May 1st in Gujarat
Over the last three or so decades, Gujarat has emerged as one of the major suppliers of wooden home furniture in the country.
While some...
Sindh intermediate exams
Through this letter I want to draw the attention of readers towards mass cheating during intermediate exams in Sindh. From the start candidates used books...
Woes of 227 candidates of SPSC
SPSC invited applications for the posts of combined competitive exam in the year 2013. After many hiccups, the written exams were held in April...
Load shedding
Pakistan is currently going through one of the most threatening problems and issues which is the load shedding of electricity for both domestic and...
Turn off that noise
The insensitive use of loudspeakers has become a quite irritant in our country. The most vexatious thing is that loudspeakers have now become a...
Amenity lands
Unfortunately the precious amenity lands of Karachi have now been continuously illegally converted for profitable businesses. In Karachi, D.H.A and Cantonment Board have allotted...
Doctors’ sit-in
Two days ago while I took my grandmother to Turbat civil hospital I faced something very disheartening. Doctors were observing a sit-in for their...
Quite unusual
The uncalled for and unpleasant reaction as well as criticism over the verdict of the country’s apex court had gone to such an extent...
Ensuring the transparency of JIT
After the Supreme Court’s decision in the "Panama Case", a new debate has ensued over the transparency of the JIT. Most of the political...
When will the promised relief come?
The winter season had not even bid farewell to Pakistan when WAPDA started unleashing power failures on us. We hardly ever get electricity for...
Panama Case
The five member bench led by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has directed for the constitution of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in the Panama...
Why are we ashamed of speaking in Urdu?
Most Pakistani's have been brought up speaking our national language Urdu and English. Instead of conversing in Urdu, many of us lapse into English...
Poultry prices
The prices of broiler chickens have started shooting up. According to the Sindh essential commodities price control and prevention and profiteering and hording act...
Terrorism will spill over
The Taliban menace has once again come to the fore with the rebel attacks leaving at least 140 soldiers dead in Afghanistan.
First off, I...
Health issues
I would like to draw attention towards the health issues in Pakistan. Every year, Pakistan faces more health problems than it did in the...
Tall claims yet no result – what happened to the MDGs?
It is disheartening to know that despite spending trillions of rupees by the incumbent government and its predecessor, Pakistan has failed to achieve the...
Ending load shedding – take the first step
It is a fact that we as a nation have become used to consuming much more than what we produce - be it electricity,...
