Reinvigorating domestic demand
Economic and financial stability in Asia is critical as we embark on the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - a universal and ambitious blueprint that expands the horizons of…
Brazil autoworkers fearful of future amid sales slump
Manuel Domingos constantly fears being placed on mandatory leave, like thousands of fellow workers at an auto factory outside Sao Paulo, proof of the major downturn in Brazil's once powerful…
Hidden workers
In the morning hours when you leave for office you find women, young and middle-aged, sitting in groups at the edges of the streets of several localities in Karachi —…
Invisible little workers
June 12 was Day against Child Labour. It is a shame that we still have to observe such a day. But we must if we have to make our society…
The real promise of the Saudi pact
On September 17, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a strategic defence pact. While most commentary has centred on military cooperation, the more urgent question is whether this moment can also…
No empathy, compassion, and support for Karachi
When heavy rains fall on Karachi and ruthlessly destroy infrastructure, severely damage homes, goods, and vehicles, and callously disrupt activities, then voices are raised once again against the insensitive neglect…
The maleficent
Empathy and compassion are human defining attributes yet no other living being remains ever-seduced by the primal urge of enslaving one of its own. We are fortunate indeed to have…
Modern-day slavery
Behind the manicured lawns of Pakistan’s elite housing societies and the gleam of luxury sedans lies a brutal, often invisible truth: modern-day slavery. Domestic workers, security guards, drivers and daily…
A happier childhood for all
How protected, happy and most importantly ‘wholesome’ are all our children’s lives? With an estimated 107, 662, 243 children under the age of 18 in Pakistan (Unicef, 2023) the question…
Triumph not torture
WHEN I landed in Manila in 2017 for a holiday, I was greeted by signs at the airport welcoming ‘Bagong Bayani’, a term coined by President Corazon Aquino in 1988…
