Stop defending rape on June 26, 2021Not a day goes by when we don’t hear about a case of violence, assault, rape or harassment against women. Unfortunately each case is more horrifying than the last one. In 2018, Thomas Reuters foundation ranked Pakistan the 6th most dangerous country for women. According to official statistics of the last six years, there are […]
Chronicles of Descent on July 19, 2020Pakistan, a country born out of immense struggle and unforgettable sacrifices, seven decades after its inception continues to struggle . Despite having secured an independent state we still have failed after 70 years to achieve economic independence and stability. Social equality, religious harmony and good governance, the main principles on which the foundations of this […]
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 forward on 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 Virus on 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 gloom on 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 poverty on 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 power on 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 […]