At the mercy of men of straw
Let us be realistic. Over here nothing is going to happen except what we are seeing: the steady descent into chaos and disorder, our troubles proving too much for us…all…
PTI-PAT revolutions
Good Lord. There are so many revolutions happening in this country and all in the month of December. Talk about pressure. I mean give us a break people. Weren’t we…
Unilateral world
WHEN the incredible litany of silly reasons for great events is written, top billing must surely go to this rationale from the 1950s for American policy towards Pakistan. I owe…
Turkish fatigue
Turkey, one of our closest friends, holding a special place in what there is of the Pakistani heart; Turkey with whom our ties are not just those of history but…
Voice, exit, and government jobs
Can we really expect any change in the way the Pakistani state operates without a massive change in the way the state manages the people working for it? This human…
The failing charade
The hallmark of Pakistan's democratic governments has been their desire to rule (not govern) Pakistan in an imperial style, which eventually leads to their exit. Ever since PML-N has assumed…
Hard-won status
It's been a long and difficult journey but finally last week, the European Union Parliament voted to grant the much-coveted Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Plus status to Pakistan, a…
Tax Directory of all
'All lawmakers are taxpayers'-Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, Business Recorder, January 7, 2014: On the first day of 2014, the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), while appearing before Public Accounts…
Privatising SOEs
The Board of the Privatisation Commission (PC) has taken important decisions regarding partial sell-off of state holdings in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Oil & Gas Development Co Ltd (OGDCL), Pakistan…
Healthcare
Few newspaper readers are unaware of the political fallout of Obamacare with many maintaining that it may well be the final straw on Obama's rising unpopularity graph. The question is…
