Cancel your weekends! Bitcoin doesn’t rest, and neither can you
Bitcoin doesn’t sleep. On the first sluggish Saturday of 2021, Jan 2, many people were still nursing New Year hangovers. But there was no breather for bitcoin, which powered past…
The rule of lawyers
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become a villain. – Harvey Dent. (Fictional character, begins as a hero.) We are told that the…
Reasoned policy matters
Public policy in Pakistan is ubiquitous and impactful. To gauge the net impact of the seventy plus years of policymaking, we can look to see where the sum total of…
Governor forms new body to look into private illegal campuses
The Punjab government succumbed to `pressure` exerted by some private universities running illegal sub-campuses across the province and formed a new inquiry committee to look into the matter. Governor Chaudhry…
Crisis brewing
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of people’s lives globally. We are witnessing a significant change not just in the way normal daily activities are carried out but…
An unusual Ramazan
These are very difficult times across much of the world, but particularly so in the US. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases here are well past 1,100,000 and the death…
Ease of doing business in Pakistan
Basically, ease of doing business and cost of doing business are two main criteria which determining local and foreign investment in a country. Over the past decade Pakistan is experiencing…
Unskilled
Eid Mubarak. Definitely I am failing my reading list miserably; the pile of unread material keeps growing and there just aren't enough hours in the day, or perhaps time management…
Smart home tech makes inroads into China’s emerging elderly care market
Charging elderly clients just 1 yuan or about 15 cents a day, little-known Lanchuang Network Technology Corp has embarked on one of the most ambitious undertakings in aged care by…
A successful visit
Last week Prime Minister Imran Khan completed his first visit to the US since coming into office. All indications are that the trip was a great success, even though it…
