A waltz with corruption
And now, Imran Khan has admitted to owning an offshore company formed way back in 1983, well before the Panama Papers’ time limit. Will this make any dent in the…
Petty corruption plagues Tunisian economy, experts say
Petty graft plagues Tunisia's economy, nearly five years after state corruption triggered the fall of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, partly due to lack of political will, experts say.…
NAB and corruption debate – I
Pakistan has been facing a daunting challenge of curbing perpetual and growing corruption for the last many decades. The submission and resubmission of report on 6th and 13th July 201,…
The non-issue of corruption
Pakistani politics is full of paradoxes. Political rhetoric doesn’t always match voting patterns, and ideologies that hold phenomenal street power do not often get electoral support. As an example, it…
Anti-corruption movement reels from India poll ‘debacle’
Its stunning electoral debut six months ago prevented Narendra Modi's party from taking power of the Delhi state assembly and spectacularly underlined the mounting anger among the public over bribery.…
Anti-corruption movement reels from India poll ‘debacle’
Its stunning electoral debut six months ago prevented Narendra Modi's party from taking power of the Delhi state assembly and spectacularly underlined the mounting anger among the public over bribery.…
Corruption as empowerment?
If India’s maverick psychologist and social critic Ashis Nandy had planned to ignite a potentially ugly controversy at the Jaipur Literary Festival, he couldn’t have done better than by insinuating…
Corruption in other places
Pakistan has a new prime minister and one can only hope he won’t be thrown out of office soon after on corruption charges. Watching Pakistan’s mangled politics from afar —…
Multilateral woes
THE arrival in Kyiv last week of an American emissary with a Russian-drafted ultimatum for the Ukrainian leadership sparked a panic among the latter’s EU/Nato allies. They discussed the bombshell…
Home again
ON our beautiful walk home somewhere in Spain, we spotted a market on a quiet road with the name ‘Supermarket D’Omar’. It was a picture perfect moment as the two…
