Senate election: a numbers game on March 16, 2018While keeping up with the recent senate elections and the blame game being played by senior politicians, I recalled the words quoted above, and I realized that in this country, we have no political sense. We have been repeatedly told that the senate election is a big undemocratic political-catastrophe. At least, we all know some […]
FATA reforms has created confusion on March 17, 2017 In November, 2015 Pakistan government decided to introduce FATA Reforms for which committee was comprised of five people, Mr. Sirtaj Aziz Advisor to PM on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zafar Iqbal Jhagra KP governor, Lt Gen. [Retd] Abdul Qadir Baloch Minister for SAFRON, Mr. Zahid Hamid Minister for Law and Justice, Lt Gen. [Retd] Nasser […]
In Pakistan, Dalits want separate identity in political system on August 31, 2016KARACHI: Pakistan’s Hindu community is suffering from internal differences after members of the ‘Dalit’ caste known as the ‘untouchables’ have launched a campaign to get their own identity as a scheduled caste in census. Pakistani Hindus can be found all across the country but 97 percent of them live in Sindh, according Pakistan Hindu Council.Hindus […]
Dishonour killing: selective honour on April 11, 2016Women whose dreams and hopes are being killed in the name of ‘kari’ (means to kill a woman in the name of ‘honour’), women who may be killed or married to old men. The 2015 annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) stated, “The database recorded 987 cases of honour crimes in […]
Season of grand alliance in Sindh on January 18, 2016On Sunday, January 16, 2016, Sindhi local newspapers highlighted the leading news: “Grand alliance has been formed against the PPP and its leader is Pir Pagara.” This was not news for me as the smell of alliance has been in the air and we had been waiting for the veil to be lifted. So, now […]