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Asem Mustafa Awan They have for years served thousands of people who built houses high on the mountains as they had meagre means to pay the corrupt land revenue officers who are responsible for over 80 percent of court cases in Pakistan.…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: All in their teens, they were heading towards their school early Tuesday to know their Grade 9 results (all have passed). None had anticipated their lives would be hanging by a wire and the world would focus…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The two small girls holding the water cane together in one of the posh localities, Lalazar, in Rawalpindi, show many things have deteriorated over decades, namely the services. The departments providing…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Pakistanis around the globe, wherever they may be and for whatever reasons they may be there, enthusiastically welcome and celebrate August 14 with joyful elation. This is how it should be, as it is undeniably the…

Asem Mustafa Awan This is Rawal Dam and it serves a population of 2.3 million residents of Rawalpindi with clean drinking water as harped, but filthy and contaminated in truth it is. The filth cluttered at the reservoir sides tells a…

Shazia Mehboob Singapore: On the evening of August 6, 2023, we were on an exposure trip to the city of Singapore. Everyone was busy chit-chatting on a fast-moving train somewhere near an underground train station when suddenly a local…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The death train Hazara Express from Karachi to Havelian met with an accident near Nawabshah, resulting in about 40 lives lost, and an investigation is underway to determine whether it was terrorist activity or…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: This heap of filth is not far from a building that hosts scores of parliamentarians assigned to do one job which is building Pakistan. The nation-building slogans raised for decades have seen nations go down…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The family of six all huddled together and trudging along on a cheap motorcycle may bring smiles to many but this is the life of many, and the number exceeds hundreds of millions. He is one of the blessed…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Since 1970, her quest for justice has continued. Saeeda Sultan is nearing 90 now, and her agony for the past 50 years has remained. A nation of 220 million and two Chief Justices of Pakistan, while holding the…