Turkey, Serbia find credit cards can soon mean huge debts
Consumer debt has, by far, been one of the main contributors to the recent debt explosion around the world. Thanks to the recent financial crisis, the residents of many Western…
This year’s economic scorecard
The year 2024 represents a critical juncture for Pakistan’s economy, characterised by a confluence of significant challenges and emerging opportunities. Throughout this period, Pakistan encountered a range of obstacles arising…
If tarot cards were to seal fates
ELDERLY folks in Muslim families are usually adept at interpreting the istekhara, a way of gleaning divine hints from religious texts to give counsel on critical decisions. A rough Marathi…
PMDC to celebrate global accreditation
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has decided to celebrate Pakistan’s accreditation by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) which has enabled the country’s medical graduates to pursue…
Pakistan’s skills report card
The vast majority of 240-odd universities in the country are failing both of their missions: the idealistic goal of learning for learning’s sake, broadening horizons and personal enlightenment, and also…
What is our capacity scorecard?
By the time you read this article, Shehbaz Sharif is most likely to have been voted in as the prime minister of Pakistan. When columnists like myself will look back…
Trump cards or flawed thinking
It’s the economy stupid, so stated James Carville, Bill Clinton’s strategist during the 1992 successful presidential campaign against the incumbent George Bush with two other key messages to campaign workers:…
Performance scorecard
In August 2018, as the rest of the country celebrated the possibility of a ‘Naya Pakistan’ with the PTI taking the reins in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and the centre, Sindh…
A scorecard of the SNC debate
As the primary school Single National Curriculum (SNC) is being rolled out, I often find myself looking back at the debate over the last three years. The SNC is the…
Senate and the Gilani card
Once again, the political temperature seems set to rise in Pakistan as the Senate elections loom nearer and nearer. But this time things have become more complex, with allegations of…
