The road to zero
As the global community observes the World Immunization Week, beginning April 24, for many it is time to reflect on the health of children and how far humanity has been…
The new chorus: democracy in danger
Ever since the Panama leaks engulfed the Sharifs earnest souls, in various stages of excitement, are bemoaning the threat to democracy. The way they are formulating their anxiety, they seem…
Urban poverty
When I first arrived in Pakistan in 1990, there were 120 million people. The population in urban areas was 33m. When I returned five months ago, there were 70 to…
Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline Ruffles Feathers At Eu Summit
It was nowhere to be found on the agenda, its name carefully excised from the summit statement and barely uttered by the European Union's top politicians. Nord Stream 2 was…
Development deficit
The recent annual Human Development Report places Pakistan in the low human development category Human Development Report is a barometer of the state of human development in different countries of…
Russia-Germany gas pipeline ruffles feathers at EU summit
It was nowhere to be found on the agenda, its name carefully excised from the summit statement and barely uttered by the European Union's top politicians. Nord Stream 2 was…
Next UNSG
After hundreds of questions were posed to nine candidates vying for the role of United Nations Secretary-General this week, a lasting question remains; will the UN’s new leader stand for…
Living with crooks
I have always told my yearly class at the National Defence University that international finance is one of the destabilising elements for developing nations. To be honest, unaware of the…
Labour’s slow pace
Since the 1980s, and until recently, rapid globalisation — driven in part by the unprecedented pace of technological change, especially in information and communications technologies (ICT) — has allowed several…
Policing Sindh
The appointment of a new police chief in Sindh last month provides an opportunity to examine the challenges of law-enforcement the province faces. In order to address the situation, the…
