Zubeida Mustafa
IS peace in Karachi on the mend? Quite likely. The political reconciliation that is in the air will hopefully lower...
Published 09 Aug, 2011 10:15pm
OF late, the education sector in Pakistan has come under intense scrutiny abroad. Aid-givers and the so-called...
Published 02 Aug, 2011 10:10pm
THE scandal surrounding the now defunct News of the World which has brought much embarrassment to the high and ...
Published 27 Jul, 2011 12:10am
AFTER five days at the Human Security Forum in Caux (Switzerland), the news from Karachi left me stunned — more than...
Published 19 Jul, 2011 10:35pm
IN June, ILO adopted Convention (189) on Decent Work for Domestic Workers that is something historic since it enters...
Published 12 Jul, 2011 09:29pm
A REPORT in Dawn last week brought to light the unearthing of an illegal organ transplant centre in Lahore and the...
Published 06 Jul, 2011 12:01am
A CORPS commanders’ conference held recently in Islamabad noted that some quarters are trying to deliberately “run...
Published 28 Jun, 2011 09:33pm
AJAT Shah is 13. He sells sherbet he prepares by the roadside in Majeed Colony, Landhi. Shah has a dream. He wants ...
Published 21 Jun, 2011 10:00pm
MORE than six decades after Partition, India and Pakistan continue to be locked in disputes which even take them to...
Published 14 Jun, 2011 07:51pm
THE power crisis in Karachi has now begun to paralyse life in this metropolis. The immediate factor responsible is...
Published 08 Jun, 2011 12:01am
IT is inspiring to see ripples of awakening run through people who have been downtrodden and oppressed for ...
Published 31 May, 2011 11:00pm
THE Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi, has a remarkable history. Its founder-secretary, Khwaja...
Published 25 May, 2011 02:56am
THIS paper reported last Saturday that during the in camera briefing to legislators, the DG ISI offered to resign if...
Published 18 May, 2011 12:30am
ZAFAR Hilaly, a former ambassador who makes frequent appearances on television talk shows, made a very telling...
Published 10 May, 2011 10:15pm
THE love of money is the root of all evil. So we were told in the pre-capitalist age. Now we are told that the love...
Published 04 May, 2011 12:00am
ON April 11, the Arts Council auditorium in Karachi resounded with festivity. The first National Convention on Home...
Published 27 Apr, 2011 09:01pm
AN online video doing the rounds on the Internet is a talk by Patricia Ryan titled ‘Don’t insist on English’. It is...
Published 19 Apr, 2011 10:15pm
Pakistani women carry pots whilst walking back to their homes after collecting fresh water from a nearby water point...
Published 13 Apr, 2011 02:32am
SO much has happened between the US and Pakistan in recent months that it is time for a review of their ...
Published 05 Apr, 2011 10:15pm
AT long last some in the government have belatedly woken up to, what they term, the education emergency in Pakistan....
Published 30 Mar, 2011 12:08am
