Pakistan is caught in the vortex of multiple crises: economic, political, governance and institutional. The political discourse has become...
It is surprising – or maybe not so surprising – that with so much discussion, debate and talk about the constitution by politicians, media and...
The country’s economic situation is deteriorating rapidly, and the only solution we hear is to go to either the IMF or friendly countries for...
Imran Khan entered the political arena with his squeaky-clean image with the stated goal of making Pakistan a squeaky-clean country. But this was an...
The economy is a way of creating and distributing wealth and opportunities and is closely linked with the wellbeing of the people. The system of how...
The worst floods in the history of Pakistan have taken more than one thousand lives and displaced millions. Most of the victims are poor and...
The most effective way to keep the weaker segments of society is to keep them powerless. For this the stronger segments have devised various ways to...
Recent events of violence against women have triggered a debate in Pakistan, where women’s clothes and religion have taken centre stage and have...
The world is focused on the mismanaged withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, the cowardly exit of Ashraf Ghani and the swift takeover by the Afghan...
Inequality has become a buzz word in development circles as even rich countries are not exempt from it. However, in Pakistan it has taken another...
Electoral reforms are needed, like PM Imran Khan says, but what kind of reforms do we need? The prime minister wants to focus on technical issues....
Almost every aspect of the recent deadly heatwave in Karachi has been discussed in the media. Causes of this calamity: climate change, heat bubble,...
Child labour is a blatant violation of human rights. The International Day Against Child Labour – falling on June 12 – was started by the ILO to...
Labour Day is commemorated on May 1 in honour of the martyrs of the Hay Market massacre in Chicago in 1886, who gave their lives fighting for...
Education is a basic human right – like food, healthcare, shelter and many other necessities of life. The concept of social contract was promoted...
On March 26, 1911, a New York Times headline announced a disaster, “141 men and girls die in shirtwaist factory fire; trapped high up in...
