President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare costs that…
The world financial market did survive, albeit meekly, a scary 2012. The Eurozone sovereign debt crisis that went through a long phase of struggle before making a recovery appears to…
Thousands of Shia protesters braved sub-zero temperature for nearly three days as they staged a sit-in in Quetta, refusing to bury 87 victims of the January 10 twin bombings at…
Those of us with short memories will not remember that there was a time when Punjab was not the most populous province in the country. For the first quarter century…
Internal factors are surely influenced by combination of political and domestic challenges that have led to a low GDP growth now hovering around 3 percent, with bank lending to private sector…
How do you compare the economic track record and performance of one government with another? For example, if we want to determine whether or not the present government’s economic track…
Whose profits were they?....They arose from the sale of energy products, particularly gasoline, that the American Public had no practical choice but to purchase", extracts from the book, Private Empire…
While many amongst us still feel nostalgic about (West) Pakistan’s being one unit, PML-N leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, if he could have it his way, would be satisfied with no…
Since the start of World Bank funded Tax Administration Reforms Programme (TARP), FBR has been making tall claims about its automation efforts. All the chairmen of FBR, who headed the…
This year Dr No, the first film in the 007 franchise, turns 50. Meanwhile, the world gears up to greet Skyfall, the 23rd of a phenomenon. James Bond has had…
