Drugs and money
Successive governments in Pakistan provided money laundering schemes to the black economy, including proceeds from the drug trade in the name of ‘good economic measures’ (sic) to ‘boost industrial progress’.…
Successive governments in Pakistan provided money laundering schemes to the black economy, including proceeds from the drug trade in the name of ‘good economic measures’ (sic) to ‘boost industrial progress’.…
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 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…
DIALOGUE is a meaningful process. It should not be denied or abandoned on the basis of certain apprehensions or presumptions about the outcome alone. Somehow the ongoing debate on whether the…
President Obama has demonstrated two things. First, he is better at winning elections than conducting foreign policy. Second, he can’t tell the difference between the two. During his first term…
The election of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister by the National Assembly last Wednesday, followed by his oath-taking at the presidency, marked the culmination of the process of democratic political…
ALTHOUGH the Karachi Stock Exchange has risen over 50pc over the last year, financial analysts have not rushed to declare Pakistan a `bull market`. The reasons for their caution are…
Following the opening of Afghan Taliban's political office in Doha the first round of direct, official talks between the US and the Taliban starts there today to end the 12-year-long…
The election of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister by the National Assembly last Wednesday, followed by his oath-taking at the presidency, marked the culmination of the process of democratic political…
The tragedy of Pakistan is that in this age of realism, its leaders are never realistic. They are creatures of absurd emotions, the consequences of which can be catastrophic. The…