Governance Reforms
January 17, 2022
Nazim Jokhio, meltdown of justice and the Citizens’ demands. Nazim Jokhio is the first citizen of Pakistan to lay down his life to protect the endangered […]
January 30, 2022
Continued exploitation of janitors and security guards Imagine a country where its own national institutions collude and conspire to torture and enslave the very citizens for […]
February 20, 2022
Successive governments have promoted violence and militancy by legislating pro-gun laws. For the past two decades, Citizens Against Weapons, a citizens’ group, has been demanding that […]
March 6, 2022
Narrative One. (What we preach) a. That the Peshawar mosque blast was a huge tragedy, b. that we are deeply saddened, c. that may God give […]
March 13, 2022
The rise and fall of CPLC It was a brilliant initiative of Governor (Justice) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim to establish the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) in March 1990. […]
March 27, 2022
Eliminating Child Marriages On October 13, 2020, a 13-year-old Christian girl was kidnapped, forced to marry a 44-year-old man, made to convert to Islam and given […]
April 18, 2022
Child abuse — a ‘duty to report’ Millions of children are deliberately, unabashedly and publicly abused every day in Pakistan. They can be spotted begging on […]
April 30, 2022
Sinking in our own sewage – and the way out. In 1994 Istanbul was treating less than 15% of the sewage produced by its residents. By […]
May 1, 2022
A citizen’s appeal : In a deeply divisive and polarized political environment, charged with hatred and hostility, I along with many other citizens of Pakistan, feel […]
May 14, 2022
Pampering the rich, pulverising the poor A drug-like addiction to ‘foreign loans’ has buried Pakistan under a massive debt of $130 billion. Just the debt-servicing requires […]
May 17, 2022
Minister for Commerce, May 17, 2022 Block-A, 4th Floor, Pak Secretariat, Islamabad. Dear Sir, Urgent actions to eliminate import of all Luxury goods. As a citizen […]
May 20, 2022
How the rich and the powerful elite is responsible for destroying Pakistan, its economy and the lives of its ordinary citizens. This Asstt. Commissioner drives a […]
May 24, 2022
Sadly spotted at Sindh High Court on Monday, May 23, 2022 @ 11:45 am. This vehicle has indulged in all possible frauds that could be possibly […]
June 4, 2022
Austerity begins at home Pakistan is faced with a deeply disconcerting, polarised and hostile political situation. Hijacked by its own elite, it is on the brink of […]
June 17, 2022
Why are we poor? Imagine a country where laws are made to promote plunder of resources by the elite. Consider a real life case of the […]
July 5, 2022
Why is Pakistan poor? Consider BC Canada. The Premier, the ministers, the Mayors, the Members of Provincial and Federal Parliament and the bureaucrats have no official […]
July 7, 2022
Three critical child protection reforms The kidnap, marriage and sexual abuse of an underage girl Dua Zehra is a crime that leaves deep scars on the […]
July 16, 2022
Unlocking the doors to progress Three self-acquired ailments continue to impede Pakistan’s progress and prosperity. A very high ‘TFR’ or the Total Fertility Rate, failure […]
August 23, 2022
Justice for sanitation workers It is ironic that even after 75 years of independence, we are unwilling to stand up for millions of sanitation workers across […]
September 10, 2022
History will remember for a long time, how when 35 million people of an insolvent nation were drowning in floods, when it was hanging by the […]