Recent data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, complied by a stock brokerage and financial company, reveals a widening inequality in incomes and assets between the rich and the poor of the country. The data shows economic prosperity is flowing upwards while financial strain is dissipating deep downwards making the rich richer and the poor […]
I went to a departmental store the other day to buy some moisturisers for wintery dry days. I asked the salesboy whether they are offering any discount. He smiled and said politely, “No, sir.” As an afterthought, he said that there was a ‘free gift’ for me for visiting their shop for the first time. […]
The world is in the middle of an extreme backslide in democracy, with Human Rights Watch saying that about 72s% of the world now lives under autocratic governments, and that democracy has receded to 1985 levels. That year is important because it is a time when the world was divided mainly by the Cold War, […]
The decision of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to conduct a tree census and manage non-native species like the pollen-heavy paper mulberry is a science-based step toward smarter urban stewardship. This initiative should be treated as a test case – essentially a pilot project – for other cities to replicate. A nationwide tree census could […]