2022
August 23, 2022
Justice for sanitation workers It is ironic that even after 75 years of independence, we are unwilling to stand up for millions of sanitation workers across […]
July 16, 2022
Unlocking the doors to progress Three self-acquired ailments continue to impede Pakistan’s progress and prosperity. A very high ‘TFR’ or the Total Fertility Rate, failure […]
July 7, 2022
Three critical child protection reforms The kidnap, marriage and sexual abuse of an underage girl Dua Zehra is a crime that leaves deep scars on the […]
July 5, 2022
Why is Pakistan poor? Consider BC Canada. The Premier, the ministers, the Mayors, the Members of Provincial and Federal Parliament and the bureaucrats have no official […]
June 17, 2022
Why are we poor? Imagine a country where laws are made to promote plunder of resources by the elite. Consider a real life case of the […]
June 4, 2022
Austerity begins at home Pakistan is faced with a deeply disconcerting, polarised and hostile political situation. Hijacked by its own elite, it is on the brink of […]
May 24, 2022
Sadly spotted at Sindh High Court on Monday, May 23, 2022 @ 11:45 am. This vehicle has indulged in all possible frauds that could be possibly […]
May 20, 2022
How the rich and the powerful elite is responsible for destroying Pakistan, its economy and the lives of its ordinary citizens. This Asstt. Commissioner drives a […]
May 17, 2022
Minister for Commerce, May 17, 2022 Block-A, 4th Floor, Pak Secretariat, Islamabad. Dear Sir, Urgent actions to eliminate import of all Luxury goods. As a citizen […]
May 14, 2022
Pampering the rich, pulverising the poor A drug-like addiction to ‘foreign loans’ has buried Pakistan under a massive debt of $130 billion. Just the debt-servicing requires […]
May 1, 2022
A citizen’s appeal : In a deeply divisive and polarized political environment, charged with hatred and hostility, I along with many other citizens of Pakistan, feel […]
April 30, 2022
Sinking in our own sewage – and the way out. In 1994 Istanbul was treating less than 15% of the sewage produced by its residents. By […]
April 18, 2022
Child abuse — a ‘duty to report’ Millions of children are deliberately, unabashedly and publicly abused every day in Pakistan. They can be spotted begging on […]
March 27, 2022
Eliminating Child Marriages On October 13, 2020, a 13-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped, forced to marry a 44-year-old man, made to convert to Islam and given […]
March 13, 2022
The rise and fall of CPLC It was a brilliant initiative of Governor (Justice) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim to establish the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) in March 1990. […]
March 6, 2022
Narrative One. (What we preach) a. That the Peshawar mosque blast was a huge tragedy, b. that we are deeply saddened, c. that may God give […]
February 20, 2022
Successive governments have promoted violence and militancy by legislating pro-gun laws. For the past two decades, Citizens Against Weapons, a citizens’ group, has been demanding that […]
January 30, 2022
Continued exploitation of janitors and security guards Imagine a country where its own national institutions collude and conspire to torture and enslave the very citizens for […]
January 17, 2022
Nazim Jokhio, meltdown of justice and the Citizens’ demands. Nazim Jokhio is the first citizen of Pakistan to lay down his life to protect the endangered […]
January 10, 2022
DR. MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ AHMED CHAIRMAN FBR, FBR House, Opp. Supreme Court of Pakistan, Constitution Avenue, G-5, Islamabad. Dear Sir, Request for information under Federal Right for […]