Pakistan. Poisoning Lahore (Syed Mohammad Ali, The Express Tribune, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/news/poisoning-lahore/n/21057

Inequality within our public agenda (Syed Mohammad Ali, South Asia Monitor)

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=19327

Pakistan's new poverty estimate (Syed Mohammad Ali, South Asia Monitor)

Poverty is easy enough to recognize by those who experience its multidimensional deprivations on a daily basis, or even by those who invariably confront its glaring pervasiveness. However, measuring poverty is not as straightforward as we might think. The number of poor people can shrink or expand drastically by changing the definition of what it means to be poor.

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=16653

Afghan opium resurgence and us (Syed Mohammad Ali, South Asia Monitor)

Since 9/11, the lingering turmoil in Afghanistan has led to a steady growth in opium production, and now our neighbouring country has become the largest supplier of illegal opium in the world. Massive amounts of this opium is also being refined into heroin, fueling an illegal trade that worsens prospects of stability within the country, and has major consequences for grappling with the heroin pandemic across the world. Given its proximity to Afghanistan, Pakistan also cannot shield itself from implications of this hydra-headed opiate resurgence.

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=n&nid=16111