2019
March 30, 2019
Can the National Savings Organisation be reformed? A dysfunctional bureaucracy with its outdated processes and attitudes has kept this country some 200 years behind the rest […]
March 30, 2019
Can the police and bureaucracy be reformed? Forty two persons lost their lives on the beaches of Karachi on 30 July 2014. There were no warning […]
March 30, 2019
Buried alive at Baba Kot Baba Kot, is a remote village 80 kilometers away from Usta Mohammad city of Jafferabad district. The Asian Human Rights Commission […]
March 30, 2019
‘Bhuladia’ Factory Fire – What really failed? Naeem Sadiq The News, 29 Jan 2013 ‘Bhuladia’ is not the name of a factory. It is a sickness […]
March 30, 2019
Between death and starvation Naeem Sadiq The News 15 Sept 2012 People do not go to work to be blown into smithereens by ill-maintained boilers or […]
March 30, 2019
The battle for Malala A brutal attack on an innocent little girl has finally nudged our sleepy collective conscience. Will this be the long awaited moment […]
March 30, 2019
An open letter to the Sindh Minister of Excise &Taxation This refers to a Government of Sindh advertisement that appeared in the newspapers on 20th July […]
March 30, 2019
An aircraft to fly away our daughters Will there now be another special aircraft to fly away the five year old Sumbal to Birmingham’s […]
March 30, 2019
Accountability of Government Vehicles One must appreciate the forthrightness of the Sindh Government in making two important declarations in the Sindh Assembly. First that […]
March 30, 2019
A tale of two tragedies On that fateful day of September 11, 2012, over 1000 workers joined their duty at Karachi’s Baldia garment factory – most […]
March 30, 2019
A recipe for peace It was indeed gracious on the part of Musharraf and Vajpayee to restrain their itching fingers from pressing […]
March 30, 2019
A recipe for de-VIP-sation Naeem Sadiq Express Tribune October 2, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/769774/a-recipe-for-de-vip-isation/ Some three years ago, I received an invitation from an NGO to attend […]
March 30, 2019
A police force for the people Naeem Sadiq Daily Times, 20 March 2018 https://dailytimes.com.pk/217032/a-police-force-for-the-people/ Pakistan’s police force is known for its predatory behaviour […]
March 30, 2019
An open letter to Mr. Nawaz Sharif Dear Prime Minister, Welcome on board for the third time. In the last two centuries, only five individuals made […]
March 30, 2019
A lean bureaucracy A visit to a Sindh government department at 11 am on a working day this week gave a glimpse of why Pakistan finds […]
March 30, 2019
A citizen protests The individual who killed Governor Salman Taseer was sent to the gallows because he took the law into his own hands. By […]
March 30, 2019
A cancer-friendly budget Pakistanis have the distinction of smoking over 65 billion cigarettes in a year. A cigarette consists of various toxic chemicals such as […]
March 30, 2019
Why the results will not be any different. Few nations in the world have suffered and continue to suffer as much savagery and […]
March 30, 2019
Who will plead for Subhan Irfan? The News 12 Jan 2017 https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/178505-Stray-bullets Seven-year old Subhan Irfan did not live to see the dawn of 2017. […]
March 30, 2019
When will we ever learn? That we did not have to lose the two soldiers in broad day light on one of the busiest […]