace declaration with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. It was a farcical drop scene as it was the same Talibanwhich Washington dislodged from Kabul after toppling their government soon after 9/11. By the time this agreementwas signed, the moneyspent by the United […]