Targeted killing of Hazaras
IT’S very hard to find a single household of the Hazara community in Quetta that has not been victimised by targeted killing. It is a caged community, owing to their…
Spectre of targeted killings
Two-Year-OLD Zala, cradled in her uncle’s arms and chewing gum, was completely unaware that she was participating in the funeral procession of her father. She had no idea of the…
Targeted killings
Targeted killing has come to be seen as driven by sectarian, ethnic or terrorist motives. In Karachi targeted killings are pushing certain groups towards isolation. Since January 2010, on average…
Upskilling teachers
FOR decades after independence, schools in Pakistan ‘imported’ education in the form of skilled and experienced teachers from other countries. It was not just the privileged schools but, across the…
Killing cancer
FIRST, the bad news: not only are more and more people getting cancer, the average age of those developing cancer is also getting lower. That latter fact has been quantified…
Nijjar’s killing
The year 2023 has witnessed an historic low in the diplomatic relations between Canada and India. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusation of the Indian government’s involvement in the fatal…
Killing fields
Authoritarianism breeds violence, and revels in its use as a weapon of fear, division, and terror. The Republican Party in its white supremacy incarnation now holds firm to an absolutist…
Killing field
WELL before he plucked up the courage to timorously call for a ceasefire, Joe Biden has been echoing the mantra recited by a long line of his predecessors: Israel has…
Upskilling youth
OUR present and the future have been fluidly reshaped by Covid-19 that has caused significant shock to vulnerable and underserved populations. For many, the impact is widespread and huge. In…
The easy target
“His worst fault is, that he is given to prayer” — (Shakespeare) IN times of a pandemic, it is hard to imagine that a prayer can dominate the national conversation…
