Paradise Papers: Another wake-up call – II
On February 16, 2016, NAB set March 31, 2016 as new deadline to decide the fate of corruption investigations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif,…
Industrial revival and loan write-offs: Chronology of government packages – I
Every economy undergoes various ups and downs and business cycles caused by many internal and external factors affecting businesses in general and some in particular. Pakistan in its history of…
Two more PMDC council members removed
Two more council members of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) were removed by the Prime Minister Office on Wednesday. Thus far, four PMDC members out of 17 have…
Pray for salvation
Long ago, late Khalid Hasan, former press secretary to Z A Bhutto, sent me a New Year’s greeting with the following verse (literally translated): “See what blessings and love are…
Reforms: a history of the future?
Amidst all the noise surrounding cheese imports and crowd-sourcing for vital national security infrastructure, there was news of two new committees established under the chairpersonship of Dr Ishrat Husain, who…
Economic reforms: Part – IX
The second Benazir government (Oct 1993-Nov 1996) started off with considerable poise and maturity. The privatisation programme was to continue apace, despite numerous misgivings developed in the context of a…
The Sharifs and the religious right
Political alarm bells have begun to ring after the recent secondary dissection of the rightist vote bank into sectarian divisions after a period of 40 long years. It was in…
Benazir: leader par excellence – II
The theory propounded by Dr Sachithanandam got credence as proved by later events. Dr Sachithanandam aptly highlighted that "the earliest foreboding surfaced in the backroom manoeuvres by United States and…
No end to tax amnesties – II
Since November 1990, when Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the first time, the culture of loot, plunder, corruption, tax evasion and money laundering has been legalised and…
Ruin comes when…
Ruin comes when the trader, whose heart is lifted up by wealth, becomes ruler-Plato in Republic Since November 1990, when Muhammad Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the…
