SNC at Ayaz Melo
Ayaz Melo (the festival named after Sindhi national poet Shaikh Ayaz) is an annual event that takes place in Hyderabad every year in December. This year, the seventh iteration of…
Beware of data ‘colonialism’
In 2017, data overtook oil to become the world’s most valuable commodity, but it remains hard to define. At its most basic level, data is said to be humans in…
Constitution and tax codes — II
Justice Ch. Ijaz Ahmad in his separate note in the CIT v Eli Lily (Pvt) Ltd (2009) 100 Tax 81 (S.C. Pak) made the following remarkable comments that should be…
Agenda for 2022
We are closing on the current year and the new year is round the corner. It is worth pondering over what the agenda for 2022 for Pakistan should be. In…
Silent revolution in education
As a result of numerous projects undertaken by the technology-driven Knowledge Economy Task Force set up by Prime Minister Imran Khan in early 2019 under his chairmanship, the landscape of…
Lessons from 1971
The 50th birth anniversary of Bangladesh in Dec 2021 passed generally unobserved in Pakistan. There were a couple of attempts to recall the events leading to the breakup of Pakistan,…
Fire and rehire: Britain’s new labour battleground?
As coronavirus wreaks severe economic damage, some British employers stand accused of taking a highly controversial measure to stay afloat: fire and rehire. The practice, which involves dismissing employees and…
Overseas voting
A RECENT spate of laws bulldozed in parliament introduced Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and I-voting for overseas citizens in the next election. The opposition will likely challenge these laws in…
Lessons for economists
It is widely believed that a deep knowledge of the past is the key to understanding the present. Perhaps this is the reason that the history of scientific ideas is…
A green plan
The important climate change conference in Glasgow and the current momentum for tree plantation in Pakistan present an opportune moment for Sindh to contribute significantly. What is proposed is a…
