Zubeida Mustafa

Women`s bills revisited

The fact is that in our society women`s issues continue to be used as pawns by politicians in their power games.... Published 27 Jan, 2010 12:00am

No education, no democracy

THE event organised in Karachi on Jan 9 by the family of Dr Sarwar to commemorate the legacy of the 1950s` student... Published 20 Jan, 2010 12:00am

All about books

THERE is good news about books. The Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association`s fourth international book fair... Published 13 Jan, 2010 12:00am

A memorial to Benazir

THE government has, after much thought I presume, decided to erect a monument in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi, to honour... Published 06 Jan, 2010 12:00am

How Pakistan survives

WHAT keeps Pakistan afloat? How, despite its seemingly precarious political existence and the gloom and doom spread... Published 30 Dec, 2009 12:00am

Doctors with a conscience

THERE was a time when the physician was like a god to his patient. His word was gospel not to be flouted. No longer... Published 23 Dec, 2009 12:00am

Students who set the tone

ON Jan 9, Karachiites will take a trip down memory lane to honour the legacy of those who launched the student... Published 16 Dec, 2009 12:00am

When does a child write?

WHY do we write? Because we want to communicate, says Steven Roger Fischer in his book A History of Writing. Terry... Published 09 Dec, 2009 12:00am

When does a child write?

WHY do we write? Because we want to communicate, says Steven Roger Fischer in his book A History of Writing. Terry... Published 09 Dec, 2009 12:00am

Untold story of abortion

ACCORDING to the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07, the country`s population growth rate has fallen to... Published 02 Dec, 2009 12:00am

Mystery of the women`s bills

PUBLIC memory is proverbially short. But the bills passed on women are too recent an event to be consigned to... Published 25 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Where health is a birthright

WHILE validating the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Ordinance 2007 in the form of a bill, the National... Published 18 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Strange ways of our MPs

A REPORT recently released by Fafen (Free and Fair Election Network), an umbrella organisation of 30 civil society... Published 11 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Health cover for schools

AT a time when the very future of our schools is so bleak, it appears almost crass to write about the need for... Published 04 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Civilians in the war zone

WE are constantly being exhorted to treat the war on terror as our own war and not theirs (the Americans`). We are... Published 28 Oct, 2009 12:00am

Women in the media

AT the South Asian Women in Media`s (SAWM) first regional conference in Lahore (Oct 10-11) the keynote speaker... Published 21 Oct, 2009 12:00am

Whither mental health law?

OCTOBER 10 was World Mental Health Day and the occasion provided health professionals with an opportunity to draw... Published 14 Oct, 2009 12:00am

Whither mental health law?

OCTOBER 10 was World Mental Health Day and the occasion provided health professionals with an opportunity to draw... Published 14 Oct, 2009 12:00am

Disabled by society

NEW thinking in the last century has radically changed political concepts that determine relations between the state... Published 07 Oct, 2009 12:00am