From the virtual to the real
‘Ghareeb kay bachay’ versus ‘ameeron kay bachay’. The intriguing refrain does the rounds as Pakistanis cannot help but group people in Imran Khan’s discredited protest caravan and then compare one…
Resilience, helplessness or loss of trust?–I
The Pakistanis are battling an inflation rate of over 35 percent, a policy rate of 21 percent, depletion in value of their currency (PkR) by over 40 percent in the…
Austerity is the only option?
The illusion of economic recovery has already started unraveling. The prime indicators of economic sentiments in the eyes of the public are PKR-USD parity and petroleum prices. Without debating on…
Hungary holds up EU plan to ban Russian oil
The European Union’s hopes to quickly impose a ban on Russian oil imports could be dashed after Hungary demanded expensive guarantees for its own fuel supplies, diplomats say. “I am…
Oscar spotlight shines on India’s rural women journalists
An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India’s hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary.…
Dismantling the oil industry: Rough North Sea waters test new ideas
Scottish marine salvage group Ardent is adapting the tanks it used to refloat the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship wrecked off the Italian coast in 2012, to decommission North Sea…
Coronavirus war – the mental battle
The mind hates uncertainty. The mind dislikes lack of clarity. Uncertainty and un- clarity create fear of the unknown. Fear creates anxiety and anxiety corrodes positivity, creativity and growth. The…
Beware the ‘Ides of July
aFollow the curve. Spikes. Resurge. Flattening. RO rate. These are probably the most searched and discussed topics globally. The mysterious virus is still baffling but less enigmatic. Research and science…
Christmas and Brexit double bill put strain on UK supermarkets
For Britain’s supermarket groups Christmas 2020 will be like no other, with the challenge of unprecedented demand due to the COVID-19 crisis followed by the risk of disruption to supplies…
Digital passes fail to banish airline fears over airport chaos
While politicians hail digital health passes as the solution to aviation’s Covid-19 crisis, airline bosses are still having sleepless nights about clogged up airports as they worry how to deal…
