The virus of illiteracy
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." This is a principle that never fails to prove true. However, this is a principle rarely followed by most in the less…
A time bomb of illiteracy
Undergoing a protracted politico-economic conflict with Islamabad, Balochistan is a ticking time bomb of multiple social disasters. With immense strategic importance, abundance of natural resources, an over 700km long coastline…
Anti-terror strategy
The specter of terrorism has once again risen and is haunting the citizens of Pakistan. The situation is further aggravated by the government's ineptness in handling the TTP threat. The…
The depositor’s interest
Inflation is at its highest ever level, a mix of a global commodity super cycle, a never ending series of bad policy decisions, and the inability to take any decisions.…
Runaway inequality
Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, already passing through the shocks and after-shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. Undoubtedly, the creation of the…
Pakistan still feels your loss
As December 27 approaches, we are filled with the same grief and hollowness that left us bereft 15 years ago. Mourning any loss doesn’t only occur in the moment, or…
A failing state
As a result of massive corruption, Pakistan today is virtually in a state of economic bankruptcy, although this has not been officially admitted. Banks have stopped opening letters of credit…
Shah Latif’s message of wisdom
“Learn to distinguish between the flickering light of a night lamp and the shining rays of the rising sun”. So said Shah Latif, the polymath poet of Sindh urging people…
The mirage of a messiah
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 image built on social media with…
A judicial legacy
Every chief justice of Pakistan has the opportunity to choose issues for engagement that will define the tenor of the Supreme Court with him as the pater familias. Some have…
