March 1940: What were they thinking?
Tomorrow we will go through the motions of celebrating Pakistan Day. With song, slogan and sincere banality we will commemorate the single most important founding document of our republic. A…
Beyond clichés
Pakistan’s doublespeak on security policies is notorious throughout the world. Last week, the government extended its practice of saying one thing while doing another into the realm of social issues.…
Gender relations
Man and woman are the two wheels of human civilisation. They both spring from the same root and draw their life support from the same source. One cannot survive without…
Why a census counts
Counting the population has been an intensely contentious and challenging affair in Pakistan. The last census was held in 1998. Since then preparations have occasionally been undertaken to hold the…
Being partisan
Last week in London, Indian Minister for External Affairs Salman Khurshid spoke on the challenges facing democracy in India. While the content of his talk was interesting, the partisan lilt…
Beyond clichés
Pakistan’s doublespeak on security policies is notorious throughout the world. Last week, the government extended its practice of saying one thing while doing another into the realm of social issues.…
Managing digitized human resource
In spite the escalating rhetoric about Human Resource Management, in Pakistan, is still remains one of the most ill executed management function, is organisational context mostly due to misconceptions &…
Crimean ‘Anschluss’
The year 2014 was all set to be the year of Afghanistan and its impact on the stability of Pakistan and the region. However, for the time being at least,…
Collective power
International Women’s Day was celebrated last Saturday. It has significant meaning for Pakistan’s women. There are those among them who have broken through the glass ceiling; brought education, dignity and…
The wisdom of the tribes
For the last seven months the nation was kept on tenterhooks by the government; being told that it would very soon hear good news about the resolution of the problem…
