Environmental Issues
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 […]
December 29, 2019
Sovereignty vs. electric cables In a small village in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan, the residents chose to live without electricity for many years because installing an […]
January 24, 2020
A janitor writes a letter of gratitude to the residents of DHA and Clifton. Sir, I am a Cantonment Board Clifton’s contracted janitor. I […]
March 18, 2020
A letter from the aggrieved and the endangered. Dear Curse Corona, On behalf of the Markhor Association of Northern Areas, the Migratory Society of Houbara Bustards, […]
March 26, 2020
Kheaban e Jabal – 1 of 4 A mountain of contradictions. Tariq Bin Ziyad neither conquered nor resided on this Kheaban e Jabal. The name “Jabal” […]
April 5, 2020
Post Covid-19 Pakistan Three key obstacles ought to be addressed for Pakistan to end its endless journey of poverty, inequality and mis-governance. To limit its ‘bursting […]
April 23, 2020
Fearvid-19 No wonder, Pakistan’s Houbara Bustards, Markhors and Siberian Cranes are euphoric with relief and joy. Those who mercilessly massacred them with ferocious falcons and long […]
May 15, 2020
Does Pakistan have a realization that many of the institutional structures that we rely upon were developed for colonial conveniences and have been obsolete for a […]
July 13, 2020
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
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 29, 2020
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. Dear Bill and Melinda, Thank you for your philanthropic support to many global causes and events. I did not realize the […]
August 11, 2020
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
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 […]
September 4, 2020
Cantonment Executive Officer, CBC CC-38, Street No.13, Kh-e-Rahat, Phase-VI, DHA, Karachi. Phone: +92-21-35847831-2, Dear Sir, Request for Information under Article 19A of the Constitution […]
September 4, 2020
Cantonment Executive Officer, Cantonment Board Clifton CC-38, Street No.13, Kh-e-Rahat, Phase-VI, DHA, Karachi. Phone: +92-21-35847831-2, Dear Sir, Request for Information under Article 19A of […]
September 5, 2020
H2O – the ultimate leveler. Connected with covalent bonds of one Oxygen and two Hydrogen atoms, I am a typically colorless, tasteless, odorless and harmless fluid. […]
September 8, 2020
This is absolutely amazing. Another 1000 contracted janitors, being paid illegal wages of Rs.13000 pm can ‘begin to breathe’ a bit more easily. The latest is […]