The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad.Waris Mir pointed out in his writings that as long as Muslim societies used rationality and...
The closely dated murders of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minnesota, of Breonna Taylor by white police officers in Kentucky, of Ahmaud Arbery by a retired cop with...
Noam Chomsky, the sage of our times, has spoken up. Employing his usual candidness, he has delivered a dire warning to the world about the potency and the nature of challenges it...
Our glaciers are shrinking, droughts are intensifying, and oceans are acidifying with methane plums rising up from the ocean floor. This is all happening decades ahead of...
A lot has already been said about the Single National Curriculum . The education minister, writing in these pages on September 8, has stated: “we will continue to request for...
Prime Minister Imran Khan and his coterie of ruling politicians have made an oft-repeated fatal mistake. Following the opposition’s gathering in Islamabad on Sunday and their...
Plastic consumption in our country has been increasing rapidly. Single-use plastic bags and bottles are normally thrown into different water channels. Our careless attitude towards plastic disposal...
This refers to the letter ‘Old methods’ by Naeem Sadiq. I agree with the views of the writer.It is important to mention that the Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution directly transfers the...
Karachi has been facing the problem of acute gas shortage for many weeks now. Many areas remain without gas for hours.The situation is so grave that many residents have to use wood to cook food. The...
Pakistan is an agricultural country. Its agricultural sector is the backbone of the economy, which provides job opportunities and food security to millions of Pakistanis. There is a strong need to...
We live in a country where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That is because the rich in our country pay almost no taxes and the poor is bombarded with high rates of taxes. The fact that...
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that a bill for the registration of sex offenders, effective policing, and exemplary punishment for rapists will be presented in parliament soon. The people will...
Last week, the country saw the first phase of school reopening. However, several schools were sealed for flouting SOPs. The authorities are now reconsidering their decision. There is a high...
Even though millions of people travel via train every year, Pakistan Railways has failed to gain the people’s trust. The railways is equally responsible for this dissatisfaction among the people....
It’s time the government took serious notice of Karachi’s infrastructure. On Monday a factory building collapsed in the city’s SITE area. The horrible accident claimed two lives. What we are...
We seem to be slowly slipping back to Dickensian times. Sui gas authorities have said that supply at certain times of the day to areas in Karachi and other towns in Sindh will be considerably...
The talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani are not going well. After the elaborate ballroom function, attended by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, some...
