Holding the IMF to account
DESIGNED to be the international lender of last resort and help countries facing short-run balance-of-payments distress, the IMF has a rich history of being the quack physician that killed the…
The next frontier in cyber security
The newer quantum computers differ from traditional computers as they operate on qubits, the basic units of information in quantum computing that can exist in multiple states simultaneously. This property…
Law that rules
NOT too long ago, it was reported that the Pakistan Customs Group’s association had moved a resolution seeking proof of the government’s allegations of corruption and inefficiency against certain tax…
Recipe for disaster
THE Pakistani public has been a victim of appalling policymaking in the way the authorities deal with technology. Their policies are arbitrary in nature and range from atrocious electricity generation…
Monetising hate
THE unverified news of a young female student being sexually assaulted at a private college in Lahore has shocked the country. The news, that was made viral via social media…
Why caretakers?
WHEN the PTI government was ousted through a vote of no-confidence, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari exclaimed: “Welcome to purana Pakistan.” Little did we know that the clock would be turned back a…
On debt row
ON its present course, the country is set to run out of foreign exchange reserves latest by December of this year. The small surpluses registering on the current account in…
Promote the system
THE country is running on vibes and individual assessment of situations. Matters as trivial as the dilemma of reaching office on time to as grave as whether or not the…
All hail the king
DEMOCRACY in a country with very little self-accountability and conscientiousness among the movers and shakers in government is nothing less than a curse. Our political leaders behave like kings from…
