Re-election to UNHRC
In the middle of October this year, Pakistan was re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which works globally for the promotion and protection of human…
A Taj in our lives
Last week, I wrote my column on the demise of Dr Haroon Ahmed. This was its first sentence: “When someone you had known for ages passes away, you are left…
Bonding values
TIME flies, and we fail to realise that someone who had departed has been gone for over a year. Then an event shakes us out of our reverie to remind…
At the crossroads
THE girl never existed. The rape never happened. But thousands marched. Even the HRCP couldn’t find ‘forensic evidence and credible testimonies’ to back the allegations, but the damage had already…
Terror in Dukki
RECENTLY, a horrific incident of terror took place in the far-off district of Dukki in Balochistan, where 21 poor miners, mostly Pakhtuns, working in the coal mines, were mercilessly slaughtered by…
Police vs protesters
The Sindh Rawadari March held on October 13, 2024, was a landmark event, highlighting the refusal of the people of Sindh to accept any intolerant agenda that certain quarters have…
Stuck in the shadows
For the 14th consecutive year, Pakistan ranks as ‘Not Free’ on Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report, with greater internet outages and restrictions on the internet. The question…
Children in prisons
ON a cold morning in 1937, a remand home was inaugurated in Karachi under the Bombay Children Act, 1924. This remand home was later shifted to near Central Jail in…
Living statues
THE streets of Karachi are witnessing a new form of child exploitation: children performing as living statues. Children as young as six are covered in silver or gold paint from…
Time to stand with progressives
The shameful treatment meted out to the participants of the Rawadari March in Karachi on Sunday has severely damaged the democratic credentials of the PPP, which claims to champion human…
