Bangkok’s shopping malls – an overdose on retail therapy?
With some of Bangkok's luxury malls sitting largely empty but yet more being built, could the city's shopping meccas be doing more harm than good? Bangkok (dpa) - Bangkok's newest…
TTP’s mentors
WITH the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan back in the killing business with renewed ferocity, it is time we took a look at its ideological moorings. In a nutshell, like the communist parties…
Stifled ambitions
MODERN Karachi is more than another city; it is another country with its own vibrant economy. Avoid approaching it via the Lyari Expressway, no matter how persuasive your GPS is.…
Terror nexus in Afghanistan
THE attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul last week raises questions about the Taliban administration’s capacity and resolve to fight terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil. The shooting that…
Palestinian bread
On the rare occasions that the Israeli authorities afford me a permit to visit Jerusalem, my mother always insists that I bring her a stack of “ka’ak al-Quds” (ka’ak of…
The blessed and the not-so-blessed economies
The world economy is in transition. The richest economies were exposed during Covid. Their might of resources was questioned. The height of knowledge was mocked. Having had a torrid time…
Afghanistan without illusions
Pakistan’s understanding of its northwestern neighbour is beset with hubris and delusion masquerading as familiarity. The increasingly bold and bloody attacks on our soldiers and Pakistan’s response indicate that it…
Red Sea evacuations: Saudi Arabia occupies centre stage
The HMS Al Diriyah, a 102-metre-long Saudi warship, is typically used to escort oil tankers through the Red Sea and in training exercises with Western naval powers. But this week…
Rekindling relations
After closed-door negotiations from March 6 to March 10 in Beijing, China, a joint trilateral statement by China, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced the rekindling of good neighbourly relations between…
Roadmap
A roadmap is a “plan or a strategy intended to achieve a particular goal”. Our goal obviously is to stabilize the economy. Our goal obviously is to stabilize the rupee.…
