Rabia Ahmed

Insensitivity is as much a tragedy as any otherThis newspaper recently published a report about how South Asia ranks highest in incidents of ‘child stunting,’ based on a study by Laura Ham

Why did Trump test positive nowAt the 2020 Presidential Debate on September29th in Cleveland the President of the USA said about his adversary Joe Biden: “I don’t wear a mask like him. Eve

Why can’t mothers be named?According to an Afghan Taliban spokesman in an interview with Reuters, “Mentioning the names of mothers, wives, sisters and daughters is not culturally tolerable

Capital punishment should not be an option in PakistanA just society is one in which citizens fully comprehend the result of committing an offence; in which citizens know that if they break th

A disease overshadowed by covid-19While Covid-19 takes its toll in Pakistan; polio, the disease that has been around much longer, has made a comeback. The WHO also extended its travel

Where do we stand?Legend goes that there was once a small fishing settlement on the coast of the Arabian Sea. It was home to a community of fishermen and their families, one of them a fisherwo

The problem can no longer be brushed under the carpetBack in 1999 the members of the International Labour Organisation signed Convention 182 which concerns the Prohibition and Immediate Action

Statues are visible and occuy ublic saceThere are all kinds of monuments, roads named after prominent persons, mausoleums, structures, artifacts, columns, tombs, war memorials etc. Monuments c

Silencing opposing views is wrong, whoever does it“The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away.”That letter about Ju

Once things were differentOnce upon a time there was an airline called PIA that was known by the slogan ‘Great people to fly with.’ It really was a good airline.It is said that that li

Where did the clergy emerge among Muslims?Sahih Bukhari quotes the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) as saying: ‘Make things easy for people, and do not make them difficult. Cheer people