Empowering youth beyond rhetoric
That Pakistan has a huge youth bulge with over 60 per cent of the population being under 30 years of age is an oft-quoted fact. However, the disparities among youth…
Empowering our culture
The 21st century has witnessed a paradigm shift in almost every sector. including education. Previously, education was all about gaining knowledge of a specific subject or enrolling in career-oriented courses.…
Empowering women
Recent events of violence against women have triggered a debate in Pakistan, where women’s clothes and religion have taken centre stage and have taken the shape of liberal vs conservative…
Empowering themselves
THE goal of course was never to save Afghan women. Everyone in Afghanistan and the surrounding region knew this. But the superpower was in a bloodthirsty mood, the tragedy of…
Empowering women
Gender equality is considered a vital factor in determining the overall wellbeing and growth of a nation, country and a society. Gender equality is when people of all genders have…
Games some people play
Although electioneering season has not been officially or formally declared open, the political landscape increasingly resembles a period leading up to next year's scheduled general elections. Political rallies, engineered hastily…
Clean Green Pakistan: A people’s movement
The Clean Green Pakistan is a people's movement and it is driven as everyone's responsibility with a focus on behavioral change to create a safe and sustainable environment for all…
Empowering the local
The constitution of Pakistan stipulates a three-tier system of governance with a pivotal role for local governments in conformity with the cardinal principle of empowerment of the people and delivery…
Empowering whom?
The PTI government in Punjab has introduced a new local government system in the province. The Punjab Local Government Act 2019 has replaced the Local Government Act 2013. The Punjab…
Investing in people
In the past couple of weeks, two very prominent individuals – former finance minister, Dr Miftah Ismail, and the former dean of humanities and social sciences at LUMS, Dr Anjum…
