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Rape without end
Pakistan’s human sex trafficking racket is thriving in a culture of impunity.
Zubeida Mustafa
Learning Sindhi
There is a need for linguistic interactions to bond people.
Gift of sight
Timely intervention can prevent blindness.
Food paradoxes
The man who tills the land to feed the country cannot feed his own family.
Justice for all
Ombudsmen should play an active role in redressing public woes.
Cure or perish
There is no way of knowing how many cases of TB go undetected.
Illusory happiness
A person who is anxious about his next meal cannot be happy.
Guns or books?
Balochistan’s biggest tragedy is the education emergency there.
March of women
If education reinforces patriarchy, no change can be expected.
Love thy neighbour
The time has come to decide our priorities.
Learn the CLF way
The festival opens up a fascinating world of books for children.
Say no to guns
The government just doesn’t care.
Mind’s input
How many intellectuals do we have in Pakistan?
Failure of women
Are laws enough to change the status of Pakistan’s women?
It wasn’t English
English is destroying our education system.
Misuse of faith
Extremism has opened a Pandora’s box. How will it be checked?
Storytelling
Schools do not motivate their students to read books.
The legendary Ahmad Ali Khan
The longest serving professional editor of an English-language newspaper in Pakistan left a long-lasting mark on Dawn.
Sorry, Dr Zulfiqar
Dr Zulfiqar wanted to improve the same society that had wronged him.
Whither feminism?
Not much has changed on the ground.