Women’s Day, 2023 on March 8, 2023To me, Women’s Day does not merely symbolise equality of the two genders. To me, the 8th of March, each year, marks, historically, the struggles of the female race; the coming together for a singular cause; all efforts to be heard; an undying commitment to be considered and treated at par with our male counterparts; […]
Pakistan: the Nation who Cried Wolf on April 12, 2022August 18, 2018. The day Imran Khan began his term as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Khan, also known as Kaptaan, hailing from a relatively affluent, prominent family, graduate from the best, most elite all-boys school in Pakistan, foreign qualified from the University of Oxford, often spotted in the company of upper-class glitterati locally […]
Crimes Of Honour on February 24, 2022As part of ancient Japanese tradition, ‘Bushido’, a moral code for Samurai warriors, enforces the significance of valuing honour, above even life itself. This is a heritage which manifests deeply in Japan’s culture till today, and so, the Japanese being a society which is not one for forgiving honour-tarnishing mistakes. Likewise, at the present time, […]
Electronic Democracy on August 27, 2021The concept of electronic voting was initially and officially addressed in Pakistan around the year 2009; following a report issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan on the use of Electronic Voting Machines. This included a critical evaluation of the present system of paper-ballot and further dwelled into its comparison with the proposed new method […]