Economy: the muddling of fact and fiction
The strengthening of the stock market and the rupee - from a high of over 240 on 30 July 2014 to less than 214 this Friday past - a reflection…
The strengthening of the stock market and the rupee - from a high of over 240 on 30 July 2014 to less than 214 this Friday past - a reflection…
THE last order Imran Khan signed as prime minister of Pakistan was to transfer his principal secretary Azam Khan to the Establishment Division — as per sources on his specific…
Capital Value Tax (CVT) was levied by the federal government in 1989 on transactions relating to acquisition of immovable properties. This tax, which was effectively a tax on immovable property,…
Standing outside a north London supermarket clutching two shopping bags, Gerald Pursey bemoans Britain’s burgeoning cost-of-living crisis which is impacting everything from the weekly shop to his energy bills. “It’s…
WIN the crowd and you shall win the fight; this was the advice that would be dispensed to the gladiators as they prepared for their fights in Rome’s Colosseum. The…
The details of the two-island (Bundal and Buddo) controversy have been discussed in the national media so exhaustively over the last one week that one can, without having to build…
Warnings. Threats. Deaths. Murders. Terror. For daring to speak against religion? Almost 9 out of 10 people would say, of course this is Taliban or ISIS or Hezbollah. No this…
If the Pentagon’s Cyber Command launches an online attack and nobody knows about it, does it deter anyone? Many Americans are asking what the country’s army of cyber warriors are…
We have just lived through another sixteenth of December. It is a date that unsettles us in our minds and our hearts. But we have learnt to not be bothered…
International Mountain Day is celebrated annually on December 11 to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life and to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development. The…