Feeding Gaza: Traders run gauntlet of bullets, bombs and bribes
Mohammed describes a delivery job from hell. “I get screwed on every shipment,” the Gazan trader told Reuters. He said he has to fork out more than $14,000 for each…
Positive vibes
On August 2, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a unanimous ruling, ruled that: the PTI received foreign funding; the PTI received prohibited funding; the PTI diverted funds meant…
Bombshell GM lawsuit has bribes, backdoor schemes
General Motors' bombshell lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler reads like a crime novel, with jaw-dropping bribes, a custom-made Italian watch, and splurges on a luxury wedding and $7,000 feasts at upscale…
If the marchers were tribesmen
Although unfair and untrue Fata has been and still is considered a place where the government has no writ, nor any capacity to bring about peace in the area or…
Tribes and terrorism
Rustam Shah Mohmand, a member of the team appointed by the government to negotiate with Taliban, ignited a debate this week through an article contributed to a national English daily,…
The wisdom of the tribes
For the last seven months the nation was kept on tenterhooks by the government; being told that it would very soon hear good news about the resolution of the problem…
Bribes for foreigners
“EACH of you, in doing what you did, helped secure an important contract which benefited, financially, society as a whole; but the ends never justify the means,” an English judge…
New vibes in Sindh politics
Proprietors of media houses dabbling in politics have a long history in South Asia. The power and propaganda nexus is nothing new. What is somewhat different is the mushrooming of…
Will Khan make tribesmen’s dream true?
The dreams of Imran Khan have all come true. This is what he said in a speech at a public meeting in Karachi on Dec 25 quoting his success as…
Bribes for foreigners
`Each of you, in doing what you did, helped secure an important contract which benefited, financially, society as a whole; but the ends never justify the means,` an English judge…
