Governance Reforms

August 15, 2021

From CDA Janitors to the President of Pakistan

Honourable Dr. Arif Alvii, President of Pakistan, 14th August 2021 A very happy 74th Independence Day. Dear Sir, If you could kindly order the Capital Development Authority of the Capital […]
August 23, 2021

Human rights begin at home

Human rights begin at home. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2316613/human-rights-begin-at-home Like a stylus stuck in a repetitive loop, the loudest demand for ‘human rights in Afghanistan’ comes from those who […]
September 5, 2021

Our locked escape routes

Our locked Escape Routes  https://tribune.com.pk/story/2318629/locked-escape-routes  Must the doors of escape routes be locked from outside and remain closed forever for the trapped factory workers of Pakistan? […]
September 17, 2021

An open letter to CM Sindh

Dear Mr. Murad Ali Shah, Deeply appreciate your generous allocation of Rs.40 million for air ambulance and treatment abroad for Mr. Umar Sharif. While we all […]
September 25, 2021

Minimum wages for CDA contracted janitors

Happy to confirm after interviews with the contracted janitors of CDA Islamabad that their salary has been raised to Rs 20,000 pm . For the 1400 […]
September 28, 2021

Quarantined in Hell

Quarantined in Hell https://tribune.com.pk/story/2322074/quarantined-in-hell A fresh arrival, he was allocated a blissful cottage, tucked away in the suburbs of the eternal paradise. The intoxicating fragrance from […]
October 2, 2021

An appeal to the Lord – from the wretched of this earth

An appeal to the Lord, Dear Lord, Since our numerous letters and appeals to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary Sindh, Ministers for Labour and Local […]
October 3, 2021

How not to collect tax

How not to collect tax  By its inability to collect taxes, FBR single-handedly acts as the biggest roadblock to Pakistan’s progress. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2323007/how-not-to-collect-tax Any country where less […]
October 7, 2021

An appeal to the Chief Justice

Mr. Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Honorable Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan   Your Honour, An Appeal for  Suo Moto notice on the cruel and inhuman working […]
October 7, 2021

An appeal to Sindh Human Rights Commission

Justice Retd. Majida Rizvi ,                    7 Oct. 2021 Chairperson, Sindh Human Rights Commission Room 407, Old KDA […]
October 12, 2021

FBR – Frozen in 18th century

Dear Dr. Ashfaq Ahmed Tunio, 11 Oct. 2021 Member (IT) FBR, Greetings and respects, I am grateful for your phone call and the e-mail message. Your […]
October 13, 2021

The plight of sanitary workers

The plight of sanitary workers We as citizens have been callous and insensitive towards the misery and cruelty  extended to thousands of  under-paid and exploited sanitary […]
October 14, 2021

The cruelty and inhumanity that we extend

  A Mirror of Our Cruelty and Inhumanity The unlawful wages and treatment extended to the  contracted or third party sanitary workers – is a direct  […]
October 17, 2021

Non-Muslims only

Non-Muslims only At 11 PM, in the night between 3rd and 4th October 2021, Faisal Masih and Nadeem Masih of Metropolitan Corporation Sargodha, suffocated to death in the […]
October 23, 2021

Our Plunder : Protect Ratio

Our Plunder – Protect ratio. Rafia Zakaria in her recent book “Against white feminism – notes on disruption,” describes a $400 million US aid program to […]
November 11, 2021

Heal your hospital before you heal your patients

Dr, Shahid Rasul, Director, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi (JPMC)   Salam and Respects. Thank you for your response and request for help. The issue […]
November 13, 2021

TTP Talks : Does Pakistan know what it is getting into?

TTP talks  While eagerly extending its support and cordiality towards Afghanistan, should Pakistan not take a more measured and long term view of the relations between […]
December 2, 2021

Bribe at every intersection

Dear IG Police Sindh, I apologise for writing to you second time this week. The last letter was out of a deep sense of regret at […]
January 1, 2022

Manufacturing poverty

Manufacturing Poverty https://tribune.com.pk/story/2335495/manufacturing-poverty Poverty is neither ordained nor an in-built characteristic of nature. It is an artificially and cruelly fabricated curse to enable the rich to […]
January 10, 2022

FBR’s criminal collusion with the rich and powerful

DR. MUHAMMAD ASHFAQ AHMED CHAIRMAN FBR, FBR House, Opp. Supreme Court of Pakistan, Constitution Avenue, G-5, Islamabad. Dear Sir, Request for information under Federal Right for […]