Clock ticking on Swiss watches’ raw materials from Russia
Diamonds shine brightly at this year’s Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon force the Swiss watch industry to produce more subdued designs. Russia is a…
Tax exemptions withdrawal bill: an expert opinion
A commentary on the economic and financial rationale for the actions proposed to be undertaken by way of Income Tax (Amendment) Bill 2021 with views on the conceptual shortcomings arising…
Beyond drawing rooms
SOMETIMES, it is hard to write weekly on politics. Truth be told, it’s hard nearly every week. Unless there are developments happening at breakneck speed à la the Bollywood film…
Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism
President Donald Trump is defending his unprecedented decision to give his Justice Department chief unfettered access to the country's deepest foreign intelligence secrets amid an outcry from the spy community…
Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism
President Donald Trump is defending his unprecedented decision to give his Justice Department chief unfettered access to the country's deepest foreign intelligence secrets amid an outcry from the spy community…
Where to draw the line
US President Donald Trump’s January 1 tweet, which accused Pakistan of receiving more than $33 billion in US aid over the last 15 years for “nothing but lies and deceit”,…
A long-drawn war
The loss of lives in a terrorist attack on Lahore’s Ferozepur Road as well as in the recent spate of similar incidents in other parts of the country is a…
RAW
RAW and Tamil Tigers: According to the Jain Commission, which was set up by PM Narasimha Rao, India trained five extremist organisations using the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) –…
Liaquat’s assassination and Rawalpindi conspiracy
Quaid-e-Millat Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on October 16th, 1951 at Company Bagh (Liaquat Bagh) in Rawalpindi. He will always enjoy a unique status as a founding father in the…
Manning watches silently as his trial draws to a close
The trial of Army Private Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst who admitted to giving a trove of documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, is coming to a close in a…
