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Reprofiling Teachers

Reprofiling teachers

I was sitting in the office of a headteacher of a trust school and suddenly saw 20 four-year-olds crawl into the office all bright-eyed and faces painted as mice –…

State Of Uncertainty

State of uncertainty

The meeting in New York between prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh helped to ratchet down tensions that had surged in recent months between the two countries. It yielded…

Gets Funnier All The Time

Gets funnier all the time

Go to YouTube, through a proxy server if you must, and click ‘Pak Tower in Ilford’ and you’ll see two tall tower blocks (plazas as we like to call them…

Women Entrepreneurs

Women entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial success relating to any kind of business depends on spectrum of various factors like sustained market environment, availability of start-up capital and ensured financing from financial institutions for working…

The Litmus Test For Nawaz

The litmus test for Nawaz

Nawaz Sharif will be visiting New York this week to address the UN General Assembly and hold meetings on the sidelines with leaders of several other countries. Among the bilaterals,…

Who Are The Russians?

Who are the Russians?

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian federation found itself facing the question of whether it was the successor and legitimate heir to the Soviet Union or to…

Between Hype And Hope

Between hype and hope

WARNING signs that the new government in fact has no real ideas and represents no real change are mounting. Monday`s televised address to the nation brought back far too many…

Keep Hangings Suspended

Keep hangings suspended

Since rumor is generally true in Pakistan one hopes the new president will announce within a few days the government’s decision not to resume the execution of condemned prisoners for…

The Unpredictable Hamid Karzai

The unpredictable Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai was welcomed in Islamabad on Monday with a 21-gun salute in accordance with the ceremonious and absurdly meaningless usages of protocol. But in a sense the booming of…

Syria, And Then…

Syria, and then…

The US is again on the verge of launching yet another act of military aggression against an Arab and Muslim country. Military aggression is the worst international crime possible. The…