June 28, 2020

Why is Pakistan so digitally behind times?

Dear Tania Aidrus Salam The people of Pakistan live in a stone age of digital services.  Thus your assuming this task is a huge source of […]
June 23, 2020

A citizen requests Chief Justice for Suo Motu notice

Mr.Justice Gulzar Ahmed                                                         24 June 2020 Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan, Constitution Avenue, G-5/2 Islamabad, +92 5192 20 581-600 Request for Suo […]
June 22, 2020

How not to amend a law

How not to amend a law Naeem Sadiq Express tribune June 20, 2020 https://tribune.com.pk/story/2246297/6-not-amend-law/ The proposed amendment to the Employment of Children Act 1991 would be […]
June 12, 2020

A bird released from a cage

A bird released from a cage When little eight-year-old Zohra mistakenly pressed the latch, she not just freed the caged bird but also liberated her own […]
June 5, 2020

Reform or Resign

Ms. Shireen Mazari                 June 5, 2020 Minister of Human Rights. Reform or Resign Greetings.   As the Minister […]
June 4, 2020

Sindh: Vehicle Tax

SOME 10 years ago, the newspapers of July 24, 2010, reported the following announcement of the Sindh government: “the Sindh excise and taxation department is introducing […]
June 4, 2020

Letter to Sindh Governor

Dear Governor Ismail, Salam and Greetings. I hope you have fully recovered from the recent sickness and are keeping yourself safe. Now that you are free […]
May 19, 2020

Esso Peas

Esso Peas    Pakistanis  and peas go back a long way.  Earliest archaeological finds confirm that peas  were popular  with the people of Harappan civilization some […]
May 15, 2020

Family Tensions

Imagine you are a retired employee of the Government of Pakistan and planning to “rest in peace” any time soon. It may be appropriate for you […]
May 15, 2020

Pakistan must realise

Does Pakistan have a realization that many of the institutional structures that we rely upon were developed for colonial conveniences and have been obsolete for a […]
May 3, 2020

CPLC-Sindh Police Zainab Alert App

  Mr. Zubair Habib                                                                 3nd May 2020 Chief, Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Sindh Governor House, Karachi   Dear Zubair Habib,   Developing Zainab Alert App […]
April 27, 2020

Do away with the Ruet e Hilal Committee

Do away with the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee When and where a moon will be sighted or not, is entirely an issue of its orbit, trajectory, mass and […]
April 24, 2020

National Savings Organisation

National Savings Organisation If you feel offended by words like Auschwitz, Gulag and Guantanamo, you must be respected for your sensitivity to mistreatment. Not many, however, […]
April 23, 2020

Fearvid-19, the new strain

Fearvid-19 No wonder, Pakistan’s Houbara Bustards, Markhors and Siberian Cranes are euphoric with relief and joy. Those who mercilessly massacred them with ferocious falcons and long […]
April 5, 2020

Forvid-20

FORVID-20 Forvid-20 is an imaginary virus, a poor relative of its flamboyant and famous forerunner, the Covid-19. The two operate in tandem. One overtly with symptoms […]
April 5, 2020

Post Covid-19 Pakistan

Post Covid-19 Pakistan Three key obstacles ought to be addressed for Pakistan to end its endless journey of poverty, inequality and mis-governance.  To limit its ‘bursting […]
March 26, 2020

Kheaban e Jabal

Kheaban e Jabal – 1 of 4 A mountain of contradictions. Tariq Bin Ziyad neither conquered nor resided on this Kheaban e Jabal. The name “Jabal” […]
March 18, 2020

A letter from the aggrieved and the endangered

A letter from the aggrieved and the endangered. Dear Curse Corona, On behalf of the Markhor Association of Northern Areas, the Migratory Society of Houbara Bustards, […]
March 18, 2020

Can Covid-19 trigger Pakistan’s digital revolution

Can Corona trigger Pakistan’s digital revolution Pandemic diseases are known to have reshaped politics, influenced social structures, demolished entrenched racial and economic patterns and altered the […]
February 26, 2020

Where the money goes

IT has been a tumultuous month at the World Bank. The bank’s armies of analysts and economists routinely produce research on topics ranging from best practices […]