Targeted killings and the Land Mafia in Karachi – Open Letter by SHEHRI
An Open Letter to Rehman Malik by Shehri Mr Rehman Malik has been making rather interesting statements about stopping the “targeted killings” in Karachi. The simple fact is that the land mafia of Karachi is behind a number of these murders and the motive for these assassinations is money. Let us take the case of [...]
Roads need Bicycles
Blog post by Naeem Sadiq, published in The News on 16th January 2010 Bicycle, the most energy-efficient form of transport ever devised. It doesn’t emit pollution, it runs on renewable energy, it makes its user healthier, it’s easy to repair, it requires little in the way of pavement or parking, and 80 percent of the [...]
Earth Summit ’92 – Have we done anything since?
I share with you a very moving speech delivered over 16 years back during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro aka the Earth Summit, which also produced the Rio Declaration. A 13 year young girl Severn Suzuki from Canada addresses the gathering with some heart touching words. A well [...]
