Being Asif Zardari
“Islamabad is already jolted and now let’s wait for the aftershocks.” That was my first reaction at a TV talk show on Sept 7 when the anchor asked for my…
What ails Punjab?
It’s hardly news that Punjab’s public healthcare system is in a bleak state – with overcrowded and non-functional hospitals and poor basic health indicators. The official claims of making big…
The lowest bid
"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money...that is all. When you pay…
FBR: new chairman, old challenges
Of all the federal government institutions, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is, rightly or wrongly, considered as the most incompetent, inefficient and corrupt. Even if it is merely a perception…
MLC-2006: Recruitment and placement services
It is for quite some time that I have been writing on the subject of ILO Maritime Labour Convention-2006 but I do not think the Government has yet taken any…
Obamacare’s foot soldiers train to enroll the masses
Nahla Kayali is a foot soldier for Obamacare. She is among the first wave of 2,000 community organisers in California getting trained to persuade more than 1 million uninsured people…
‘Hang Dr Zulfiqar’
The government is obviously too busy with petty matters to have taken notice of a sinister move to subvert the sacred death penalty regime. Some condemned prisoners have chosen to…
Fabricating history
The SIUT’s Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Culture (CBEC) holds interesting forums periodically where renowned scholars are invited to address the members. Since ethics is a wide-ranging subject the thought-provoking…
Glaxo probe seen to reflect scale of bribery in China?
The Chinese government's investigation of alleged large-scale bribery by British-based pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reflects widespread corruption in the industry, experts claim. Some commentators see GSK as being caught up…
Terror requires a tough response
PML-N's first month in office was tough for several reasons: forming the federal cabinet, putting together a coalition regime in Balochistan, announcing the federal budget, and taking a stance on…
