Dignity in work
Today, the people of Japan are celebrating Labour Thanksgiving Day. The annual national holiday is dedicated to the positive contributions of workers and production staff for Japan’s betterment. Historically, the…
Lost individuals
Artist and Empire: Facing Britain’s Imperial Past, a provocative exhibition on imperial-era art recently closed at London’s Tate Britain. The exhibit brought together work by colonisers and the colonised and…
Value of human dignity
Human dignity has been one of the central themes in Islamic teachings. Islam has given a distinct position to humanity by viewing humans as the noblest of creatures and man…
Wretched of the earth
IN his seminal work, The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon paints a dismal picture of the Manichean world of colonial Algeria. In the suburbs, large boulevards run through neighbourhoods,…
Asia-Pacific takes stock of ambitious development targets
Ministers and senior policymakers across Asia and the Pacific are gathered in Bangkok this week to focus on population dynamics at a crucial time for the region. Their goal: to…
Perils of presidential dreams
Pakistan appears to be poised on a knife-edge forever. If it is not under martial law, it is under the yoke of a president who drives the cart recklessly. If…
How to fix Karachi
Everyone wants a better Karachi. How? The easy answer, so commonly cited, is the refrain of “local government”. If only Karachi had local government! Of course, the reality is that…
US spies elevate China rivalry to war of ideologies
In a move that could harden Washington's posture toward Beijing for years, the US intelligence community has characterized relations with China as a global ideological showdown that will not be…
Muckraking as accountability
Something strange has happened in Pakistan over the last few years. We have started to view muckraking as accountability and cathartic judicial structures as justice. Can publicly naming and shaming…
What judicial reforms?
Pakistan’s judicial system is mired with inefficiencies, delays and lack of access to justice. Over the years, these issues have undermined public trust and hindered the effective delivery of justice.…
