The PPP has enjoyed an uninterrupted sway in Sindh for the past 15 years. However, its relatively progressive stance at the national level is hardly reflected on the ground. A 2019 report by the Human Rights Commission asked: “Is Sindh Falling Through
THE Christian communities of India and Pakistan are under attack by those representing the saffron and green parts of their respective flags. Saffron is particularly ruthless towards poor Muslim neighbourhoods in India, while the green is unforgiving to young Hindu girls in
POWER dynamics in society influence the impact of education on social mobility, cohesion and equality. Power dynamics, especially in authoritarian societies, significantly shape the societal ecology and formal education system. Cristina Groeger’s book Education Trap challenges the notion that access to education
Pedestrians and motorcyclists falling into uncovered manholes and succumbing to injuries is a tale as old as time. In another unfortunate incident, a two year old died after slipping into an open manhole in Karachi. The deceased’s father lamented over the callousness
The recent release of the Sindh Bureau of Statistics report on law and order has cast a glaring spotlight on Karachi’s escalating crime rates, a stark contrast to the declining trends witnessed in other divisions of the province. The data, compiled up
WOULD former chief minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah be able to live in a house that has been sliced and has no boundary wall at the back, exposing the house completely? Would he be able to live in one for
LAST week, the Women Action Forum (WAF) held an event in Karachi on the impact of tribal conflict in Sindh. While Sindhi media regularly reports incidents of violence, the mainstream press covers murders of prominent persons from time to time. The murder
As Pakistan continued reeling from the exogenous shock of accelerated climate impacts, it also became clear to many of us that global warming was not changing course. The year 2030 was the dangerous as well as the decisive decade. Pakistan was clearly
BY virtue of the 18th Amendment, all labour laws were devolved to the provinces, which then got the authority to amend them or make new laws. They have been doing so but the lack of coordination among them has caused acute differences
A small anecdote sums up the cognitive confusion and lack of social or political investment about the environment and climate change in high places in Pakistan. When I took over the Federal Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination in April 2022,