Things categorized as 'Ayesha Tammay Haq'
June 1st by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
As we move from crisis to crisis a constant refrain we hear is that we, Pakistan, the country, the people, are a benighted nation. How did we become a benighted ...
April 27th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Given the speed at which we seem to be hurtling toward the abyss without thought or care, one would imagine that there is little left that can shock one. And ...
April 20th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Statistic, number, trade, honour, exchange, commodity – no, this is not a conversation about the financial markets, it is about half of Pakistan’s population, it is about women. That segment ...
April 6th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
It may not be fair to lay the mistakes, transgressions and omissions of the past sixty years at the doorstep of this government, but there is no other place to ...
March 29th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Two years ago Pakistan threw up a unique movement, it was liberal, secular, democratic and plural, it engaged the nation and unlike other battles being fought in Pakistan this one's ...
March 12th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
It's that time again. The boys in blue are out, their mission -- the maintenance of public order. Armed with lists of lawyers, political workers and activists that need to ...
December 11th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Threatening international phone calls and enhanced examination scores have occupied our waking hours this past week, and, given the dark circles under the eyes of many in our nation’s capital, ...
November 21st by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
There has, in recent weeks, been much discussion on the role of the media. Is it irresponsible and sensationalist, selling bad news and despair? Is it a reflection of society? ...
October 20th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Friday, October 17 was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Sounds pretty grim, but if you are on the wrong side of the poverty divide it is even ...
October 12th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
On October 8 of this year, the third anniversary of the earthquake that devastated the north of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a letter appeared in a English paper ...
October 9th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
The government's promise after the devastating earthquake in 2005 was Build Back Better. Three years and a donors' conference later, where over six billion dollars were pledged for Build Back ...
September 21st by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
The bombing in Bajaur started early last month and has been relentless. The United Nations estimates that around three hundred thousand people have fled the area. Some went to live ...
September 7th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
At the time of writing, the presidency is glowing and Constitution Avenue is being decorated with massive banners of president-to-be Zardari and fairy lights. By the time this goes to ...
August 31st by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
The good is oft interred with their bones. As a law student, one read about the importance and the influence of morality, ethics, culture and religion on law.
How the moral ...
August 24th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
All around the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel;
That's the way the money goes
Pop! goes the weasel.
This is part of a rhyme from my childhood that fits the current political ...
August 19th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
The cycle of another dictator has come to an end…a visibly unhappy General Musharraf came on national television, presented his own defence, listed his achievements, dismissed an impending impeachment and ...
August 14th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
Sixty-one years ago a lawyer, a Barrister from London, led the Muslims of the Indian sub-continent to a country they could call their own. Mr Jinnah was a very sick ...
July 27th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
A few days ago a friend sent me the link to a recent speech on the environment given by Al Gore where he talked about the need to change, to ...
July 19th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
As we move along in this state of no perceptible governance, where everything, including the weather seems to be out of control, the oft-heard refrain is 'what happened to ...
July 13th by Ayesha Tammay Haq.
The oft-heard groan by foreign journalists –'when will all this excitement stop, enough already – is now being echoed by most Pakistanis. We seem to be running around heedlessly and ...
