Citizens’ Rights
April 2, 2019
CAA and minimum wages As members of “Citizens for Equal Rights”, we deeply appreciate the positive and early response of the CAA in raising the salaries […]
April 2, 2019
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 rate […]
April 2, 2019
Our militant elite As members of “Citizens for Equal Rights”, we advocate respect, dignity, protection and equal rights for all citizens, regardless of their economic or […]
April 10, 2019
Militants and extremists are of two kinds. Those who don turbans and brandish Kalashnikovs and those often termed as the elite, the powerful and the influential […]
April 12, 2019
Why the NAP may keep napping. On March 28, 2019, the government, perhaps for the nth time, declared its unshaken resolve and its foremost priority to […]
May 1, 2019
Protecting the weak and the vulnerable Is there a relationship between the way a society treats its animals and the attitude it shows towards its […]
May 17, 2019
Child protection, dog bites and us. Eight year old Rizwan from Shikarpur, was the 5th child to die in Karachi as a result of […]
August 10, 2019
Sindh vehicle woes https://tribune.com.pk/story/2032105/6-sindh-vehicle-woes/ Having bought and registered a new car two years back, I still drive with a temporary, stencilled, tin number plate. The Sindh […]
September 1, 2019
Can Pakistan make the ‘great escape’ One cannot continue to stand at crossroads for 72 years. There ought to be a time to settle down, to […]
September 24, 2019
Inspired by the necropolis of Chowkandi and Makli, The Sindh government has done well in creating an equally distinguished graveyard of Commissions and Authorities. These deceased […]
October 5, 2019
At 5:24 pm on 30th Sept. 2019, Pakistan’s population was 217,641,492. It would be a few hundred thousand more by the time this article appears in […]
October 13, 2019
Honourable Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Sept. 2019 Your Honour, Lifting ban on prohibited bore weapons for the ruling elite This […]
October 19, 2019
Syed Murad Ali Shah, 18 October 2019 Chief Minister Sindh Dear Sir, Appeal to resurrect dysfunctional and invisible Sindh Right to Information Commission and Sindh Public […]
October 19, 2019
Accountability and transparency are the two key pillars of democracy and good governance. Sadly, these two aspects have been hugely compromised by the absence and dysfunctionality […]
November 12, 2019
Polio, population and progress. In the early twenty-first century the train of progress is again pulling out of the station – and this will probably be […]
November 21, 2019
A day without a toilet The newspaper did not want to use the word ‘Toilet’, and changed the heading to ‘Hygiene for all’ https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/570846-hygiene-for-all Pakistan’s biggest […]
November 26, 2019
Right to know ACCOUNTABILITY and transparency are the two key pillars of democracy and good governance. Sadly, these two aspects have been hugely compromised by […]
December 6, 2019
SEARCH Ban on private armies, arms’ possession demanded Faiza IlyasDecember 05, 2019 Facebook Count422 Twitter Share 0 ACTIVIST Naeem Sadiq speaks at the presser organised […]
December 11, 2019
Of guns and private armies Naeem Sadiq December 11, 2019 https://tribune.com.pk/story/2115048/6-guns-private-armies/ A private army (or militia) is a military or paramilitary force consisting of […]
December 21, 2019
A tipping point for Pakistan Naeem Sadiq, The News, December 21, 2019, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/586245-tipping-point One must admit at the outset, that some of the most outstanding, upright […]