We need tanks, yes, ‘think’ tanks!
There are 4,861 universities in the United States whereas Pakistan has produced only 6,478 PhDs since its birth. The number of living PhDs in Pakistan are far less than the total degree awarding...
View ArticleThe matrimony business
Being a student of fourth year at a medical school, I happen to meet many young, ambitious people -both girls and boys. Nearly all of them have to try out matrimony, only a few having tied the knot of...
View ArticleStill Seeking Independence
My six year old granddaughter Zara is all excited to celebrate the 64th birthday of Pakistan. Every year when this day arrives, it brings back many beautiful memories. Poverty, homelessness,...
View ArticleFrom Arab spring to European autumn
This year witnessed mass protests by Muslims in the Arab world, against despotic dictators. For years the voices of people had been suppressed by oppressive tyrants. However, with a stunning display...
View ArticleGerrymandering Karachi
Karachi is the largest city of Pakistan with population over 20 million and suffering from serious electricity and water crisis. Criminals are roaming on the roads harassing innocent citizens and...
View ArticlePakistan – Ready for another breakup?
As a nation of patriots, Instead of ganging up on a reality which holds mandate and obvious stakes in a major city of the country since last few decades, we need to identify and bring to light the...
View ArticleA rubber band kind of year!
Perhaps it is fitting that my last month in Pakistan has been the month of Ramzan (Ramadan). For those unfamiliar, Ramzan is the month of sacrifice in the Islamic calendar. Jawad Aslam, my CEO, close...
View ArticleSecularistan
There has been a concerted push in recent weeks and months, culminating on 14th August, by the chattering classes to denounce all things Islamic in Pakistan and call in earnest for secularism to be...
View ArticleFalse journalism – a venom to society
Last few weeks in Pakistan were weeks of rumors through the ‘respected’ profession called Journalism. It was a week of spicy news for the rest of the country while the voters and supporters of MQM had...
View ArticleBureaucracy and new provinces
Demands of new provinces are doing rounds in political circles these days. Earlier, such demands were interpreted as anti-Punjab and anti-Sindh campaigns, and suggestions of forming new provinces on...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....