Medical ethics
Being a practising pathologist, I feel the need to highlight malpractices and lack of medical ethics at a so-called private, ‘prestigious’ cancer...
A loss on all counts
The Askari housing colonies in Lahore are currently undergoing renovation and upgradation process to improve the standard of living. However, one unfortunate...
Plastic waste
According to recent media reports, Pakistan generates 250 million tonnes of garbage each year, including about 3.9 million tonnes of plastic waste,...
Political order
Judicial activism may have a negative effect on the minority provinces’ faith in the federation. This means serious rethinking is required for...
Custodial torture
According to the country’s constitution, “no torture can be inflicted on anybody for extraction of evidence”. Police rules also restrict police officers...
Exploiting interns
Taking undue advantage of the current market situation, employers hire fresh graduates in the name of internship and pay them minimal remuneration...
Media priorities
A tragic incident in Ghanche district of Gilgit-Baltistan resulted in the loss of three children, and left three others hospitalised with serious...
Pen in a losing war against microphone
The rivalry and altercation between social and conventional news media has gained momentum during the last decade. A few years ago, social...
Sahiwal in trouble
As a resident of Sahiwal, I am concerned about the unorganised construction of roads and clean water project develop-ment in the city....
‘Efficient’ NADRA
Bureaucracy, they say, is the art of making the possible impossible. My recent experience with the online application system of the National...
Overbilling by KE
The practice of overbilling seems to be rampant at K-Electric (KE). Recently, I received my electricity bill for the month of April,...
Eid and hygiene
Eidul Azha is a few weeks away, and herds of sacrificial animals would soon start appearing in urban areas, polluting the atmosphere...
Let us prepare for monsoons now
Public memory is said to be short, but one hopes it is not so short as to forget the ravages caused by...
Incorporating AI into legal system
Admittedly, the idea of using artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionise our legal system has great potential. The said article rightly recognised the...
The big question
I have before me a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), which shows that the recent statement by the...