Effective use of mobile in social media
Why is social media so important? More people are using social media through their mobile phones, computers, and tablets than talking, calling, emailing and texting. Do you find this surprising?…
Effective use of social media
Writing for the Impatient Optimists blog on the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation website, Jennifer James shares how she built an activist group. As the founder of Mom Bloggers for…
Musharraf and the media
What exactly is our problem when it comes to discussing the status of the media? Do we suffer from short memories? Or are we purposely selective with the truth? The…
Media’s perilous path
Vo intizar tha jiska, ye vo sahar to nahin (It’s not the dawn we expected; It’s not the dawn we were looking for — Translated by Mahmud Jamal) The words…
Afghans hold social media summit as internet use soars
As internet use in urban centres and amongst youth booms, Afghanistan is set to host its first-ever social media summit, with organisers promoting the websites as democratic tools for engaging…
Qualified intermediary agreement: A new US withholding tax system
Qualified intermediary (QI) agreement represents a new withholding tax system by which foreign financial institutions, or foreign branches of a US financial institution, may receive favourable withholding tax treatment. The…
Role of qualified intermediary agreement in US taxation system
Qualified intermediary agreement represents a new withholding tax system by which foreign financial institutions, or foreign branches of a US financial institution, can receive favourable withholding tax treatment. This system…
Focus on the media
The hottest subject in our exalted chambers of gossip is neither the executive-judiciary confrontation nor new causes of tension between Pakistan and the US; it is the sudden spurt in…
