A tale of despair!on May 24, 2020“It wasn’t the best of times, it was the worst of times, it wasn’t the age of wisdom , it was the age of foolishness, it wasn’t the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it wasn’t the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it wasn’t the spring of hope, […]
Paradigm shift: the way forwardon April 17, 2020Whenever there arises a crisis, immediately begins the pursuit to mitigate it. And often that pursuit results in a paradigm shift that means letting go of the existing practice and replacing it with a new way. The whole world has accepted the fact that health and education are the most important and basic necessities for […]
The economics of Corona Viruson March 15, 2020As the COVID-19 engulfs the world in its wrath, alarm bells have started ringing indicating the start of a major recession in the global economy. The huge losses incurred in form of the human capital are not the only tragic outcomes of the deadly pandemic. But also, the virus has taken its toll on the […]
The hovering gloomon January 29, 2020The economy hasn’t seen a good day since the prime minister assumed office. At first there weren’t enough revenues in the state treasury because the last government had robbed it to fill their own pockets. After that the government was reluctant to reach out to the IMF because it didn’t want to do something it […]
The fate of our children!on December 1, 2019As we were joking, laughing and enjoying our meal a four-year-old Jannat was been brutally gang-raped. Her innocent shivering body has been abused in the most cringe-worthy manner. While we were moving on with our lives, her injured, bleeding and unconscious body was dumped in 80-feet-deep well. While we were snuggling in our warm beds […]
Tackling povertyon October 14, 2019Poverty is one of the major issues faced by Pakistan. We rank 150th on the human development index among 189 countries. This alone speaks for the miserable condition of our people. Up to 29.5% of our population lives below the poverty line constituting approximately 55 million people. There is no denying the fact that poverty […]
Abuse of poweron September 16, 2019Once upon a time, there was a little girl, aged 10. She lived in her fairytale world, unaware that soon her happy little world would be crushed by a horrible nightmare. She went missing. Sick with worry, her family went to the police station in order to seek help. No sooner had they reported her […]
Is the economy out of deep waters?on August 30, 2019The beginning of the fiscal year 2019 witnessed a massive drop in the current account deficit. From 2.13 billion dollars in July 2018 it dropped to 579 million dollars in July 2019, shrinking by 73 percent. But much of the decline has come as a result of certain situations rather than the government policies that […]
Hypocrisy at its beston August 19, 2019A few days ago, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra came under fire for her insensitive response to a rather genuine question. In an event held in Los Angeles, a Pakistani woman, Ayesha Malik, questioned Priyanaka about a tweet she posted when Indian aircrafts entered Pakistan’s territory, which led to even higher tensions between the two nuclear […]
Lending our voice to the voicelesson July 29, 2019It was a cold January morning. I was walking towards the campus fondly looking at the two cats crossing the road inside the university premises. In the blink of an eye, a fast-approaching car hit one of the cats; slowed down for a moment and then resumed onwards. I stood shocked watching the blood spluttering […]