By Syed Shamsuddin Responsive Governance in the Age of Public Voice — A Generalized Perspective In contemporary administrative environments, the distance between citizens and public institutions becomes most visible during everyday service disruptions—potable water shortages, inequitable electricity distribution, sanitation lapses, and municipal service delays. These are not abstract governance concerns; they are lived realities that directly shape public trust. In the digital era, such grievances increasingly surface first on social media platforms. Citizens document problems, share visual evidence, and mobilize public attention when conventional bureaucratic channels appear slow or inaccessible. Rather than dismissing these expressions as routine online dissent, responsive governance frameworks recognize them as early civic alerts—signals of service delivery gaps that demand timely cognisance. When institutions treat digital com...
By Syed Shamsuddin A Eulogy on the Humor of Late Trangfa Muhammad Anwar A Facebook reflection by Sheikh Ayaz on 18.02.2026 inspired this writer to juxtapose its insight with the life of the late Trangfa Muhammad Anwar —a lifelong reformist whose instrument was humor. The passing of Trangfa Muhammad Anwar Sahib of Khomar, Gilgit, a few years ago silenced not merely a voice of laughter, but a voice of luminous understanding. For those who knew him—whether intimately or from a respectful distance—his humor was never performance; it was perception made audible. He did not entertain society; he interpreted it. In the classical sense reminiscent of Aristophanes , humor in Anwar Sahib’s hands was cognition in motion—a way of thinking aloud through wit. Where others saw events, he saw contradictions. Where many reacted, he diagnosed. His laughter was never empty sound; it carried embedded analysis. It brings to mind the insight often echo...