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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]