April 2012

The politics of Bahawalpur has gone way ahead for anyone to put the ‘geneie back into the bottle’ of its history. Whoever said that reading and writing history is not an art? The presentation of select facts without understanding or explaining the context doesn’t make for good history writing. Such historical analysis with a slant seems to be fueling the …

Feeling of unfair treatment, hostile behaviour of males (father, husband, brother or even son in few cases), media influence, clubbed with some expectation of shelter other than home, are trigger points for girls/women to leave their families and homes. Young girls may get this feeling of support from their lovers. And women may seek for some welfare trust. We do …

Polio which was once included among the world’s most dreaded diseases, has been virtually wiped out through successful vaccination programmes from most parts of the world, but the fight against it still goes on in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Only last year, the highest number of polio cases in the world were reported from Pakistan and in the …

How the 20th amendment in the constitution of Pakistan can be proved beneficial for the stability and continuity of democracy It is a great achievement by the parliament to get passed its proposed amendment in article 224 and introduce article 224-A in the constitution. It will be a step towards transparency in the selection of the care taker prime minister …

The Success of this Report would depend largely upon the quality of parliamentary leadership in overseeing its implementation. This has also huge stakes as far as civil-military relations are concerned. Mian Raza Rabbani, the head of Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS), presented the recommendations of the committee in a joint sitting of parliament on March 20. While addressing the …

Some Important Facts About Ageing and Health in Pakistan During the last 60 years, there has been 23.4 % increase in the average duration of life in the country. 2.07 % of the world’s senior citizens live in Pakistan. 6.4 % of Pakistan’s population is 60 years old and above. Senior citizens will make up 15.8 % of the country’s …

Is the rise in oil price real or government is fleecing people by raising the oil price every other day? Pakistan is currently among the lowest performing economy in the Asian region. Pakistan’s GDP growth is being recorded as less than that of China, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is facing multifaceted challenges at the macroeconomic level which are …

On a similar March evening in 1973, the same resplendent ceremony was being held with all its glitter and glamour. Clad in their costly costumes, those who ruled the hearts of movie lovers, were eagerly waiting for their awards. During the previous year, the movie which had been repeatedly watched and highly appreciated by the cinema goers was ‘Godfather, in …

Lutfullah Khan was such a multi-dimensional, rare, wonderful and valuable person that one really finds it hard to find appropriate words for describing his amazing personality. I had my first meeting with him almost thirty-five years ago, through the courtesy of the late Mushfiq Khuaja, who told me that Lutfullah Khan was an extremely nice and decent fellow, who was …

An overview of the measures taken by the Government of Pakistan to fulfill its commitment to reduce the poverty level by half as signed in the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. Pakistan signed the declaration of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) in September 2000 along with 187 other UN members. The …