Redefining urban spaces
When Yaqub was ten years old, he shared a two-room house with his family of six. With limited space at home, much of his time was spent on the streets.…
A suffocated life
We have a graphic analysis of how political instability has taken a toll on human rights in the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), released on…
A time of ‘permacrisis’
These days of the year arouse mixed feelings. On the one hand, you are inclined to take stock of what has happened during the year that is ending. And this…
Real austerity: need of the hour
The policy of controlled imports is working as monthly import bill is down to $5 billion (on average) over the last two months. However, the desired objective to bring the…
Lockdown dilemma
We live in a guess world. It’s a health crisis and there is no scientific study to tell when the COVID spread is going to be over. In countries like…
No resolutions
IT is the usual way to begin the last column of a year that has dragged on, and that looks too much like the catastrophic year before it. At the…
How can we help promote culture of saving?
In the rigmarole of our daily lives, we usually forget the importance of savings and investing for the future. We are busy paying the due installments against our car, house,…
Weddings and Covid going hand in hand
WAVE after wave of the Covid pandemic is affecting life all over the world, including Pakistan. It is so paradoxical that the civilised world has put a number of restrictions…
Autism and Covid-19
THIS year, we are celebrating World Autism Awareness Day (April 2) during the Covid-19 pandemic which has changed our views on existentialism, social interaction and the planet’s future. On a…
Lessons from Covid
It is the worst of times, the season of darkness and the winter of despair. It is the ghastly world of disease and death. A time when an unknown enemy…
