World of wondrous connectivity
It was in 1953 that Mark R. Sullivan an executive of Pacific Telephone in USA had said “Just what form the future telephone will take is, of course, pure speculation.…
Take that, TikTok
IMAGINE you have been parachuted to power to run a country of 220 million with myriad problems of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and malnutrition. You have also inherited massive fiscal problems…
After string of defeats, Democrats rudderless in Trump era
Frozen out of power in Washington and having lost a string of congressional races this year, Democrats are struggling to craft winning strategies to convert disillusionment with President Donald Trump…
Rethinking international diplomacy
Pakistan is facing an economic crunch. Many analysts used the world ICU to describe the state of economy when the new government took over. A patient in an intensive care…
Rafsanjani death a blow to Iran reformers as Trump presidency looms in US
The death of former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani deprives Iran's reformers of a powerful ally, boosting anti-Western hard-liners before a presidential election which will determine how open Tehran is…
The spirit, not the wording
Attempting to stall/derail the Supreme Court (SC) enquiry, one of the petitioners wanted all 400 or so named in the Panamagate to be tried. Chief Justice (CJ) Jamali dismissed it…
Budget proposals 2015-16 – VIII Essential tax reforms
"If we want lower taxes for growth, then spending must be curtailed so that governments won't need so much money. The next time you hear a politician promise another tax…
Budget 2014-15: Essential tax reforms – I
"If we want lower taxes for growth, then spending must be curtailed so that governments won't need so much money. The next time you hear a politician promise another tax…
