Jinnah and the janitors Sleeps here, in his monumental final resting place, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s founder, first Governor General, a distinguished lawyer, an eminent politician […]
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 […]
The News Endpiece Of faith, fiqh and banks Naeem Sadiq Pakistan is perhaps the only country in the world where banks also assume responsibility for citizens’ […]
Ordinary citizens To hell with environmental assessments and impacts. The rich and the powerful urgently need more exclusive and posh housing locations, millennium malls, […]
Patronage of Rape Pakistan’s bravest woman finally lost the battle that she single-handedly fought with the rest of Pakistan. Eight years and 10 months down […]
Police deserve respect and protection At approximately 5:30pm, on Saturday the 2nd March, at the Gizri Boulevard and Gizri Avenue intersection, a reddish maroon Suzuki […]
Promoting a culture of tax evasion Only in Pakistan can an individual who never pays any income tax, now buy property and vehicles worth millions of […]
Sanitary posts for Non-Muslims? As a citizen, I wish to protest against a recent newspaper ad by the Sindh Institute of Ophthalmology Hyderabad that specifies […]
Seven minutes with the Saint Through the narrow, winding and crowded streets of Mithadar, fascinated by the colours and smells of the wholesale market, we […]
Unfair Treatment Naeem Sadiq The News Sept.03, 2012 Two self-inflicted anxieties dominate the psyche of men and women of Pakistan. The perception amongst its women […]
LAST month, the tragic death of six workers at an under-construction site in Karachi raised alarm bells about the prevalence of inhumane labour practices in the […]