Mustafa Talpur

Mustafa Talpur

  • Damming rhetoric, not rivers

    Aerial view shows partially submerged residential buildings following the overflowing of the Ravi River in Lahore on August 30, 2025. — AFPA...

  • Damming rhetoric, not rivers

    Damming rhetoric, not rivers

    Aerial view shows partially submerged residential buildings following the overflowing of the Ravi River in Lahore on August 30, 2025. — AFPA...

  • Country of ‘first boys’: nutritional inequalities

    Country of ‘first boys’: nutritional inequalities

    Pakistan’s progress to tackle severe malnutrition among children under five has been quite slow

  • Country of ‘first boys’: health inequalities Part – II

    Country of ‘first boys’: health inequalities Part – II

    Nutrition and primary healthcare are areas where massive inequalities exist

  • Country of ‘first boys’: education disparities: Part – I

    Country of ‘first boys’: education disparities: Part – I

    Despite differences and recent challenges to democracy, India has made substantial progress in many areas

  • Islands of privilege

    Islands of privilege

    Any progressive society or government will uphold security so that people can utilize their full potential

  • Short-term steps for the people

    Short-term steps for the people

    There are no consequences for wrongdoings, big or small, which has just encouraged more wrongs

  • A question of justice : Part - II

    A question of justice : Part - II

    Whenever a calamity hits Pakistan, we listen to the same old arguments like ‘no government on earth could have mitigated the impact of the 2022...

  • A question of justice [Part – I]

    It is tough to be optimistic at a time when the country is in the middle of multiple crises. Some of the enormous challenges faced by Pakistan...

  • Asia’s unequal face

    Extreme concentration of income, wealth and political power in the hands of a tiny male minority is tearing our societies apart, depriving...

  • China and global challenges

    China has taken some surprising yet bold steps to combat the three major global challenges: the relentless fight against economic inequality,...

  • Preventing the ‘inequality virus’

    Nearly ten months since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, the coronavirus has been massively impacting health and economic...

  • A people’s vaccine

    The latter half of November brought hope for a world facing the unprecedented public health challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three pharmaceutical...

  • Deferring poverty alleviation?

    Absolute poverty is a state of severe deprivation and denial of basic human rights. Hunger and dispossession affect the entire life cycle, keeping...

  • An opportunity

    The current National Assembly and Senate sessions on the Finance Bill 2020-21 provide a rare chance to the flimsy democratic history of Pakistan and...

  • Where is the market?

    Before the Covid-19 crisis hit, the neo-liberal economic model with its unfettered market power, free flow of capital and expanded role of the...

  • Cancel the debt

    Last week, the G20 group of rich countries decided to postpone the debt payment that is due to be paid to G20 governments up to the end of 2020 for...

  • A tale of disillusionment

    The inability of mainstream political parties, especially the PPP, to create a progressive vision for the country and deliver on it could have a...

  • Taxation for nation-building

    Historically, taxation has been crucial for nation-building and welfare states. After the destruction wrought by the Second World War, European...

  • Water for all

    World Water Day, which is observed on March 22, passed without much fanfare in Pakistan. Ironically, Pakistan is among the most water-stressed...