Pakistan is trapped in a debt crisis, and as ever this is hitting vulnerable communities the hardest. For four decades, much-needed development in Pakistan has been hampered as the country struggles with its large external debt. Debt cancellation is crucial for Pakistan’s survival because health and economic challenges posed by Covid-19 are unprecedented in Pakistan’s […]
Sindh, a victim of political tyranny
Province Sindh is confronted by a plethora of chronic problems. Rapid population growth, extreme poverty, poor governance and most importantly poor law and order situation have devastated the peaceful and progressive Sindhi society. It is a painful and sheer reality that our rulers and bureaucrats are unable to understand that this axiomatic truth of human […]
Law and order situation in Ghotki
Regrettably, there is a general breakdown of law and order in the country. However, the situation in the northern Sindh districts has shockingly worsened. Importantly, kidnapping for ransom has acquired the “status of industry” in that region. In Sindh, tribal killings have alarmingly increased. However, most of the cases are happening in Ghotki. Every day, […]
Covid-19 — positive to negative
COVID-19 is a sheer reality; one has to accept it. However, in Pakistan few of them are implementing SOPs seriously otherwise no precautionary measures. Importantly, the pandemic, if it continues to be underplayed by the government, may pose a formidable challenge for Prime Minister Imran Khans leadership along with causing a serious health crisis in […]
Tobacco detection dogs catch fraud at BB Fatima Cash & Carry store
LONDON: Pakistani owner of famous BB Fatima Cash store on Alford Lane in East London has been fined £25,000 after fake iPhones and banned tobacco were found in his store in a large quantity by the local authorities during a raid using tobacco detection dogs. Asif Aziz Khan has been ordered to pay £25,000 after […]
Role of civil society in emergencies
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing everyone to reassess their daily routines. There already is a whirlwind of predictions on what will come next, and what this might mean for the economy, politics, or for social interactions as we know them. Most of such predictions may be just speculations, and some may indeed materialize. The fact […]
Status of JJSA 2018 in Sindh
The Juvenile Justice System Act (JJSA) 2018 was approved by the President of Pakistan on May 18 2018. This JJSA 2018, is upgraded version of JJSO 2000, which provides a much better system for criminal justice and social reintegration for juvenile offenders. Within the JJSA 2018 Act the definition of a child and according to […]
Disability: Humanity & Inclusion situation in Sindh
Leaving no one is behind is the main theme of Sustainable Development Goals SDG’s which Pakistan has ratified. But in province Sindh people with disabilities are always left behind in all aspects of life. Every day is a challenge for people with disabilities but not because of their physical or mental conditions, but society’s inability […]
Karo Kari — The murder of honour in Sindh
Honor killing is a cultural reality in Pakistan as according to the UN about more than 1,000 women are killed in Pakistan every year in the name of honor. These are the cases that are reported whereas thousands go unregistered and unnoticed. Karo Kari or honor killing mostly occurs in rural areas of Sindh, where […]
Taseer, the lion of Punjab
In Punjab there are many famous political figures but for me late Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab Province, was seen widely as one of the country’s most important political figures. Salmaan Taseer started his political career in 1960s while he was still a student; while doing student politics he became a close and […]