Neglected region
AFTER weeks of peaceful protests and sit-ins across Gilgit-Baltistan, two major demands of the demonstrators were finally accepted. The Pakistan government reluctantly restored the wheat subsidy and suspended the infamous…
Ruling class normal
PAKISTAN is on fire, and not in a good way. Interrelated demographic, ecological and economic crises are escalating. The incoming government owes its ‘success’ to the establishment and is considered…
Pakistan’s dual crisis: conflict and climate
Pakistan, a country historically embroiled in geopolitical conflicts, is now grappling with an even more complex challenge—one that is as natural as it is political. The latest World Risk Report, published…
A silent struggle
On one side of the world, millions of people are fighting to survive, to live another day, to celebrate life. In stark contrast, there are those who voluntarily deprive themselves…
An ugly crime
I STILL remember how suffocated I felt, and how my heart broke while reading the story of the 10-year-old IDP girl who was kidnapped and gang-raped just after her family…
Save our snow
THE first Inter-Polar conference held in Kathmandu from Sept 6-8, organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the University of Lapland, Finland, marks a milestone moment…
Military’s constitutional role
WHILE expressing his innocent wonder over why our armed forces are “often made the subject of criticism”, Gen Bajwa, our former army chief, recently conceded that this may just have something to…
Gender and disaster
PAKISTAN is undergoing the worst of catastrophes due to unprecedented monsoon rains and the ensuing floods. The exact losses and damage to crops, homes, livelihoods and animals cannot be ascertained…
Alliance for change
We face many paths to doom today — both economic and security-related — but only a few paths to avoid it. But the state doesn’t adopt these paths as they…
Refugee dilemma
THE detention of nearly 1,200 Afghan nationals, including 178 children, has received much media attention and generated bad press for the Sindh government. It has also brought in its wake…
