Child Labour in Pakistan

Child Labour is a complex problem which demands a range of solutions. There is no better way to prevent child Labour than to make education compulsory.

Save Pakistan!

Skeptics will say that there is no future left for Pakistan. They are wrong. Pakistan certainly has a future; it is every single one of us. It is you, and it is me.

Vijay Tendulkar: A Voice Against Misogyny

It seems as if these social structures - like in Pakistan and India - are bound to torture its inhabitants, especially women.

Honor Killings in Babakot

Those beautiful faces, our daughters
Gone forever, heads sunk in grief
As words betray us, to describe
Heinous crimes and we call ourselves
The followers of prophet and Islam

There is no ‘honour’ in killing

Whether the women were buried alive or whether they were already dead when buried is not the point. They were murdered.

We Can Make a Difference

They are the children who have been abandoned, have run away from abusive homes, were orphaned or simply got lost.

Looking Towards a Brighter Future

Being born in a farmer’s family in a small conservative village of Punjab, I could only wish that her intelligence and spark for life would meet its rewards.

Children of the Streets

His frail hands make a slight mistake and draw the wrath of the Ustad who lands a kick in his side. The boy gives out a painful scream but quickly turns back to work.

Kiss of Death

Unlike cigarettes, gutka comes without a health warning and lack of awareness of its impact on health increases its consumption.

Last But Not Least

Poverty may be more than a silent killer. This sentence cannot be ignored as emotional rhetoric since, sadly, it has become a hair-raising reality.

Color-Blind Love

Worldwide, interracial marriages are on the rise. However, 20 years ago, because of my religion, a German priest would not officiate our marriage nor would a Greek Orthodox priest.

Socialist Yuppies 3: The Jihadi

o chore, yaar…… OYE! Look who is coming on the way… Khasi, meet my cousin from Braadford in Englaand, Faltu Fasadi. Fasadi bhai, this is Khasi my very genius friend.

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile

Student politics in Pakistan has had a history of mixed fortunes and shades. Though extremely tumultuous, it is also a history of rich democratic traditions.

An Unnecessary Interview with History

Tonight we have an unnecessary interview with ex- Chief Executive, ex- Chief of Army staff and soon to be the ex- President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharaff.

Its Not About Gender or Race Anymore

America has certainly (and finally) come a long way to witness and participate in an election which will choose between a black man and a woman to run for President.

Targeted Taxi Drivers

Day passes and night creeps up over the city,
Suddenly the TV chatters “taxi drivers targeted in Mumbai�

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and New American Dreams

Whether it is the Iowa win for Obama or the New Hampshire one for Clinton, their vision for America’s future is becoming far more important than race and gender.

Surplus Majors and Jerk Chicken

Yesterday, when I went to collect my monthly dole from my local council, the officer in charge was apologetic, ‘Sorry Mr Nazir this is all we have for you at the moment,’ she said.

Kibera Inside and Outside

Bullets inside my head
And hunger outside me
I am a little child
My mother gone

Saatchi, Musharraf and Britney Spears

‘Is there any chance of your catching Osama Bin Laden? That will definitely put you right back at the top of the charts...’

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• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat