This is generosity
PAKISTAN’s story is best told pictorially by juxtaposing images at any given point in time. The current photos and footage of the catastrophe unleashed by the rain and floods tells…
Ethics of generosity
Giving of one’s charitable feelings to the needy has been an integral part of human society since time immemorial. This tradition is now being extended beyond the personal level to…
Happy New Year?
This, they say traditionally, is the turn-of-the-year season to be jolly. But even a cursory glance at the afflictions that ail Pakistan will lead inevitably and logically to the conclusion…
Nemesis over America
The choice between Donald J Trump and Kamala Harris in the US presidential election was irrelevant to one fact: the ongoing decline of the United States. It has lost leadership,…
Lessons from trade agreements
Trade agreements help boost exports, attract FDI, and generate jobs. Vietnam is an excellent example of how this can be achieved. Through trade agreements with virtually all the important trading…
Three to tango
IT takes three to tango in our part of the world. The US-Pakistan duo and the Saudi-Pakistan pair has become a threesome, choreographed by the US. In 1950, prime minister…
The state of Pakistan
THE reality of Pakistan, shaped by its wayward masters and bureaucrats, manifests itself each day. Not even December 1971 compares with the listless gloom that engulfs the country today. Ever…
Struggling for wheat flour
IT is happening all the time now. As Ramazan proceeds, a huge rush, sometimes ending in stampedes, at food distribution sites is a common sight. In Karachi, 12 people —…
Pakistan and the World Cup
PAKISTAN’S contributions to the Qatar World Cup reveal a juxtaposition. On the one hand, the country’s institutions have failed to adequately develop its talent pool — footballing and otherwise. The…
Flood of questions
WATER submerges the land but throws up questions. We are paying the price for ignoring them in 2010. We can ignore them again and pay an even higher price later.…
