Heat of the moment
As a blistering heatwave skewers southern Pakistan, a blame game and shouting match has broken out amongst the political leadership to deflect responsibility and settle a few scores. To complicate…
Trapped in poverty
Migrants are in the news all over the world. Recently, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) released in Rome a report titled Sending Money Home which focused on the…
Thar coal prospects
Nestled beneath the vast desert terrain of Tharparkar lies the solution to Pakistan's rapidly escalating power crisis. Over the course of the past few years, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company…
Would you trust the government?
Asking the government to do what the private sector can do calls for increasing the role of the government in the economy. Should we have more of the public sector…
A different view
It is a cliché that Pakistani society is being torn apart by ethnic, linguistic, religious and sectarian conflicts. From highbrow politicians to street vendors, the level of concern for the…
The rigging of Pakistan
In his obsessive campaign to de-legitimise the May 2013 general elections, Imran Khan has apparently moved a bit ahead this week. On Monday, an election tribunal declared the NA-125 polls…
Long on rhetoric, short on action
The annual budget should be the means to achieve stated objectives. The government should use the occasion to present its strategic vision and announce the instruments, policy initiatives and institutional…
Paradox of plausible accusability
When we’re younger, we’re taught that there are no stupid questions. “Ask questions!” Well. Let’s just chill for a second. “When we’re younger”? Who is ‘we’? Some of us, for…
The likely tragedy
This winter, snow and rainfall in KP, the Punjab, and western Balochistan lasted much longer than usual; both foretell unusually high water flow into the river system this summer. The…
Karachi’s daily battles
The recent murder of innocent members of the Ismaili community in Karachi was an act directed by the militants not just against a peaceful community settled in the city forever,…
