Brexit deal or no deal, meat supply lines will choke on red tape
Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of…
Time to add more faces
There are times when the police are just not efficient enough. In the latest blunder, they were guilty of arresting the wrong Ayesha Mumtaz in Lahore, and letting the real…
Mainstreaming Fata
The Pakhtuns of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas ought to be congratulated on the success of their relentless struggle, with the support of the Fata political alliance, to shed the…
A biryani garnished with hate
We only learnt after his execution that Ajmal Kasab’s widely reported request for mutton biryani in jail was a myth. The Congress was in power, not the BJP, with its…
Colonialism, culture & courtesans
Foiled rebellions, soiled as they are with loss, are often forgotten rebellions. So it has been, in large part, for the War of Independence of 1857-1858, when the Muslims of…
The system under welcome assault
Islamabad diary The status quo, this malaise which has got us down, turning a promising country into a basket case – it’s hard to remember but we did have promise…
Essential steps
Pakistan’s civilian government and military have come together to fight terrorism with an integrated National Action Plan (NAP). Lessons learned from other countries’ wars against similar totalitarian movements can help…
Food safety fears see farming return to high-rise Hong Kong
It's a rural tradition that faded out decades ago as Hong Kong turned into a neon-lit megacity: rice seedlings being dropped into watery paddy fields with gentle plops. But now…
Russian food embargo a big blow for EU producers: industry
Russia's embargo against food from the European Union will affect 10 percent of the EU's food exports and may cause a crisis of glut in Europe, industry experts said on…
Massive wild boar cull targets swine fever
In the dead of the bone-chilling Lithuanian winter, a hunter cocks his gun and squints as he takes aim at a wild boar foraging for food 30 paces away. A…
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