Structural Reform and Social Values
The creation of a more tolerant society in Pakistan (and which does not necessarily mean liberal) is simply not possible without removing the causes of the country’s under-development, increasing poverty and a growing sense of...
TRDP – Micro-finance Based Village Tourism
Introduction Village based tourism plan of five selected villages in taluka Nagarparkar-study to identify the potential-implementation of the pilot testing in five villages-includes training and Exposures to artisans, entrepreneurs and local communities-microfinance facilities by TRDP...
The Hawkers of Karachi
Newspaper articles, some NGOs, statements by city government representatives and police officials, periodically express concern at the traffic and pedestrian movement related problems caused by hawkers in Karachi. These hawkers are of different kinds. There...
A Talk at PILER Conference on Floods
I have not been involved. But been asked to advise. Visited rural areas of Thattah, left bank, Dadu, Khairpur Nathan Shah and Swat Valley. Some basic principles need to be followed: People should be empowered...
A Town Under Water
Muhammad Iqbal Memon, DCO Dadu invited me to visit Khairpur Nathan Shah to “advise” him on its “rehabilitation”. In the briefing held in Dadu on 10 October 2010, and attended by Imran Zafar Laghari (the...
Note on a Visit to Dadu and Khairpur Nathan Shah, Sindh
1. Background Mr. Iqbal Memon, DCO Dadu asked me to visit Khairpur Nathan Shah to give advise on what could be done for its rehabilitation. I arrived at Dadu at 1700 hours on 10 October....
Floods and After
For a sustainable reconstruction of the physical and social infrastructure of flood ravaged Sindh, it is necessary to understand to what extent the damage caused by the flood is man-made. Some of the broad indicators...
Land and the Politics of Ethnicity
Politically motivated targeted killings, sectarian violence, forced occupation of other people’s property, illegal bulldozing of poor settlements, an increasing crime rate and an increasingly helpless and corrupt administration, are making Karachi ungovernable. There are many...
Comments on Syllabi of Courses
1. The comments given below are based on my experience of teaching. In making these comments I have not taken into consideration the constraints, both administrative and faculty related, that are faced by the teachers...
