Governance Reforms
March 30, 2019
A recipe for de-VIP-sation Naeem Sadiq Express Tribune October 2, 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/769774/a-recipe-for-de-vip-isation/ Some three years ago, I received an invitation from an NGO to attend […]
March 30, 2019
A recipe for peace It was indeed gracious on the part of Musharraf and Vajpayee to restrain their itching fingers from pressing […]
March 30, 2019
A tale of two tragedies On that fateful day of September 11, 2012, over 1000 workers joined their duty at Karachi’s Baldia garment factory – most […]
March 30, 2019
Accountability of Government Vehicles One must appreciate the forthrightness of the Sindh Government in making two important declarations in the Sindh Assembly. First that […]
March 30, 2019
An aircraft to fly away our daughters Will there now be another special aircraft to fly away the five year old Sumbal to Birmingham’s […]
March 30, 2019
An open letter to the Sindh Minister of Excise &Taxation This refers to a Government of Sindh advertisement that appeared in the newspapers on 20th July […]
March 30, 2019
The battle for Malala A brutal attack on an innocent little girl has finally nudged our sleepy collective conscience. Will this be the long awaited moment […]
March 30, 2019
Between death and starvation Naeem Sadiq The News 15 Sept 2012 People do not go to work to be blown into smithereens by ill-maintained boilers or […]
March 30, 2019
‘Bhuladia’ Factory Fire – What really failed? Naeem Sadiq The News, 29 Jan 2013 ‘Bhuladia’ is not the name of a factory. It is a sickness […]
March 30, 2019
Buried alive at Baba Kot Baba Kot, is a remote village 80 kilometers away from Usta Mohammad city of Jafferabad district. The Asian Human Rights Commission […]
March 30, 2019
Can the police and bureaucracy be reformed? Forty two persons lost their lives on the beaches of Karachi on 30 July 2014. There were no warning […]
March 30, 2019
Can the National Savings Organisation be reformed? A dysfunctional bureaucracy with its outdated processes and attitudes has kept this country some 200 years behind the rest […]
March 30, 2019
Can vehicle management be reformed in Sindh? While the Sindh Excise and Taxation (E&T) department might still be struggling to figure out an efficient mode of […]
March 30, 2019
Cars, crimes and driving licenses. 2015 will go down in history as a year in which the Sindh Police publicly declared that driving licenses were mandatory […]
March 30, 2019
Citizen Anonymous Reading a book, sipping coffee, sitting under a gazebo enjoying the soothing sunshine of a reluctantly receding winter in one of the many parks […]
March 30, 2019
Controlling lawless vehicles On 4th April 2016 a gun attack on a Police Mobile Van killed 3 persons in Karachi. The vehicle had all the trappings, […]
March 30, 2019
Crime and fake number plates Naeem Sadiq Express Tribune June 13, 2013 Imagine a country where ‘Jaali’ degrees, bogus votes, fake vehicle number plates, forged property […]
March 30, 2019
Hon’able Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudry Chief Justice of Pakistan and All Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Your Lordships, I as an ordinary […]
March 30, 2019
The CZ50 torture Although engaged in a fierce battle, competitors Mullah Fazlullah and the government of Pakistan offer the same kind of people-unfriendly packages. Both assume […]