Deadly tentacles of terrorism
The ghastly and cowardly attack of September 15, 2013 by Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) on Major General Sanaullah Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Tauseef Ahmad and Sepoy Irfan Sattar, has once again exposed hollowness…
Atrocities against women
The display of anger and outrage at the brutal rape of a small girl in Lahore will acquire meaning only if the public discourse is extended beyond demands for punishing…
Who are the Russians?
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian federation found itself facing the question of whether it was the successor and legitimate heir to the Soviet Union or to…
Beggars cannot be choosers
Since Ayub's era our rulers have developed addiction for large intakes of foreign loans, especially IMF bailouts - many call it death-blows. With every loan comes a host of conditions.…
A martyr to the cause of Reason
The assassination of Indian anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune is an ugly black mark on society. The forces of fanatical intolerance, superstition, irrationality and social reaction which killed Dabholkar…
Imperfect democracy
Holding parliamentary elections in about 60 days from a standing start, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) says that ‘local bodies’ polls cannot be held soon for various reasons. Informed…
Elusive quality schooling
The nostrum that the government should not be engaged in commercial activities like running PIA, Steel Mills, banks, etc is now generally accepted, even though government pervasiveness in several sectors…
Indian cancer patients find uncertain shelter on street
With just a patchwork of colourful plastic sheets to shield patients from the heavy monsoon rains, a Mumbai street acts as an unofficial ward to one of India's top cancer…
Learn from the Hungarians!
In our article 'Allying with tax evaders', Business Recorder, January 25, 2103, we mentioned that "while our government and parliamentarians during the last many years have been busy in extending…
Changing concept of security:a design perspective
The decline of "penal welfarism" is significant along with the shift from the change occurring in rehabilitative to punitive ideals in criminal justice politics. The end of a system of…
