Black money in Swiss banks
Wildly exaggerated numbers have been floated on the amount of black money belonging to Pakistanis lying in Swiss banks. The claims with regard to such sums of money stashed abroad…
Skewed coverage or reality?
HERE can be no doubt the military’s spin machine is one of the most effective in the country. Even then, what it achieved over the Eid holidays surpassed anything else…
How Pakistan should respond
Pakistanis have become so accustomed to walks of shame that we surprise even our closest and dearest friends when we walk away, instead of getting in the wrong bed at…
Our own battles
Why should Pakistan commit itself to the defence of the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia? Is there a treaty framework that obliges us to do so? Or is it simply…
PIA is re-engaging
PIA's ageing fleet kept diminishing till it was not humanly possible to juggle aircraft and cockpit crews around to keep to any reasonable schedule. That PIA continued to operate is…
Intra-regional aerial connectivity within South Asia
Effective and efficient transport facilities are essential for development of intra-regional connectivity. Regional connectivity especially economic, physical, and people to people connectivity plays a vital role in regional development. Not…
Still… great people to fly with
The mundane pedagogy of free market fundamentalism, summarised in the domestically revered slogan, "It is not the governments business to be in business", appears to be reaching its zenith in…
Assumptions and aspirations
The cat is out but the elephant is still in there somewhere; and for a change, it isn’t khaki in colour. However, fingers do point to some faded colours of…
Unsung heroes
This is in continuation of my previous columns about my talented, patriotic colleagues at KRL who provided Pakistan with an impregnable defence by producing nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles.…
Playing both sides
THERE are, really, only two possibilities: either there is a cabal or there isn’t; either factionalism exists or it doesn’t; either Raheel is in charge or he isn’t. “Those understanding…
