Human hybrids in economic system
What is more important - knowledge of economics as taught and practised in the West or Wisdom as practised in the East or local level ethics? Pakistan has always been…
Debt and fiscal policy statements 2012-13
Two important documents, namely, Fiscal Policy Statement and Debt Policy Statement for 2012-13, released on 4th February 2013 by the Debt Policy Co-ordination Office of Ministry of Finance, while expressing…
Has Admiral Fasih now changed?
It was back in the days when the lawyers' movement for the rule of law was at its zenith. On the 9th of March, 2007, a word of 'No' uttered…
Veracity in emerging political system
What if is a question that everyone is asking? What if the elections do not deliver, what if the next elections leave a lot to be expected? What if and…
Good news?
Sir Michael Barber, a British educationist, has good news for all of us, or at least he claims so in his recently published report ‘Good News from Pakistan’. The report…
In search of true representation
On June 8, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan in its judgement in the case of Workers' Party Pakistan through Akhtar Hussain, Advocate, General Secretary and 6 others v Federation…
Newly found Sudan pyramids show ‘democratisation’
People power may have come to modern-day Egypt and not Sudan, but the unearthing of ancient pyramids in Egypt's southern neighbour shows that greater social equality existed there 2,000 years…
Young, skilled, expelled: foreign talent in demand in US
They are young, highly-skilled and urgently needed by the US economy - Indian, Chinese or Eastern European high-tech experts who have graduated with a degree from an American university. But…
The end of a misrule
At the end of full five years of civilian democratic rule, the country is in the grip of despair and disillusionment – the endless killing of innocent people and the…
Rocking the republic
A major religious party leader was unable to recite the sixth kalma. A Wharton MBA was able to successfully belt out the Fajr azaan. There were questions to candidates about…
