In search of lost time
Now that we have been here, in southern California, for more than ten days, a sense of familiarity with our present environment is beginning to emerge. Our elder daughter has…
Predicate offences
INVESTIGATIONS of predicate offences can be more complex than solving mystery puzzles. Predicate offences are camouflaged in the darkness of a criminal environment. For example, tax evasion can be considered…
Enough is enough!
Overwhelmed by the relentless surge in electricity costs, Pakistan’s business community is at its wits’ end. These skyrocketing bills are crippling production, pushing industrialists and traders to the brink. Maintaining…
State of surveillance
Imagine you are walking in a park on a bright sunny morning. As you sit down on a bench, three police officers walk towards you and stand at a distance.…
Mirror, mirror on the wall…
The time has come when we must ask that magic mirror on the wall what the future of our nation is to be. Beyond the mirror, there are really no…
Seizing Russian assets is easier said than done
The idea is seductively simple: the West should turn over billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to fund reconstruction. But it faces major legal problems which mean…
When the mighty take to thievery
The sordid story of the past twenty-one years when the world’s so-called sole superpower destroyed Afghanistan, first with the rattle of its bombs and then with the devastation wreaked by…
M Zeb Khan
Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan lamented that change of government in Pakistan every five years was tragic for setting long-term goals. According to his assessment, almost every incumbent government,…
‘Resist, my people’
The recent decision by the UAE to normalize relations with Israel has been termed a “stab in the back” by Palestinian leaders. This move by the UAE makes it the…
