The World Inequality Report of 2026 shows that Pakistan's 1% of the total population holds 24% of the entire wealth of the country, with the other 10% holding 59% of the total wealth, with increasing gender disparity, where female labour participation has declined from 9.8% to 8.5%. The space for women is shrinking day by day. Welcome to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Make it make sense.

Write. Write. Write. In times where human rights are a mere idea and dialogue is mere rhetoric, the only way to garner and incubate new thought (not bring change) is to initiate dialogue. Change is a long road, as Tom Petty said. But he said it about love. That's a different debate.

Change in Pakistan is not achievable unless immunity makes way for common sense. Unfortunately, sense is not so common.

I have lost all hope in boomers, and I am not scared to admit that. Call me a pessimist or a third-class citizen (we're already third-class citizens), but I don't........

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