The writer is a freelance columnist based in Lahore.
Country has a huge bureaucracy that needs a drastic reduction in its size given the struggling economy
PIA put up its worst performance at the end of last year when it cancelled around 80 local and international flights in a week because its fuel...
Pakistan has remained an underdeveloped country despite possessing many natural resources. That is mainly the fault of various governments that have...
They say democracy is the best form of government. We have tried all forms of governments but the country failed to progress the way some other...
As the general elections draw near and political activity builds up, social media, TV and the newspapers are abuzz with election-related news. Many...
Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Murtaza Solangi and caretaker Federal Minister for Privatisation, Fawad Hasan Fawad...
Our society essentially stands divided into three classes. The elite class comprises the top bureaucrats both civil and military, business tycoons...
Fleeting momentsThe waning influence of the United States as a superpower and mounting influence of China and Russia are giving rise to a new...
Iranian authorities recently deported 140 illegal Pakistani migrants. The picture of the hapless migrants squatting on their haunches has appeared...
Those who visit the Model Town Park to walk on the track or just sit there on benches to savour the loveliness of the surroundings know how...
Are the government departments in the country overstaffed? While the beneficiaries of overstaffing consider it a boon for themselves, taxpayers feel...
Politics have touched a feverish pitch in the last many months. Political developments and news, more than any other important subject, have...
The purpose of holding sports events is to provide entertainment to the public and encourage young people to indulge in physical activities....
Any episode that creates suspense and thrill quickly grabs public attention. People glue themselves to various types of news media to know what will...
The newspaper print industry is facing a rapid decline. This phenomenon is not restricted to a particular country; it’s being witnessed in many...
The UN General Assembly proclaimed the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 in March 2010. More than a decade has gone by since the...
Amid thundering crowds and glaring lights, US President-elect Joe Biden saluted his voters for electing him as the new occupant of the White House....
Whenever the peace talks to end the decades-old war in Afghanistan appear close to fruition, a terrorist act takes place to shatter any hope for a...
A strange sense of unease pervades the air. It is palpable on many faces. Most likely, it is linked with uncertainty about the future. Psychologists...
The government has decided to reform the bureaucracy. Far-reaching changes in the structure of bureaucracy would be incorporated to make it...
Some tragic incidents resulting in loss of precious human lives have become so common that they appear to be part of our everyday life and don’t...
The handshake between US Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad with the newly appointed head of Afghan negotiating team Abdul Hakim Haqqani in Qatar had hardly...
The South Punjab secretariat has been made functional. A list of senior bureaucrats has appeared in different newspapers.Politicians from south...
When an event reminds of another event that took place thousands of miles apart, it means that the two must have something in common. The recent...
The prime minister has announced the launch of the Rs5 trillion Ravi City project on the banks of the Ravi River. An area of 100,000 acres has been...
The cellphone has become part of everyone’s life. The little gadget appears so inextricably glued to everyone’s ear that it appears to form an...
The movement of people from backward areas to main cities has increased at an alarming level. As a result, large cities are expanding haphazardly...
The chief justice of the Supreme Court expressed his annoyance over the huge number of surplus employees in the Pakistan Railways. A few days ago,...
The dastardly act of a cop killing black American George Floyd has triggered angry protests in major cities of the US. The level of protests has...
In American parlance, pork-barrel projects are defined as appropriations yielding rich patronage benefits or winning votes. In our case, public...
One may not always agree with Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, but on moon-sighting he has been spot-on. He probably doesn’t...
The peace agreement between the US and the Taliban signed on February 29 went up in gun smoke sooner than expected. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani...
President Dr Arif Alvi recently attended a reception arranged by one of the country’s leading industrialists in Lahore. Lahore-based prominent...
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar surely doesn’t like unruly traffic on the roads. He recently ordered the relevant officials to take immediate steps...
The chief justice of the apex court termed Pakistan Railways as the most corrupt department in the country and summoned its minister, Sheikh Rashid...
Certain terms typically belong to our political arena and are not heard anywhere else. The ‘likeminded’ and the ‘forward bloc’ are the twin...
One of the most neglected social problems of our society is the inhuman treatment meted out to domestic assistants . In many cases, they are treated...
The assassination of the most popular Iranian commander Gen Qassem Soleimani by the US has sent shockwaves in Iran.It has equally angered...
Christmas and New Year celebrations in the Western world combine to make a carnival of its own kind. People push their worries behind and consider...
The storming of the PIC by lawyers has remained a hot topic since the despicable incident occurred. It has been debated on TV screens and has...
Once again, peace talks to end the apparently never-ending war in Afghanistan started in Doha. These talks have begun and broken off so often that...
The Punjab bureaucracy has been shuffled like a pack of cards. Adjectives entire, massive and major were used to overhaul the most important class...
When China’s top diplomat said at a G20 meeting that the United States is the biggest source of instability in the world, it was neither breaking...
Almost every government that comes into power repeats a familiar mantra that people do not pay taxes. That paying tax is the duty of every...
Whenever occupants of a sinking boat in high seas are rescued, quite a few among them turn out to be our compatriots. An increasing tendency to...
Some government civic organisations show much propensity for overdoing things that are not needed and overlooking what’s urgently needed....
Some events are so intriguing that you’re impelled to sit back and reflect on them. The news of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s...
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper landed unannounced in Kabul on October 21 to pick up the peace thread severed by President Trump on October 5. Peace...
Those who attended schools and colleges in the sixties and early seventies observe that the standard of our education has gone down over the years...
