2019
March 30, 2019
Frozen in time – The National Savings Organisation There must be something uniquely queer with ordinary Pakistanis. They voluntarily choose to park their savings in National […]
March 30, 2019
National Savings Organisation A visit to a National Saving Centre is not something that one looks forward to. Lack of information, long queues, inadequate seating and […]
March 30, 2019
National Assembly vs the Nizam-e-Adal Even while the ink had not yet dried from the presidential signature on the Malakand Nizam-e-Adal accord, the two prime signatories […]
March 30, 2019
My democracy will not deliver As if advertising a new maternity service, the President declared in his opening remarks in Washington, “my democracy will deliver”. The […]
March 30, 2019
Mukhtaran Mai vs. the rest of Pakistan Mukhtaran has engaged in fighting a moral war for the past three years against a society and its institutions, […]
March 30, 2019
Misplaced patriotism As expected the Lord did not come to the rescue of our cricket team. Notwithstanding colour or creed, He stuck to his age-old principle […]
March 30, 2019
Director General Civil Aviation, 19 Nov 2018 Chairman Pakistan International Airlines, Director General Airport Security Force. Dear Sirs, As a citizen one would like to know […]
March 30, 2019
Life as a citizen Naeem Sadiq The News Tuesday, November 04, 2014 http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-282208-Life-as-a-citizen Every process has at least three versions. What you think it is : […]
March 30, 2019
Dear DIG traffic, 22 November 2014 Greetings. 1. Thank you for the presentation on traffic initiatives, that was sent by your office to me and five […]
March 30, 2019
Lessons for Pakistani mayors – who destroyed even the existing infrastructure and pushed their cities back in time by decades. “Why do you always ask me […]
March 30, 2019
Criminal Negligence or Calculated Connivance? Citizens demand resignation of CM Sindh and Home Minister Sindh. Success in ‘War against Terror’ is critically linked to a nation’s […]
March 30, 2019
Is the government reformable? ‘when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount’. Dakota Indians Dakota Indians were famous […]
March 30, 2019
Is Article 227 really necessary? If Taliban were to take over power in Pakistan (which is what their struggle is all about), what would they do […]
March 30, 2019
The imbedded ‘Elite Protection System’ Pakistan may have voluntarily and insanely become the only nation in the world to legislate a bill that could enable a […]
March 30, 2019
How not to design a form To say that the new Identity Card Forms are user unfriendly, loaded with irrelevant requirements and require uncalled for formalities […]
March 30, 2019
How not to collect taxes Why would a government intentionally make payment of taxes a frustrating ordeal for its citizens? One needs to study the Sindh […]
March 30, 2019
The Houbara Vehicles Every winter Pakistan plays host to two exceptionally diverse species of visitors. The first to arrive are the Houbara bustards, taxonomically classified as […]
March 30, 2019
The Guv decides to go – voluntarily. Sindh has not been a lucky province when it comes to its selection of Chief Ministers and Governors. Typically […]
March 30, 2019
Go back to basics The Blasphemy law was introduced in 1860 by the British Government. It prohibited damaging or defiling a place of worship or a […]
March 30, 2019
Flawed Notions of honour Nicolas Chauvin a soldier in Napoleon’s army is dead and gone since a long time, but the ‘chauvinistic” attitude named after him, […]