World Bank pushing poverty eradication, education goals
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has a goal of "virtually ending" extreme poverty by 2030. "I have no doubt that the world could end extreme poverty within a generation,…
Should we be complacent?
The report prepared by Zeenat Hisam and Yasmin Qureshi on Religious minorities in Pakistan for the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (Piler) and launched last Tuesday at the…
Judge-proof system?
We continue to hear that terrorists roam free in this country and play havoc with innocent lives because courts set them free. The argument essentially is that the judicial system…
Public-speaking judges
A Cursory look at the daily print and electronic media reveals that judges no longer speak only through their judgments. In addition to the regular publication and broadcasting of Supreme…
Murder of a Tamil child
India has failed to fashion a coherent, balanced and self-confident response to its turbulent neighbourhood. Leave aside Pakistan, India’s policy towards Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar and Nepal looks confused,…
Brothers at war
For two sects united by their belief in one Maker, one Book and one Prophet, the amount of blood spilt in the name of their respective faiths by Shias and…
When a state is dysfunctional
Who knows what a failed state is? Such definitions are for the academics and experts. But what one can easily ascertain is a state that is dysfunctional. For what would…
Creeping anarchy
Originating from multiple sources, the creeping anarchy in the country is systematic and constant. Democracy (‘the best revenge’) being a convenient camouflage for their ulterior motives, different militant groups have…
The ghouls of South Asia
When South Asian leaders met at their first summit in Dhaka in 1985 there were just two democracies among the seven-member states that formed Saarc at the time — Sri…
Tough lessons
Watching the bizarre events in Pakistan over the last few days, I believe it is true: there are always two sides to a story, two ways of looking at the…
