The Societal Seesaw: Back and Forth Between Oppression and Freedom
As one of the youngest girls in my family, I’ve always been encouraged to spread my wings and change the idea of what a woman is in society. Of course, on the road towards fulfilling my dreams, whatever they were at that specific moment since as children we go through many phases, namely wanting to […]
Pakistan’s Struggle with Pediatric Heart Care
Pakistan is a nation of more than 200 million people. One of the problems associated with this number is the lack of attention given by the government to public healthcare; specifically focusing on the issue of pediatric heart care. According to BBC news, Pakistan has unfortunately one of the highest rates of children born […]
On Corruption
You all may have heard of the phrase, “the rich just get richer and the poor just get poorer.” This is more than just a saying in the case of Pakistan. The situation in Pakistan and endless list of problems do not originate from the people at the lower part of the pyramid, but rather, […]
The Child’s Burden
The concept of innocence is not a complicated one, but it is the innocent who often find themselves in numerous complications – too much for individuals to dare claim their world has even grasped the idea of achieving any kind of social justice. The innocents of this world suffer on the watch of both the […]
At the Heart of Healthcare
One of the most often overlooked issues in society is the well-established, direct link between poverty and health. This relationship can indeed be observed in the South Asian country of Pakistan, the sixth most populous country in the world. In Pakistan, the cycle of individual health status on the basis individual work is a vicious […]