Issue
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 A dysfunctional bureaucracy with its outdated processes and attitudes has kept this country some 200 years behind the rest […]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 […]
March 30, 2019
Default by Design With the demise of Rs.320 million water fountain, built at the tax payers’ expense, an important chapter of corruption, mismanagement and irrelevance comes […]
March 30, 2019
Not the business of the state — 2 By Ardeshir Cowasjee Sunday, 23 Aug, 2009 | 09:51 AM PST DAWN On Aug 18, a letter from […]
March 30, 2019
Request to Sindh High Court for a suo moto notice This is a pro bono appeal to the Hon’able Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court […]
March 30, 2019
The displaced vs the well placed people of Pakistan “The twins were born as the mother desperately struggled with the pangs of pain, the sound of […]
March 30, 2019
Donor driven reforms The fate of reforms and projects can often be predicted by how they are described in the newspaper ads. Obscure jargon such as […]