Education emergency: a social X-ray
THE prime minister recently declared an education emergency, a much-needed and welcome call to action. Our education system is in critical condition and experts must now step forward to revive it.…
A social democratic, green, mission-oriented budget
In contrast to the usual approach to a budget discourse based on ideas around raising taxes, and expenditure allocations with slight hints of expanding the tax base, and having progressivity,…
Towards a new eco-social contract
At the recent UNFPA Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference, I had the honour of moderating a panel discussion on demographic diversity. The panel discussion delved into the complexities of developing new business…
Education and social justice
In the 9/11 commission report it was recommended that Pakistan should be given more financial support in order to improve its education sector. There was a concern that madressahs were…
How to define socialism
In our contemporary global society, socialism has become a cliché that denotes a vast array of political approaches and ideologies that purportedly defy the political, economic and cultural status quo.…
Speedy injustice
Over the years, the state in Pakistan has surrendered some of its key functions to the private sector. Education, health and housing instantly spring to the mind as examples of…
Economic consequences of injustice(s)
Some of my friends have laid great store on the local councils and their view has been that everything will become excellent once they are in position. Well the truth…
The injustice of inequality
A defining feature of Pakistan’s economy and society is the inequality of income and productive assets. The resultant inequality of opportunity is an as yet unrecognized form of injustice. It…
Economic injustices and their consequences
Vision as the sense of sight is to be roundly disparaged in recent years particularly by those dismayed by modernity. Mounting social injustices and intensifying disarray within Pakistan should have…
Economic injustice
The Baloch are feeling hard done by and are angry. The causes of their protest, if not distress, are historical and deeprooted; their significance should not be trivialised by arguing…
