Art in exile
The Babylonian Ishtar Gate, excavated from Iraq, cannot be seen by most Iraqis. This is because it is displayed at the Pergamon Museum of Berlin, far away from the sight…
Curse of corruption
After an inordinate delay Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has been appointed the NAB chairman. A credible bureaucrat with an impeccable record, he has the right CV. The unfortunate controversy about his…
Australian voting system opens doors for misfits
The sex-mad Sex Party did not get up at Australia's weekend parliamentary election, but the sports-mad Sports Party did. Also headed for one of 76 seats in the upper house…
‘Qarz burhao, mulk bigarho
In 1997 the slogan of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) was 'Qarz Utaro, Mulk Sanwaro' [retire debt, adorn country], which is reversed in 2013 as all efforts are underway to increase…
Finance Bill 2013: Meaningful suggestions
Senate Standing Committee on Finance sent a number of meaningful, though unbinding, recommendations to the National Assembly on 21st June, 2013. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar ignored all of them while…
Two wars
Troubled Balochistan, in its unending series of sufferings, went through two most highlighted and yet insufficiently identified incidents of violence just a few days back. On the night between June…
Judiciary goes native
It is perhaps little known outside of legal circles, that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently initiated a programme for translating its judgments into Urdu and placing them on…
Iran moderate’s poll triumph is mandate for change
Iranian voters weary of years of economic isolation and tightening political restrictions threw down a blunt demand for change on Saturday by handing a moderate cleric a landslide victory in…
Revenue targets for 2013-14
According to Press reports, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is not going to collect even Rs 2000 billion against the target of Rs 2381 billion fixed in budget 2012-13,…
Pressure grows on Walmart, US firms, over Bangladesh safety
Democratic leaders in the US Congress Friday added their voice to growing calls for more US firms to join a broadening global coalition to push for building and fire safety…
