Is the govt commited to SDGs? on August 11, 2018How seriously are we taking our Sustainable Development Goals? Recently, during a moot organized by Sungi Development Foundations in Lahore with civil society members, deliberations were made on ways to mobilize contacts and resources towards fulfilling the goals, and to remind the state of the commitments it made to fulfilling SDGs. To talk about Sustainable […]
Speak up for missing activists on January 13, 2018The day we realized Raza is missing was perhaps the most terrifying moment to experience by those close to him. I could not even fathom a dear friend, a harmless, humble soul, could ever become a victim of enforced disappearance. The panic and terror we felt cannot be explained in words, nor can we conjure […]
Impact of colonisation and religiosity on women on June 30, 2016The effects of colonisation caused tremendous damage to the fibre of the family structure and have caused economic upheaval in society in terms of religion and class. The following is an example to show how colonisation and the religion pertaining to it have affected societal norms in Latin America. Historically speaking, during the times of […]
Denial of justice to Danish Kaneria on April 14, 2016An ace player, one of the highest wicket-takers in Pakistan’s test cricket history, with an average of 34.79 in 61 matches, Danish Kaneria has been persistently denied justice, both at home and abroad. He was accused of corruption by a mere verbal statement of a fellow English county cricket team member, and thus convicted of […]
Sidelining major issues behind Panama Papers on April 7, 2016The defensive side of the ruling government over the Panama revelations, and an immediate press conference in response by Imran Khan, coupled with the demand of the opposition to legally probe into the money gotten by the Sharif family to set up their huge business empire abroad are good and progressive signs, signalling towards democratic […]
Operation inPunjab on March 31, 2016It does not make much sense when the prime minister talks about non-leniency towards terrorists to be uttered in a mild manner in his address to the nation following the terrifying attack in Lahore that claimed over 70 lives, mainly children, at a park. Though his address to the nation has been received with mixed […]
Sexual crimes against males on March 25, 2016Years ago, at my workplace, I knew a ‘tea-boy’, no more than 18 or 19 years old, who looked timid, and at times, traumatised. His immediate boss had been intimidating him for years, and often, he was seen physically beating him, but this boy wouldn’t complain. He looked very embarrassed when I once discovered him […]
Politics and Women Protection Bill on March 18, 2016Punjab government has given in to the pressure from religious political parties who remain dead against any policy that can even faintly hint of protection to women. Their protest is under the garb of “destroying family structure” and because it is a “western” concept. We are all victims of our patriarchal traditions, of feudal elites, […]
Minorities in the education system on February 19, 2016Insecurity and economic depravity have become the prime causes for many to kiss Pakistan goodbye, leaving serious dents on the economy that no one seems to care about on a priority level in the government. What many do not focus on at the policy level is that many of these immigrants consist of a considerable […]
When Malala becomes a traitor on February 12, 2016Once again, Malala has been considered a traitor by conspiracy theorists on social media. This time, the propaganda against her reached a widely watched television channel, where single viewed criticism of her book I am Malala fell short of a merited and scholastic discussion on her views that deserve to be given enough public time […]