Investors are growing impatient with the makers of global brands like Cadbury chocolate, Campbell Soup and Tide laundry detergent, as these stalwart consumer products companies try to boost profits through…
Whatever one’s opinion about the revelries that take place around the globe to usher in each New Year, there is no doubt that these have by now reached spectacular proportions.…
There is little disagreement on the suggestion that Pakistan needs many more provinces than the existing four (five, if one includes Gilgit-Baltistan). From aspects of political economy to being able…
Never mind girls and boys - adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers. Among…
For 61-year old construction worker Chae Chang-geun, an ethnic Korean from China, Seoul is a place to make money but not a place to call home. Chae is one of…
There were neighbourhoods in New York City in the 1990s that were no-go areas. Times Square hosted prostitution, gambling and crime and was not a family tourist spot. As a…
The writer is special adviser to the Jang Group/Geo and a former envoy to the US and the UK. A shadow of its former self, can the Pakistan People’s Party…
Holding parliamentary elections in about 60 days from a standing start, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) says that ‘local bodies’ polls cannot be held soon for various reasons. Informed…
A NUMBER of senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders have died of violent causes in a city which in the last two decades has seen frequent bouts of bloodshed. Whether…
Political parties differ in a variety of ways, eg in their ideology, their leadership’s socio-economic background and their national or ethnic focus. The types of parties representing a region reflect…
