Issue

April 23, 2020

Fearvid-19, the new strain

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 […]
April 24, 2020

National Savings Organisation

National Savings Organisation If you feel offended by words like Auschwitz, Gulag and Guantanamo, you must be respected for your sensitivity to mistreatment. Not many, however, […]
April 27, 2020

Do away with the Ruet e Hilal Committee

Do away with the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee When and where a moon will be sighted or not, is entirely an issue of its orbit, trajectory, mass and […]
May 3, 2020

CPLC-Sindh Police Zainab Alert App

  Mr. Zubair Habib                                                                 3nd May 2020 Chief, Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Sindh Governor House, Karachi   Dear Zubair Habib,   Developing Zainab Alert App […]
May 15, 2020

Pakistan must realise

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 […]
May 15, 2020

Family Tensions

Imagine you are a retired employee of the Government of Pakistan and planning to “rest in peace” any time soon. It may be appropriate for you […]
May 19, 2020

Esso Peas

Esso Peas    Pakistanis  and peas go back a long way.  Earliest archaeological finds confirm that peas  were popular  with the people of Harappan civilization some […]
June 4, 2020

Letter to Sindh Governor

Dear Governor Ismail, Salam and Greetings. I hope you have fully recovered from the recent sickness and are keeping yourself safe. Now that you are free […]
June 4, 2020

Sindh: Vehicle Tax

SOME 10 years ago, the newspapers of July 24, 2010, reported the following announcement of the Sindh government: “the Sindh excise and taxation department is introducing […]
June 5, 2020

Reform or Resign

Ms. Shireen Mazari                 June 5, 2020 Minister of Human Rights. Reform or Resign Greetings.   As the Minister […]
June 12, 2020

A bird released from a cage

A bird released from a cage When little eight-year-old Zohra mistakenly pressed the latch, she not just freed the caged bird but also liberated her own […]
June 22, 2020

How not to amend a law

How not to amend a law Naeem Sadiq Express tribune June 20, 2020 https://tribune.com.pk/story/2246297/6-not-amend-law/ The proposed amendment to the Employment of Children Act 1991 would be […]
June 23, 2020

A citizen requests Chief Justice for Suo Motu notice

Mr.Justice Gulzar Ahmed                                                         24 June 2020 Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court of Pakistan, Constitution Avenue, G-5/2 Islamabad, +92 5192 20 581-600 Request for Suo […]
June 28, 2020

Why is Pakistan so digitally behind times?

Dear Tania Aidrus Salam The people of Pakistan live in a stone age of digital services.  Thus your assuming this task is a huge source of […]
June 30, 2020

Why should the Federal IT Ministry not be shut down?

Mr. Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqi Federal Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, Salam The people of Pakistan live in a stone age of digital services.  One can only […]
July 5, 2020

Land of Guns

Land of Guns – where Symptoms are more important than the Causes   This is the story of C, an imaginary police force of an imaginary […]
July 7, 2020

Why Railway accidents will keep on happening

 Seventy six people died in a single train accident in Pakistan on October 31, 2019. This is about the same number of fatalities that occurred in […]
July 13, 2020

Fighting a losing battle

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

Citizens demand an end to the moon sighting committee.

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 14, 2020

Four simple questions from Pakistan Railway

Mr. Habib ur Rehman Gilani                              14 July 2020 Secretary/Chairman Railways 4th Floor, D Block Pak. […]