Citizens’ Rights

March 26, 2019

CAA Secy Civil Aviation Janitors

  Federal Secretary Aviation                                                                       6 Feb. 2019 Aviation Division, Cabinet Secretariat. PIA Building 2nd Floor, Blue Area, Islamabad, Ph: 051- 9244249-9244140,  9244423   Dear Sir,      […]
March 26, 2019

Displaced vs well placed

  The displaced vs the well placed people of Pakistan “The twins were born as the mother desperately struggled with the pangs of pain, the sound […]
March 26, 2019

Garbage collection and foreign loans

  Our dependency syndrome In 2016, a   Chinese company was awarded a contract for garbage collection in the districts South and East of Karachi at the […]
March 26, 2019

Governor State Bank

June 11, 2006 Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dear Governor,   Is a citizen’s  Faith and  Fiqah any concern of a Bank ?   Thank you […]
March 26, 2019

Jinnah and the janitors

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Mukhtar Mai

  Pressure to drop the charges   Seven years down the road Mukhtar Mai  continues to suffer the agony and trauma inflicted upon her by the  […]
March 26, 2019

National Saving Organisation

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Endpiece Of Faith, Fiqh And Banks

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’ […]
March 26, 2019

Ordinary 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, […]
March 26, 2019

Patronage  of  Rape

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Police Desrve Respect And Protection

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Promoting A Culture Of Tax Evasion

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Relief For Ordinary Citizens

Relief for ordinary citizens   Have you ever seen an MNA or a minister, merrily engaged  in responding to the call of nature (big or small), […]
March 26, 2019

Sanitary Posts For Non Muslims

   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 […]
March 26, 2019

Seven Minutes With A Swindler

Seven minutes with a swindler   I saw him coming towards me as I stopped my car at the traffic light. It was 2.30pm on Wednesday, […]
March 26, 2019

Seven Minutes With The Saint

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 […]
March 26, 2019

Stop Kissing Hands And Touching Feet

Stop kissing hands and touching feet   Good lawyers are often judged by their  stance  when they run out of  truth as well as legal arguments […]
March 26, 2019

The Diary Of Counting The Dead

  The diary of counting the dead 14th August 2009:  I decided not to celebrate the 14th August this year, to record my personal grief, shame […]
March 26, 2019

Unfair Treatment

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 […]
April 1, 2019

Hazards at work

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 […]