Is Pakistan stronger now than in 2016?
With his targeting of the US government (as he prepared for an ouster that he knew was coming the moment he decided to manufacture Notification Gate), Imran Khan has set…
2016 all over again? Investors ready for big market moves as US election nears
Market volatility is back - and investors expect more wild swings in the coming weeks and months as the U.S. presidential election closes in. Regardless of who wins the Nov.…
PMDC allowed to implement 2016 admission policy
The Lahore High Court on Friday disposed of a set of petitions filed by private medical colleges and students allowing the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to implement its…
Films in 2016
This year’s Oscar’s race is predicted to be a contest of La La Land, a relatively sunny musical that celebrates a timeless and relatively white fantasy of Los Angeles; against…
Best films of 2016
Although technologies have sped up – and made possible – many things, they cannot by themselves overcome the gap between reality and its artistic assimilation and representation. That gap, in…
Turkey’s ambitious airline seeks to weather 2016 turbulence
Even by the fraught standards of global aviation, 2016 has been tough for Turkish Airlines. In June, its main hub Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul was hit by suicide bomb…
Obama plunged ever deeper into 2016 election
President Barack Obama is fond of saying he has run his last election, but Hillary Clinton's shortcomings and Donald Trump's shock ascent are drawing him ever faster into the 2016…
2016 – What a year it was!
In my memory, after 1971, last year was the most depressing in Pakistan's 69-year history because the human tragedies, cases of massive corruption in state offices, gross administrative neglect, and…
Budget 2016-17: In the same old mould!-II
Our tragedy is that on the one hand we have too many taxes and on the other revenue collection is much below the real potential. The biggest failure of the…
Budget 2016-17
Several requests to the treasury benches and to members of the opposition for applause by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar during his budget speech reaffirmed his critics' assessment of his desire…
