Citizens’ Rights

June 4, 2020

Letter to Sindh Governor

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 […]
June 4, 2020

Sindh: Vehicle Tax

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 […]
June 5, 2020

Reform or Resign

Ms. Shireen Mazari                 June 5, 2020 Minister of Human Rights. Reform or Resign Greetings.   As the Minister […]
June 12, 2020

A bird released from a cage

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 […]
June 22, 2020

How not to amend a law

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 […]
June 23, 2020

A citizen requests Chief Justice for Suo Motu notice

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 […]
June 28, 2020

Why is Pakistan so digitally behind times?

Dear Tania Aidrus Salam The people of Pakistan live in a stone age of digital services.  Thus your assuming this task is a huge source of […]
June 30, 2020

Why should the Federal IT Ministry not be shut down?

Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqi Federal Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, Salam The people of Pakistan live in a stone age of digital services.  One can only […]
July 5, 2020

Land of Guns

Land of Guns – where Symptoms are more important than the Causes   This is the story of C, an imaginary police force of an imaginary […]
July 7, 2020

Why Railway accidents will keep on happening

 Seventy six people died in a single train accident in Pakistan on October 31, 2019. This is about the same number of fatalities that occurred in […]
July 13, 2020

Fighting a losing battle

The rapid growth in population makes Pakistan fight a losing battle in its efforts to break the cycle of poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy. We failed […]
July 13, 2020

Citizens demand an end to the moon sighting committee.

For millions of years, stars and planets have followed their well-defined orbits and trajectories in space, uninterrupted by the quality of our beliefs or our knowledge […]
July 14, 2020

Four simple questions from Pakistan Railway

Mr. Habib ur Rehman Gilani                              14 July 2020 Secretary/Chairman Railways 4th Floor, D Block Pak. […]
July 24, 2020

Questions from the Child Ptotection Departments

The following questions were asked under the Right to Information,  from the Child Protection Departments of Punjab, KPK, Sindh and Balochistan. Note: Perhaps the National Commission […]
July 29, 2020

Bills that divide

Since 1947, we have been passing one bill after another to ‘Protect’ Islam without ever bothering to follow its spirit in terms of tolerance, equality and […]
August 1, 2020

A ‘ Thank you’ Letter

A ‘Thank You’ letter.    Dear Bill and Melinda, Thank you for your philanthropic support to many global causes and events. I did not realize the […]
August 11, 2020

A breath of fresh air

It is with humility and gratitude, that I confirm, after interviewing a number of CBC contracted  janitors this morning  that their salary has been raised from […]
August 25, 2020

RTI helps Pakistan’s most exploited workers

Only after a few days, of Cantt Board Clifton raising the salary of its exploited under paid janitors from Rs 12,000 to Rs.17500, we now have […]
August 26, 2020

Lessons from Turkey

​Lessons from Turkey   Past glory can be  a great opiate. Loved by Pakistanis, many otherwise excellent Turkish TV serials provide a fair amount of this substance.  […]
September 4, 2020

Religiously discriminated

A Sindh Government ad from the Office of Electric Inspector, Karachi, appearing in the newspapers of 2nd September 2020 requires that only non-Muslims can apply for […]