Water Crisis: A Tale of Karachi’s Water Mafia
The unequal access and distribution of clean drinkable water coupled with ineffective management and the rise of Water Mafia is believed to be the root cause of the water crisis in Karachi.
Female student at University of Faisalabad attempts suicide after threats from the administration
A female student from the University of Faisalabad attempted suicide the previous morning by jumping from the third floor of her hostel building as per the witnesses.
SNC: Single National Cozenage
Ignoring the need to reform the education system, changing the method of examination, increasing resources, providing infrastructure, and increasing the country’s literacy; the government has decided to update the ideological parameters of the curriculum.
State’s high-handedness towards students
Rendering more than half a population at the mercy of law enforcement agencies, the state continues to designate them as a law and order situation instead of addressing them as politically conscious youth countering extremists’ hegemony in and outside campuses.
Climate change and the failure of international diplomacy
No matter how many times climate change activists like Greta Thunberg and others plead before governments and corporations, until and unless states act in the best interest of their citizens and not a handful of the technocratic elite, national policies will always be coming to blows with climate …
Effect of Climate Change on Developing Nations
A report issued by German Watch in 1999 says that ”Pakistan will be the most affected country by Climate change.’’ Developing countries including Pakistan which majorly depends upon agricultural crops are at more risk.
Plight of Balochistan
The state has considered Balochistan as its colony aiming to extract and plunder its resources as the colonial regime did in the sub-continent and providing inadequate contributions to the economic, social, and political progress of the province.
Climate Emergency or Political Game Shows?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new assessment report that identifies climate change as irreversible and discusses the humanitarian challenges that accompany it.
A tale of constitutional supremacy; the mantra that failed to empower us
True democracy does not come with strings attached nor is it conditional. Being presented with two equally bad choices is not democracy. If democracy is rule by the people, for the people, and from the people, then how did we wind up with this establishment-sponsored, hybrid mockery?
State control of Pakistan; class, ethnicity and political consciousness
June 11, 2022• Articles, English