Chaudhry Nisar’s choices
The deliberations on a national security policy being held under the aegis of the interior ministry in Islamabad today will bear fruit only if the truth is faced squarely and…
The real threat to Islam
Some of my Pakistani friends had been offended when some time ago in an emotional piece I had the temerity to suggest that some of the greatest crimes against Islam…
Balochistan cauldron
The latest blood bath in Quetta is yet another grim reminder of Balochistan’s dangerous slide into anarchy. The gruesome killing of women students and the subsequent siege of the Bolan…
Dronespeak
The Geneva Conventions developed in 1949 codified general principles for aerial bombardment, in particular the need to discriminate between combatants and civilians and for attacks to be proportional to their…
Welfare state wither away
The forthcoming federal budget will focus on accelerating the pace of economic growth, although in the ongoing global economic debate, emphasis has been shifted from growth to green growth, a…
Yes Minister
The morning after taking oath I took over my office and was confronted with hard choices. There were so many candidates in the running for the posts of my personal…
Tax proposals – I
On June 5, 2013, we will have a new government in action - faced with multifaceted and complicated problems on economic front. It's immediate task of framing budget for fiscal…
Not asking for the sky
So the big day is here. The right thing to do is to go out and vote. Shelve scepticism for today at least. You`ll have five long years to rekindle…
All-weather friends
Visiting China is a never-ending revelation; the amazing 7.7 percent growth rate in a sluggish global economy is considered ‘disappointing’ there. Of China’s 31 provinces, Guangdong has the highest GDP…
Benazir’s death: Neurosurgical opinion
Available evidence indicates that Benazir Bhutto died of excessive loss of blood from a torn scalp artery and not from brain damage and that her death was preventable. Since the…
