The current prevalence of mental health issues and existential crises is not an isolated phenomenon. It is a result of larger societal and economic structures.
The revolving door of political affiliations in Balochistan combined with the manipulation by federal powers, has resulted in a political culture characterized by dynastic and elitist tendencies.
In a shocking display of state-sponsored repression, dozens of Baloch students were brutally attacked by university administration guards while peacefully protesting outside the Vice Chancellor’s office at the Punjab University.
According to a UN report published last tuesday, Pakistan is one of the 15 nations where recycling and disassembling electronic debris is seen as a serious health risk.
Instead of focusing on their due responsibilities as a government to pull the country from this dangerous whirlpool, the Taliban have been repeating the same old mistakes.
The women in the mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan are subjected purely to the whims of their men – men who have assumed the role of an angry God.
In this anarchic international system, economic sovereignty of states must be ensured. But the powerful states have a disproportionate edge over others.