Banning INGOs on October 19, 2018When institutions are strong and everyone gets his/her due rights and justice then such state/society leaves no space or vacuum for NGOs. Alternatively, when a country fails to give rights, justice, jobs, education, health, and awareness to its citizens then it directly and indirectly invites NGOs to fill that vacuum. What if a country is […]
Observing International Girl Child Day on October 11, 2018The world is celebrating International Girl Child Day today — on October 11, 2018. Hardly 1% of Pakistanis have knowledge about this international observance, despite the fact that half of Pakistan’s population are women. The cases of gender-based violence are routine news and tickers on every channel. As much as 60% of women are illiterate […]
The need for police reforms on October 9, 2018Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his commitment for reforms in the institutions and declared Pakistan Army a model institution where merit and chain of command are religiously followed. Pakistan Army is no doubt an institution where financial background does not matter and every serviceman is treated equally and zero tolerance is exercised on breach […]
Resetting US-Pakistan ties on October 7, 2018The US-Pakistan bi-lateral relations are at the historic low. There is no doubt in saying that the Trump Administration has not given a single try to fix this issue both at civilian and military levels rather continued to pressurizing Pakistan at all forums. From Pakistan side, the newly elected government has shown a cold behaviour […]
Reforming education in KP on October 3, 2018The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Adviser on Elementary and Secondary Education, Zia Ullah Bangash, has directed the Elementary and Secondary Education Directorate for a survey of more than 150,000 teachers whose children are studying in private schools. The education department is planning to bring a new education policy, according to which every government school teacher’s […]
Pakistan needs to reduce out-of-school children on September 26, 2018The number of out-of-school children in Pakistan has crossed 23 million, despite claims of provincial governments of reforms in the education sector. In 2017, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department carried out a comprehensive OOSC survey. The data was provided to the education directorate to address OOSC, but a year later, the directorate hasn’t […]
Addressing the hike in private school fees on September 21, 2018After reversal of the private school fee issue in Islamabad High Court in August this year, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has once again asked all private schools’ owners to appear before the court on October 4. Supreme Court has clubbed together all cases of fee hike which will be heard from October 4. In […]
Gender-Based Violence and the need to strengthen the law on September 19, 2018Our media showcases violence in prime time because such news is sold and improves ratings compared to airing programmes on education or health issues. There are prime time TV programmes on violence which cannot be seen with family especially children. However, still, a majority of people especially youth watch these programmes. The impact of such […]
Addressing the issue of ‘out of school children’ on September 14, 2018Education is the basic right of every child. In Pakistan, nearly 23 million children are out of school. This number is equal to the total population of Sri Lanka. Government schools all over Pakistan start enrolment campaigns in September but these campaigns never focus on tangible outcomes increasing enrolment numbers. Public sector schools get no […]
Prepaid metering is not a solution to electricity theft on September 10, 2018The Economic Coordination Committee, under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Asad Umer, has decided to disconnect electricity connections of consumers who fail to pay bills for three months. Additionally, they have decided to install pre-paid meters all over the country. These decisions sounded like they were made in isolation and that power sector experts were […]